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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 410 · 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 is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Rama (c) Karna (d) Arjuna
  2. 2.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Panchatantra (d) The Jungle Book
  6. 6.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Awadhi
  8. 8.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Baloo (c) Bagheera (d) Shere Khan
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Lewis Carroll
  10. 10.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  11. 11.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  12. 12.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Gitanjali (c) Tirukkural (d) Wings of Fire
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Premchand (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Valmiki
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Kalidasa (d) Valmiki
  15. 15.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Panchatantra (c) Meghaduta (d) Wings of Fire
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Tamil
  17. 17.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Ramayana (d) Wings of Fire
  18. 18.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Gitanjali (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Mahabharata
  19. 19.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) The Jungle Book (c) Meghaduta (d) the Ramayana
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Tulsidas (d) Ved Vyasa
  22. 22.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Ramayana (d) Tirukkural
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Bengali
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Tamil
  25. 25.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Tulsidas (b) Premchand (c) Kalidasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  27. 27.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Rama (c) Krishna (d) Hanuman
  29. 29.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) The Jungle Book (c) Godan (d) Ramcharitmanas
  30. 30.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Kalidasa
  33. 33.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  35. 35.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) animal stories (c) recipes (d) maps
  36. 36.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Tulsidas (c) Kalidasa (d) Ved Vyasa
  39. 39.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) English

Answer key

  1. Rama
  2. True
  3. False
  4. False
  5. the Panchatantra
  6. 18
  7. Awadhi
  8. Mowgli
  9. Rabindranath Tagore
  10. 5
  11. 18
  12. Gitanjali
  13. Premchand
  14. Kalidasa
  15. Alice in Wonderland
  16. Sanskrit
  17. the Mahabharata
  18. Tirukkural
  19. False
  20. Meghaduta
  21. Rudyard Kipling
  22. the Mahabharata
  23. English
  24. Bengali
  25. False
  26. Premchand
  27. False
  28. Krishna
  29. Ramcharitmanas
  30. False
  31. True
  32. Ved Vyasa
  33. True
  34. Hindi
  35. animal stories
  36. False
  37. False
  38. Tulsidas
  39. False
  40. English

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