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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 436 · 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) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Premchand (d) Tulsidas
  3. 3.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Bagheera (c) Mowgli (d) Baloo
  5. 5.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) The Jungle Book (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Tirukkural
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Valmiki (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  7. 7.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  8. 8.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) maps (c) recipes (d) war songs
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Valmiki (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Kalidasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Valmiki (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Lewis Carroll
  11. 11.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Idgah (c) the Panchatantra (d) Wings of Fire
  12. 12.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Valmiki (c) Ved Vyasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  14. 14.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Ved Vyasa
  17. 17.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Karna (c) Arjuna (d) Rama
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  19. 19.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Wings of Fire (d) Meghaduta
  25. 25.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Idgah (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Ramayana
  27. 27.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  29. 29.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Valmiki (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  31. 31.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Ramayana (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Mahabharata (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  32. 32.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: Valmiki wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Tulsidas
  35. 35.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Gitanjali (c) Wings of Fire (d) Ramcharitmanas
  37. 37.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Idgah (b) the Panchatantra (c) Godan (d) Wings of Fire
  39. 39.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  40. 40.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Sanskrit
  2. Premchand
  3. True
  4. Mowgli
  5. Ramcharitmanas
  6. Thiruvalluvar
  7. 18
  8. animal stories
  9. Kalidasa
  10. Lewis Carroll
  11. the Ramayana
  12. False
  13. Valmiki
  14. False
  15. Sanskrit
  16. Rudyard Kipling
  17. Rama
  18. Sanskrit
  19. False
  20. False
  21. True
  22. True
  23. False
  24. Wings of Fire
  25. False
  26. Idgah
  27. 18
  28. English
  29. True
  30. Rabindranath Tagore
  31. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  32. True
  33. False
  34. Vishnu Sharma
  35. True
  36. Gitanjali
  37. True
  38. the Panchatantra
  39. 5
  40. False

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