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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 408 · 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.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Krishna (c) Ravana (d) Rama
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  3. 3.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Godan (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) The Jungle Book (d) Gitanjali
  4. 4.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  5. 5.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Mahabharata (c) Godan (d) the Panchatantra
  9. 9.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Baloo (c) Mowgli (d) Bagheera
  10. 10.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Tulsidas (b) Kalidasa (c) Premchand (d) Thiruvalluvar
  12. 12.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  14. 14.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Kalidasa (b) Valmiki (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  16. 16.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Meghaduta (c) the Ramayana (d) the Mahabharata
  17. 17.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  18. 18.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Premchand (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Kalidasa
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Rudyard Kipling
  21. 21.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Panchatantra (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Alice in Wonderland
  22. 22.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  24. 24.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Ramayana (d) the Panchatantra
  25. 25.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Premchand (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Valmiki
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Hindi
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) English
  30. 30.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Vishnu Sharma
  32. 32.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) Tirukkural (d) Wings of Fire
  34. 34.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) maps (c) war songs (d) animal stories
  35. 35.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Gitanjali (c) The Jungle Book (d) Godan
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  37. 37.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Valmiki (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Lewis Carroll
  39. 39.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Tamil (d) Hindi

Answer key

  1. Krishna
  2. English
  3. The Jungle Book
  4. Sanskrit
  5. False
  6. False
  7. True
  8. the Mahabharata
  9. Mowgli
  10. False
  11. Thiruvalluvar
  12. True
  13. Hindi
  14. False
  15. Rabindranath Tagore
  16. Meghaduta
  17. 5
  18. False
  19. Premchand
  20. Rudyard Kipling
  21. Ramcharitmanas
  22. True
  23. 18
  24. the Mahabharata
  25. False
  26. Premchand
  27. English
  28. Tamil
  29. Sanskrit
  30. True
  31. Vishnu Sharma
  32. False
  33. the Ramayana
  34. animal stories
  35. Godan
  36. English
  37. False
  38. Lewis Carroll
  39. True
  40. Bengali

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