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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 359 · 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.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Idgah (b) Meghaduta (c) Gitanjali (d) the Mahabharata
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Kalidasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Tulsidas
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Tulsidas (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Premchand
  4. 4.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  5. 5.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  7. 7.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Valmiki (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Tulsidas (d) Premchand
  9. 9.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Panchatantra (c) Godan (d) Alice in Wonderland
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  11. 11.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  13. 13.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Panchatantra (d) Tirukkural
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Tulsidas (b) Kalidasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Vishnu Sharma
  15. 15.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Hindi
  17. 17.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Gitanjali (c) the Panchatantra (d) Tirukkural
  19. 19.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) recipes (c) maps (d) war songs
  20. 20.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  21. 21.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Meghaduta (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Gitanjali
  24. 24.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Baloo (c) Mowgli (d) Shere Khan
  26. 26.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Idgah (d) the Ramayana
  28. 28.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  29. 29.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Premchand (c) Valmiki (d) Rudyard Kipling
  32. 32.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  33. 33.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Kalidasa (c) Tulsidas (d) Thiruvalluvar
  35. 35.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  37. 37.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  39. 39.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) Tirukkural (d) the Mahabharata
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) English

Answer key

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

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