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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 426 · 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: The Jungle Book was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  3. 3.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  6. 6.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  7. 7.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) the Mahabharata (d) Tirukkural
  11. 11.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  12. 12.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Krishna (c) Hanuman (d) Ravana
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  14. 14.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Tulsidas
  18. 18.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: Kalidasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Valmiki (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Lewis Carroll
  23. 23.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) Gitanjali (d) Ramcharitmanas
  24. 24.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) The Jungle Book (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Tirukkural
  28. 28.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Panchatantra (c) Gitanjali (d) the Mahabharata
  29. 29.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  31. 31.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Meghaduta (c) Wings of Fire (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  32. 32.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) recipes (c) animal stories (d) maps
  34. 34.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Valmiki (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Premchand (d) Lewis Carroll
  37. 37.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Shere Khan (c) Mowgli (d) Bagheera
  39. 39.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Gitanjali (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Idgah

Answer key

  1. False
  2. Sanskrit
  3. True
  4. False
  5. Ved Vyasa
  6. 5
  7. True
  8. False
  9. True
  10. the Mahabharata
  11. 18
  12. Krishna
  13. Bengali
  14. False
  15. True
  16. 18
  17. Rabindranath Tagore
  18. True
  19. False
  20. True
  21. False
  22. Lewis Carroll
  23. Gitanjali
  24. True
  25. False
  26. True
  27. Tirukkural
  28. the Mahabharata
  29. True
  30. English
  31. Wings of Fire
  32. False
  33. animal stories
  34. False
  35. False
  36. Premchand
  37. False
  38. Mowgli
  39. False
  40. the Panchatantra

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