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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 330 · 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.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Bagheera (c) Mowgli (d) Shere Khan
  2. 2.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Premchand (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Valmiki
  4. 4.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Godan (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Meghaduta (d) the Mahabharata
  5. 5.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Rama (c) Bhima (d) Karna
  6. 6.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Godan (c) Meghaduta (d) the Ramayana
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  9. 9.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Godan (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Panchatantra (d) The Jungle Book
  11. 11.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  13. 13.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) recipes (c) war songs (d) maps
  15. 15.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Valmiki (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Kalidasa
  18. 18.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Hindi
  21. 21.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Valmiki (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Premchand (d) Ved Vyasa
  24. 24.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  30. 30.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Ramayana (d) Gitanjali
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Tulsidas (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Valmiki
  33. 33.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Gitanjali (d) Wings of Fire
  35. 35.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Idgah (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Panchatantra (d) Ramcharitmanas
  36. 36.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Ramayana (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Meghaduta
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Kalidasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  38. 38.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) Meghaduta (d) Tirukkural
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  40. 40.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Mowgli
  2. False
  3. Rabindranath Tagore
  4. the Mahabharata
  5. Rama
  6. False
  7. Godan
  8. Bengali
  9. False
  10. Alice in Wonderland
  11. True
  12. 18
  13. False
  14. animal stories
  15. False
  16. False
  17. Valmiki
  18. True
  19. False
  20. Sanskrit
  21. False
  22. 18
  23. Ved Vyasa
  24. True
  25. False
  26. True
  27. False
  28. True
  29. 5
  30. True
  31. Gitanjali
  32. Lewis Carroll
  33. False
  34. Meghaduta
  35. Ramcharitmanas
  36. the Ramayana
  37. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  38. the Panchatantra
  39. Awadhi
  40. True

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