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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 246 · 40 questions
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Remember (Book and writer): Ramayana – Valmiki, Mahabharata – Ved Vyasa, Panchatantra – Vishnu Sharma, Ramcharitmanas – Tulsidas, Meghaduta – Kalidasa, Gitanjali – Rabindranath Tagore, Tirukkural – Thiruvalluvar. Godan and Idgah – Premchand, The Jungle Book – Rudyard Kipling, Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll, Wings of Fire – A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. The Bhagavad Gita is part of the Mahabharata and has 18 chapters; there were 5 Pandava brothers.

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  1. 1.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Bagheera (c) Baloo (d) Shere Khan
  2. 2.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  4. 4.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Karna (c) Bhima (d) Rama
  5. 5.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Mahabharata (c) Meghaduta (d) the Ramayana
  6. 6.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Meghaduta (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Panchatantra
  7. 7.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  10. 10.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Rama (c) Krishna (d) Hanuman
  11. 11.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) Tirukkural (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Mahabharata
  12. 12.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Tamil
  15. 15.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  17. 17.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: Kalidasa wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Idgah (c) Gitanjali (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  22. 22.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Gitanjali (c) Tirukkural (d) Wings of Fire
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Premchand (d) Kalidasa
  27. 27.True or false: Tulsidas wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Tulsidas (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Premchand
  29. 29.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  31. 31.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Premchand (b) Ved Vyasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Tulsidas
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) Premchand (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Ved Vyasa
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Ved Vyasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Vishnu Sharma
  36. 36.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Gitanjali (c) The Jungle Book (d) Godan
  37. 37.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Godan (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) The Jungle Book
  38. 38.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil

Answer key

  1. Mowgli
  2. True
  3. 5
  4. Rama
  5. Meghaduta
  6. Alice in Wonderland
  7. False
  8. False
  9. 18
  10. Krishna
  11. the Mahabharata
  12. True
  13. False
  14. Hindi
  15. 18
  16. Tamil
  17. False
  18. False
  19. True
  20. False
  21. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  22. True
  23. False
  24. False
  25. Gitanjali
  26. Premchand
  27. False
  28. Premchand
  29. True
  30. Sanskrit
  31. False
  32. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  33. Sanskrit
  34. Tulsidas
  35. Vishnu Sharma
  36. the Panchatantra
  37. Ramcharitmanas
  38. False
  39. True
  40. Sanskrit

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