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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 252 · 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) Mowgli (d) Bagheera
  2. 2.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Tulsidas (b) Premchand (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  4. 4.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) Tirukkural (d) the Mahabharata
  5. 5.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  6. 6.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) English
  7. 7.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  9. 9.True or false: Godan was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: Godan was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Tulsidas (d) Rudyard Kipling
  14. 14.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Kalidasa (d) Valmiki
  16. 16.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  17. 17.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Karna (c) Rama (d) Bhima
  19. 19.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Valmiki (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  21. 21.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Gitanjali (b) The Jungle Book (c) Wings of Fire (d) Ramcharitmanas
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Kalidasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  25. 25.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Ramayana
  27. 27.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Gitanjali (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Mahabharata (d) Ramcharitmanas
  28. 28.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Ramayana (d) the Mahabharata
  29. 29.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Hanuman (c) Rama (d) Krishna
  30. 30.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  32. 32.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  33. 33.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) animal stories (c) recipes (d) maps
  37. 37.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Meghaduta (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Panchatantra (d) Gitanjali
  38. 38.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Meghaduta (c) Wings of Fire (d) Godan

Answer key

  1. Mowgli
  2. True
  3. Rabindranath Tagore
  4. the Mahabharata
  5. 5
  6. Sanskrit
  7. False
  8. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  9. False
  10. True
  11. False
  12. False
  13. Rudyard Kipling
  14. False
  15. Valmiki
  16. 18
  17. False
  18. Rama
  19. True
  20. Lewis Carroll
  21. True
  22. Gitanjali
  23. Kalidasa
  24. English
  25. True
  26. Tirukkural
  27. the Mahabharata
  28. Ramcharitmanas
  29. Krishna
  30. False
  31. 18
  32. Sanskrit
  33. False
  34. False
  35. False
  36. animal stories
  37. The Jungle Book
  38. False
  39. True
  40. Godan

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