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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 388 · 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 Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  2. 2.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) Tirukkural (d) the Mahabharata
  3. 3.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  5. 5.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Godan (b) Tirukkural (c) Meghaduta (d) Wings of Fire
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Premchand (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Ved Vyasa
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  9. 9.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) The Jungle Book (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Panchatantra
  10. 10.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Tulsidas (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Lewis Carroll
  12. 12.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Godan (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Meghaduta
  13. 13.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Ramayana (c) Gitanjali (d) Meghaduta
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Thiruvalluvar
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Premchand (b) Kalidasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Lewis Carroll
  17. 17.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) recipes (c) war songs (d) maps
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Lewis Carroll
  20. 20.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  21. 21.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  23. 23.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Ravana (c) Hanuman (d) Krishna
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Kalidasa (c) Ved Vyasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  25. 25.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  27. 27.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Valmiki (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Tulsidas (d) Premchand
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  31. 31.True or false: Godan was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Valmiki (b) Ved Vyasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Lewis Carroll
  33. 33.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  37. 37.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Idgah
  38. 38.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Shere Khan (c) Mowgli (d) Bagheera
  39. 39.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) The Jungle Book (c) Idgah (d) the Mahabharata
  40. 40.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Karna (c) Rama (d) Bhima

Answer key

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

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