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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 251 · 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) Shere Khan (b) Baloo (c) Bagheera (d) Mowgli
  2. 2.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Tulsidas (d) Ved Vyasa
  4. 4.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  5. 5.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Ramayana
  7. 7.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  11. 11.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Godan (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Meghaduta
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  13. 13.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Ramayana (b) The Jungle Book (c) Godan (d) Wings of Fire
  14. 14.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Tulsidas (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Premchand
  16. 16.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  20. 20.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  22. 22.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Karna (c) Rama (d) Bhima
  23. 23.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Godan (d) the Panchatantra
  24. 24.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Ved Vyasa
  26. 26.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  28. 28.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) English
  31. 31.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Tirukkural (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Ramayana
  32. 32.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Krishna (c) Ravana (d) Rama
  34. 34.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) animal stories (c) maps (d) war songs
  39. 39.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Meghaduta (b) The Jungle Book (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Mahabharata

Answer key

  1. Mowgli
  2. False
  3. Vishnu Sharma
  4. Awadhi
  5. False
  6. the Mahabharata
  7. True
  8. False
  9. English
  10. Sanskrit
  11. Alice in Wonderland
  12. Sanskrit
  13. Wings of Fire
  14. 5
  15. Premchand
  16. True
  17. False
  18. False
  19. English
  20. False
  21. 18
  22. Rama
  23. the Panchatantra
  24. 18
  25. Rabindranath Tagore
  26. True
  27. Bengali
  28. False
  29. False
  30. Hindi
  31. the Ramayana
  32. False
  33. Krishna
  34. False
  35. False
  36. False
  37. False
  38. animal stories
  39. True
  40. the Mahabharata

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