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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 498 · 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.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  2. 2.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Idgah (b) the Mahabharata (c) Meghaduta (d) Tirukkural
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  4. 4.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Valmiki (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Tulsidas (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  7. 7.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) English
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  11. 11.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  12. 12.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Bhima (c) Rama (d) Karna
  13. 13.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Idgah (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Ramayana (d) Ramcharitmanas
  15. 15.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Panchatantra
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) English
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Premchand (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  20. 20.True or false: Premchand wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Gitanjali (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  23. 23.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Ravana (c) Krishna (d) Rama
  24. 24.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Valmiki (d) Ved Vyasa
  27. 27.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Kalidasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Valmiki (d) Vishnu Sharma
  30. 30.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) Idgah (d) The Jungle Book
  31. 31.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Mahabharata (c) Gitanjali (d) The Jungle Book
  33. 33.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Kalidasa (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Premchand
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Valmiki (b) Tulsidas (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Ved Vyasa
  36. 36.True or false: Premchand wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Shere Khan (c) Mowgli (d) Baloo
  38. 38.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  40. 40.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. 5
  2. Tirukkural
  3. Sanskrit
  4. True
  5. True
  6. Lewis Carroll
  7. True
  8. 18
  9. Sanskrit
  10. English
  11. 18
  12. Rama
  13. False
  14. the Ramayana
  15. False
  16. False
  17. Wings of Fire
  18. Hindi
  19. Premchand
  20. False
  21. True
  22. Gitanjali
  23. Krishna
  24. False
  25. False
  26. Ved Vyasa
  27. False
  28. False
  29. Vishnu Sharma
  30. the Panchatantra
  31. True
  32. the Mahabharata
  33. True
  34. Kalidasa
  35. Valmiki
  36. False
  37. Mowgli
  38. False
  39. Bengali
  40. True

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