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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 483 · 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: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  3. 3.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Gitanjali (b) The Jungle Book (c) Wings of Fire (d) Tirukkural
  4. 4.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  5. 5.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Idgah (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Panchatantra (d) Meghaduta
  8. 8.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) Idgah (d) Wings of Fire
  9. 9.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Baloo (c) Bagheera (d) Shere Khan
  11. 11.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  12. 12.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  14. 14.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) recipes (c) war songs (d) animal stories
  15. 15.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Ravana (c) Hanuman (d) Krishna
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Premchand
  17. 17.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  18. 18.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Kalidasa (b) Valmiki (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Tulsidas
  21. 21.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: Valmiki wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Idgah (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Ramayana
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Premchand (c) Kalidasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  25. 25.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Mahabharata (c) Idgah (d) Alice in Wonderland
  26. 26.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Arjuna (c) Rama (d) Bhima
  27. 27.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Panchatantra (d) Tirukkural
  28. 28.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  30. 30.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  32. 32.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Premchand (c) Tulsidas (d) Lewis Carroll
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Valmiki
  38. 38.True or false: Premchand wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Idgah (b) The Jungle Book (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Ramayana
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Valmiki

Answer key

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

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