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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 409 · 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.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  5. 5.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Tirukkural (c) Idgah (d) Ramcharitmanas
  6. 6.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) maps (c) recipes (d) animal stories
  7. 7.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) Bengali
  9. 9.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Rama (c) Krishna (d) Hanuman
  10. 10.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Bagheera (c) Shere Khan (d) Baloo
  11. 11.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  12. 12.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  14. 14.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Idgah (d) Gitanjali
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Kalidasa (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Premchand
  16. 16.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Idgah (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) The Jungle Book
  17. 17.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  18. 18.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Premchand (d) Vishnu Sharma
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Valmiki (d) Lewis Carroll
  22. 22.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Tirukkural (c) the Mahabharata (d) Idgah
  23. 23.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Premchand
  27. 27.True or false: Premchand wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Kalidasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Ved Vyasa
  30. 30.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Panchatantra (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Premchand (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Lewis Carroll
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Valmiki (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Premchand
  35. 35.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Godan (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Ramayana (d) Tirukkural
  36. 36.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Gitanjali (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Ramcharitmanas
  37. 37.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) English
  39. 39.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Bhima (c) Arjuna (d) Rama
  40. 40.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Meghaduta (c) the Mahabharata (d) Tirukkural

Answer key

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

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