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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 499 · 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 Ramayana first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) English
  2. 2.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) Tirukkural (d) the Mahabharata
  3. 3.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Premchand (d) Kalidasa
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  6. 6.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) recipes (c) animal stories (d) maps
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Valmiki
  8. 8.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) Tirukkural
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  11. 11.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Mowgli (c) Baloo (d) Bagheera
  13. 13.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Mahabharata (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Premchand (d) Ved Vyasa
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) English
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Valmiki (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Ved Vyasa
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  19. 19.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  20. 20.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Gitanjali (c) Tirukkural (d) Meghaduta
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Valmiki (b) Tulsidas (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Lewis Carroll
  22. 22.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Ramayana (c) Tirukkural (d) Wings of Fire
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Valmiki (c) Premchand (d) Kalidasa
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Tulsidas (d) Vishnu Sharma
  26. 26.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  27. 27.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  28. 28.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Gitanjali (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Mahabharata
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Kalidasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Vishnu Sharma
  32. 32.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Meghaduta (d) Ramcharitmanas
  35. 35.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Bhima (c) Rama (d) Karna
  36. 36.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Tirukkural (d) Wings of Fire
  40. 40.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in English. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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