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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 338 · 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.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Karna (c) Rama (d) Bhima
  2. 2.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  3. 3.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  6. 6.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Tirukkural (d) The Jungle Book
  9. 9.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Baloo (c) Bagheera (d) Mowgli
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Awadhi
  11. 11.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Tulsidas (d) Vishnu Sharma
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Valmiki (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Kalidasa
  17. 17.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  19. 19.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Lewis Carroll
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Premchand (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Kalidasa (d) Tulsidas
  22. 22.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Idgah (b) the Mahabharata (c) Gitanjali (d) Ramcharitmanas
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Kalidasa
  26. 26.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Godan (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Panchatantra
  28. 28.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Hanuman (c) Krishna (d) Rama
  29. 29.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) maps (c) recipes (d) animal stories
  30. 30.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  31. 31.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Godan (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Panchatantra
  32. 32.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  33. 33.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Mahabharata (c) Godan (d) Meghaduta
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Valmiki (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  35. 35.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  37. 37.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Panchatantra (d) Idgah
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Tamil

Answer key

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

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