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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 394 · 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.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: Tulsidas wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  4. 4.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  5. 5.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Tulsidas
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  8. 8.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Kalidasa (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  11. 11.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  12. 12.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Premchand (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Ved Vyasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Premchand (c) Valmiki (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Valmiki (c) Tulsidas (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Kalidasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Ved Vyasa
  18. 18.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Panchatantra (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  20. 20.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Wings of Fire
  21. 21.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Tirukkural (c) the Panchatantra (d) Ramcharitmanas
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Premchand (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Valmiki (d) Thiruvalluvar
  23. 23.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Panchatantra (d) Meghaduta
  24. 24.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  26. 26.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  27. 27.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) animal stories (c) war songs (d) maps
  30. 30.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Bhima (c) Arjuna (d) Rama
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Tulsidas (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rudyard Kipling
  32. 32.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Idgah (b) the Panchatantra (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Ramayana
  33. 33.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Kalidasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  35. 35.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Bagheera (c) Baloo (d) Mowgli
  37. 37.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Ramayana (d) Alice in Wonderland
  38. 38.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Rama (c) Hanuman (d) Ravana
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Lewis Carroll

Answer key

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

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