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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 303 · 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.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Mahabharata (c) The Jungle Book (d) Godan
  2. 2.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Karna (c) Bhima (d) Rama
  3. 3.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  5. 5.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Ramayana
  9. 9.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Gitanjali (c) Idgah (d) Tirukkural
  10. 10.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  13. 13.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Mahabharata (c) The Jungle Book (d) Gitanjali
  15. 15.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Ramayana (d) Tirukkural
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) Hindi
  17. 17.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Tamil
  18. 18.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Premchand (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  20. 20.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Awadhi
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Kalidasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Premchand
  22. 22.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  23. 23.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  24. 24.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Valmiki
  26. 26.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) English
  29. 29.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Tirukkural (d) Alice in Wonderland
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Valmiki (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Ved Vyasa
  32. 32.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Idgah (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  33. 33.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Krishna (c) Rama (d) Hanuman
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Valmiki (d) Ved Vyasa
  36. 36.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Gitanjali (c) Tirukkural (d) the Mahabharata
  37. 37.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali

Answer key

  1. The Jungle Book
  2. Rama
  3. False
  4. 18
  5. True
  6. True
  7. False
  8. the Ramayana
  9. Idgah
  10. False
  11. True
  12. 18
  13. True
  14. the Mahabharata
  15. the Mahabharata
  16. Awadhi
  17. English
  18. True
  19. Premchand
  20. Sanskrit
  21. Premchand
  22. Sanskrit
  23. 5
  24. True
  25. Valmiki
  26. False
  27. False
  28. English
  29. True
  30. Gitanjali
  31. Thiruvalluvar
  32. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  33. False
  34. Krishna
  35. Vishnu Sharma
  36. Tirukkural
  37. True
  38. False
  39. True
  40. English

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