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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 435 · 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 Mahabharata first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Tamil
  2. 2.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Hanuman (c) Ravana (d) Rama
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Valmiki
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Premchand (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Kalidasa
  5. 5.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) the Mahabharata
  6. 6.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Idgah (d) Wings of Fire
  7. 7.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Ramayana (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Panchatantra
  8. 8.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Kalidasa (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Valmiki (b) Kalidasa (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Tulsidas
  11. 11.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  13. 13.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Premchand (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Vishnu Sharma
  16. 16.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Kalidasa (c) Premchand (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  19. 19.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Tirukkural (c) the Panchatantra (d) The Jungle Book
  20. 20.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) animal stories (c) war songs (d) maps
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  24. 24.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Valmiki (d) Premchand
  27. 27.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Panchatantra (d) Alice in Wonderland
  32. 32.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Tirukkural (c) Idgah (d) The Jungle Book
  34. 34.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Godan (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Panchatantra (d) Meghaduta
  35. 35.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Tamil
  37. 37.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Bagheera (c) Shere Khan (d) Baloo
  38. 38.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Tulsidas (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Valmiki
  40. 40.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Gitanjali (c) Godan (d) Wings of Fire

Answer key

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

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