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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 301 · 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: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  5. 5.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Godan (c) the Ramayana (d) Tirukkural
  6. 6.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Wings of Fire (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  8. 8.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  9. 9.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) The Jungle Book (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Panchatantra
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Premchand (d) Valmiki
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Ved Vyasa
  12. 12.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Valmiki (b) Tulsidas (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Ved Vyasa
  14. 14.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Idgah (c) Wings of Fire (d) Gitanjali
  15. 15.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Karna (c) Rama (d) Arjuna
  16. 16.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Idgah (c) the Mahabharata (d) Ramcharitmanas
  18. 18.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) war songs (c) animal stories (d) maps
  19. 19.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Hindi
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Vishnu Sharma
  21. 21.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  23. 23.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Baloo (c) Shere Khan (d) Mowgli
  24. 24.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Hanuman (c) Ravana (d) Krishna
  25. 25.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Valmiki (d) Kalidasa
  27. 27.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: Valmiki wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Godan (b) The Jungle Book (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Mahabharata
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  31. 31.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Tulsidas (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Valmiki
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  35. 35.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  37. 37.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  38. 38.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Vishnu Sharma

Answer key

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

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