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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 414 · 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.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Mahabharata (d) Wings of Fire
  2. 2.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  4. 4.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  5. 5.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) Bengali
  8. 8.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Tulsidas (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Kalidasa (d) Rudyard Kipling
  10. 10.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Tulsidas
  12. 12.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Godan (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Panchatantra
  13. 13.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Tirukkural (b) The Jungle Book (c) Idgah (d) the Panchatantra
  15. 15.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Mowgli (c) Baloo (d) Shere Khan
  17. 17.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  21. 21.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Hanuman (c) Rama (d) Ravana
  22. 22.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Gitanjali (d) Ramcharitmanas
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Tulsidas (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Premchand
  24. 24.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Godan (b) Meghaduta (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) The Jungle Book
  26. 26.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Gitanjali (c) Wings of Fire (d) Ramcharitmanas
  27. 27.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Ramayana (d) Idgah
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  29. 29.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Ramayana (c) Idgah (d) Alice in Wonderland
  32. 32.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Godan (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  33. 33.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  35. 35.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Valmiki (c) Kalidasa (d) Ved Vyasa
  37. 37.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  38. 38.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  40. 40.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Ramayana

Answer key

  1. the Mahabharata
  2. True
  3. 18
  4. 5
  5. False
  6. False
  7. English
  8. 18
  9. Rudyard Kipling
  10. True
  11. Rabindranath Tagore
  12. the Panchatantra
  13. True
  14. Tirukkural
  15. False
  16. Mowgli
  17. True
  18. True
  19. True
  20. Sanskrit
  21. Krishna
  22. Gitanjali
  23. Premchand
  24. True
  25. Godan
  26. Wings of Fire
  27. Idgah
  28. Bengali
  29. False
  30. True
  31. Alice in Wonderland
  32. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  33. False
  34. Hindi
  35. False
  36. Kalidasa
  37. English
  38. False
  39. Sanskrit
  40. the Ramayana

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