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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 47 · 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.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Premchand (b) Kalidasa (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Rudyard Kipling
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Valmiki (d) Kalidasa
  3. 3.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  4. 4.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Tulsidas
  7. 7.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Ramayana (d) the Panchatantra
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Premchand (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Valmiki
  9. 9.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Bengali
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Tulsidas
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  15. 15.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  16. 16.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Rama (c) Ravana (d) Krishna
  17. 17.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Ramayana (d) Meghaduta
  18. 18.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  20. 20.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Mahabharata (c) Idgah (d) Wings of Fire
  22. 22.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Bhima (c) Rama (d) Arjuna
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  25. 25.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Mahabharata
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Valmiki
  28. 28.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Kalidasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Vishnu Sharma
  30. 30.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) recipes (c) animal stories (d) maps
  31. 31.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Idgah (b) the Ramayana (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Panchatantra
  33. 33.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Gitanjali (c) Godan (d) Wings of Fire
  34. 34.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Wings of Fire (d) Idgah
  37. 37.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Shere Khan (c) Baloo (d) Mowgli
  38. 38.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Bengali
  40. 40.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in English. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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