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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 491 · 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: Ved Vyasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Shere Khan (c) Baloo (d) Mowgli
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Tulsidas (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Premchand
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  6. 6.True or false: Valmiki wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Ramayana (c) Idgah (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  9. 9.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) The Jungle Book (d) the Mahabharata
  11. 11.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Kalidasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Lewis Carroll
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  14. 14.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Ved Vyasa
  18. 18.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Meghaduta (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Mahabharata
  20. 20.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) Tirukkural (d) the Mahabharata
  21. 21.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Tulsidas (b) Kalidasa (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Thiruvalluvar
  23. 23.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Bengali
  25. 25.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Kalidasa (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Lewis Carroll
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Tulsidas (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Valmiki
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Tulsidas (d) Ved Vyasa
  29. 29.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) Tirukkural (d) The Jungle Book
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  31. 31.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  32. 32.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Mahabharata (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Panchatantra
  33. 33.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Arjuna (c) Rama (d) Karna
  34. 34.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Idgah (b) the Ramayana (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Godan
  36. 36.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Ramayana (d) Tirukkural
  38. 38.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Panchatantra (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Meghaduta
  39. 39.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  40. 40.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. False
  2. False
  3. Mowgli
  4. Premchand
  5. Hindi
  6. False
  7. False
  8. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  9. True
  10. The Jungle Book
  11. 18
  12. Rudyard Kipling
  13. Sanskrit
  14. True
  15. True
  16. English
  17. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  18. False
  19. the Mahabharata
  20. the Mahabharata
  21. False
  22. Kalidasa
  23. True
  24. Bengali
  25. True
  26. Rabindranath Tagore
  27. Valmiki
  28. Ved Vyasa
  29. the Ramayana
  30. English
  31. 5
  32. the Panchatantra
  33. Rama
  34. True
  35. Ramcharitmanas
  36. True
  37. Tirukkural
  38. Meghaduta
  39. 18
  40. False

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