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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

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

Answer key

  1. Vishnu Sharma
  2. 5
  3. 18
  4. False
  5. Valmiki
  6. the Panchatantra
  7. True
  8. 18
  9. Awadhi
  10. Alice in Wonderland
  11. Rabindranath Tagore
  12. English
  13. Sanskrit
  14. True
  15. False
  16. False
  17. Gitanjali
  18. False
  19. Krishna
  20. False
  21. the Mahabharata
  22. False
  23. English
  24. Premchand
  25. False
  26. Tirukkural
  27. Rudyard Kipling
  28. Mowgli
  29. Premchand
  30. animal stories
  31. The Jungle Book
  32. False
  33. Rama
  34. True
  35. Thiruvalluvar
  36. False
  37. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  38. Ramcharitmanas
  39. True
  40. the Mahabharata

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