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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 323 · 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.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  2. 2.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Idgah (d) Gitanjali
  3. 3.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Mahabharata (c) Tirukkural (d) the Panchatantra
  9. 9.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Mowgli (c) Baloo (d) Shere Khan
  10. 10.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) the Panchatantra (c) Gitanjali (d) Ramcharitmanas
  11. 11.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Panchatantra
  12. 12.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Tulsidas (d) Premchand
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Kalidasa (d) Lewis Carroll
  15. 15.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) English
  17. 17.True or false: Valmiki wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  23. 23.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Tulsidas (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Lewis Carroll
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Awadhi
  26. 26.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  27. 27.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  30. 30.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) recipes (c) maps (d) war songs
  32. 32.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Rama (c) Arjuna (d) Bhima
  33. 33.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Idgah (b) Gitanjali (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  35. 35.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Godan (c) Wings of Fire (d) Tirukkural
  37. 37.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Mahabharata (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Meghaduta
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Valmiki (d) Tulsidas
  40. 40.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Krishna (c) Hanuman (d) Rama

Answer key

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

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