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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 393 · 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 Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  4. 4.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Idgah (c) Meghaduta (d) the Ramayana
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Premchand (b) Valmiki (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Tulsidas
  8. 8.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) recipes (c) animal stories (d) maps
  9. 9.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Shere Khan (c) Bagheera (d) Mowgli
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  11. 11.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Rudyard Kipling
  14. 14.True or false: Godan was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Kalidasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  16. 16.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  17. 17.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  18. 18.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Kalidasa (b) Premchand (c) Valmiki (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  20. 20.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  21. 21.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Rama (c) Bhima (d) Arjuna
  22. 22.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Mahabharata (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Ramayana
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Premchand (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Tulsidas (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  25. 25.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Premchand (c) Tulsidas (d) Kalidasa
  27. 27.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) Tirukkural (d) the Mahabharata
  29. 29.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Ramcharitmanas
  30. 30.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Valmiki (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Kalidasa
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Premchand
  33. 33.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Ramayana (d) the Mahabharata
  36. 36.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Valmiki (d) Thiruvalluvar
  38. 38.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Mahabharata (c) Tirukkural (d) Alice in Wonderland
  39. 39.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Hindi

Answer key

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

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