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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

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

Answer key

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

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