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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 310 · 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: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  6. 6.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Godan (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Ramayana
  7. 7.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Tirukkural (c) The Jungle Book (d) Alice in Wonderland
  8. 8.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Wings of Fire (c) Godan (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Kalidasa
  10. 10.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Idgah (c) Tirukkural (d) Ramcharitmanas
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Kalidasa (d) Premchand
  12. 12.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Arjuna (c) Rama (d) Bhima
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Tulsidas (b) Kalidasa (c) Valmiki (d) Ved Vyasa
  14. 14.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Meghaduta (c) The Jungle Book (d) Idgah
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  16. 16.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Ramayana (d) Tirukkural
  19. 19.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Panchatantra (c) Idgah (d) Ramcharitmanas
  20. 20.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Bagheera (c) Mowgli (d) Baloo
  21. 21.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Idgah (d) Gitanjali
  22. 22.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) English
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Valmiki (c) Tulsidas (d) Premchand
  26. 26.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  28. 28.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Idgah
  29. 29.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Rama (c) Krishna (d) Hanuman
  30. 30.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Ved Vyasa
  33. 33.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) the Ramayana (d) Godan
  36. 36.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  38. 38.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  40. 40.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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