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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 403 · 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 chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  2. 2.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  4. 4.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) Bengali
  6. 6.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Bhima (c) Karna (d) Rama
  7. 7.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Valmiki (b) Tulsidas (c) Premchand (d) Lewis Carroll
  9. 9.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Krishna (c) Ravana (d) Hanuman
  12. 12.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Shere Khan (c) Bagheera (d) Mowgli
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  14. 14.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Ramayana (c) Meghaduta (d) Idgah
  15. 15.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: Valmiki wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Ramayana (c) Idgah (d) Wings of Fire
  19. 19.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Idgah
  20. 20.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  22. 22.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  23. 23.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) animal stories (c) recipes (d) maps
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  25. 25.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  27. 27.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  28. 28.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Valmiki (c) Premchand (d) Kalidasa
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Tulsidas (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Valmiki (d) Thiruvalluvar
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Kalidasa (b) Valmiki (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Lewis Carroll
  32. 32.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Kalidasa (b) Tulsidas (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Ved Vyasa
  35. 35.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) Gitanjali (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  36. 36.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Premchand (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  39. 39.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Ramayana (c) the Mahabharata (d) Alice in Wonderland

Answer key

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

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