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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 340 · 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 books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  3. 3.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  5. 5.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) recipes (c) maps (d) war songs
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Kalidasa (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Tulsidas
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Kalidasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  9. 9.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Tirukkural (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Ramayana (d) the Panchatantra
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Bengali
  11. 11.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Tirukkural (d) Gitanjali
  13. 13.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Rama (c) Karna (d) Bhima
  15. 15.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Meghaduta (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Gitanjali
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  17. 17.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Hanuman (c) Ravana (d) Krishna
  19. 19.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Godan (c) the Ramayana (d) Wings of Fire
  21. 21.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Idgah (d) the Mahabharata
  22. 22.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Godan (c) Tirukkural (d) the Ramayana
  23. 23.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Shere Khan (c) Baloo (d) Mowgli
  24. 24.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Valmiki (d) Kalidasa
  28. 28.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  31. 31.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  32. 32.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Premchand
  37. 37.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Premchand (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Kalidasa
  40. 40.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. 18
  2. Sanskrit
  3. True
  4. Bengali
  5. False
  6. animal stories
  7. Kalidasa
  8. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  9. The Jungle Book
  10. Tamil
  11. False
  12. Tirukkural
  13. False
  14. Rama
  15. Alice in Wonderland
  16. Sanskrit
  17. False
  18. Krishna
  19. True
  20. Wings of Fire
  21. Idgah
  22. the Ramayana
  23. Mowgli
  24. True
  25. True
  26. False
  27. Kalidasa
  28. True
  29. Sanskrit
  30. Awadhi
  31. 5
  32. False
  33. True
  34. True
  35. English
  36. Ved Vyasa
  37. False
  38. True
  39. Premchand
  40. True

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