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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 430 · 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.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Valmiki
  3. 3.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) English
  5. 5.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Panchatantra (d) Tirukkural
  6. 6.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Premchand (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  9. 9.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Ramayana (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Gitanjali
  10. 10.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Ramayana (b) The Jungle Book (c) Godan (d) Gitanjali
  11. 11.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Arjuna (c) Karna (d) Rama
  12. 12.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Panchatantra (d) Alice in Wonderland
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Ved Vyasa
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  16. 16.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Ved Vyasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rudyard Kipling
  20. 20.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Baloo (c) Bagheera (d) Shere Khan
  21. 21.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Gitanjali (c) Tirukkural (d) the Ramayana
  23. 23.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Kalidasa (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Tulsidas
  26. 26.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Ramayana (d) Wings of Fire
  27. 27.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Tamil
  29. 29.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  31. 31.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Krishna (c) Rama (d) Hanuman
  34. 34.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Premchand (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Kalidasa (d) Ved Vyasa
  36. 36.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  39. 39.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?

Answer key

  1. English
  2. Valmiki
  3. True
  4. Bengali
  5. the Mahabharata
  6. False
  7. False
  8. Premchand
  9. Ramcharitmanas
  10. Godan
  11. Rama
  12. True
  13. the Panchatantra
  14. Tulsidas
  15. Sanskrit
  16. False
  17. True
  18. True
  19. Ved Vyasa
  20. Mowgli
  21. False
  22. the Ramayana
  23. 18
  24. Sanskrit
  25. Kalidasa
  26. Wings of Fire
  27. 5
  28. Awadhi
  29. False
  30. English
  31. False
  32. False
  33. Krishna
  34. False
  35. Premchand
  36. False
  37. False
  38. Sanskrit
  39. False
  40. 18

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