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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 300 · 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.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Bagheera (c) Shere Khan (d) Baloo
  4. 4.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Tulsidas (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Rudyard Kipling
  6. 6.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  8. 8.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) recipes (c) war songs (d) animal stories
  11. 11.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Ramayana (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Mahabharata
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Awadhi
  14. 14.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Rama (c) Bhima (d) Arjuna
  15. 15.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  17. 17.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Tamil
  19. 19.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) English
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Tulsidas (b) Valmiki (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Rudyard Kipling
  21. 21.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Panchatantra (c) Tirukkural (d) Ramcharitmanas
  23. 23.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  24. 24.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Mahabharata (c) Wings of Fire (d) Alice in Wonderland
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  26. 26.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Godan (b) Meghaduta (c) Tirukkural (d) Wings of Fire
  27. 27.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Godan (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Meghaduta
  28. 28.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Gitanjali (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Mahabharata
  31. 31.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Panchatantra (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Premchand (d) Valmiki
  35. 35.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Meghaduta (c) the Panchatantra (d) Godan
  38. 38.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Hanuman (c) Ravana (d) Rama
  39. 39.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Premchand (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Thiruvalluvar

Answer key

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

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