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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 420 · 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.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Hanuman (c) Ravana (d) Krishna
  3. 3.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  4. 4.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Godan (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  5. 5.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Arjuna (c) Bhima (d) Karna
  6. 6.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Vishnu Sharma
  8. 8.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: Valmiki wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Kalidasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  13. 13.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Mahabharata (c) Gitanjali (d) the Ramayana
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Kalidasa (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Ved Vyasa
  15. 15.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Wings of Fire (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Ramayana
  16. 16.True or false: Kalidasa wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  19. 19.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) the Mahabharata
  20. 20.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Mowgli (c) Bagheera (d) Baloo
  21. 21.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Mahabharata (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Tirukkural
  22. 22.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) Tirukkural
  23. 23.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  25. 25.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  30. 30.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Ramayana (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Mahabharata
  35. 35.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  39. 39.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) recipes (c) war songs (d) animal stories
  40. 40.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. True
  2. Krishna
  3. 5
  4. the Ramayana
  5. Rama
  6. False
  7. Tulsidas
  8. False
  9. True
  10. False
  11. Kalidasa
  12. Sanskrit
  13. Ramcharitmanas
  14. Vishnu Sharma
  15. Tirukkural
  16. False
  17. 18
  18. Tamil
  19. the Mahabharata
  20. Mowgli
  21. The Jungle Book
  22. the Panchatantra
  23. True
  24. 18
  25. False
  26. False
  27. True
  28. False
  29. Hindi
  30. True
  31. False
  32. False
  33. True
  34. the Mahabharata
  35. False
  36. True
  37. True
  38. Sanskrit
  39. animal stories
  40. True

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