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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 504 · 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: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  4. 4.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  5. 5.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Idgah (d) Gitanjali
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Premchand (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Kalidasa
  9. 9.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Tirukkural (d) Gitanjali
  13. 13.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Idgah (b) the Panchatantra (c) Godan (d) Alice in Wonderland
  15. 15.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Ravana (c) Rama (d) Hanuman
  17. 17.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) English
  18. 18.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Valmiki (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Premchand
  20. 20.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Bhima (c) Rama (d) Arjuna
  21. 21.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Wings of Fire (c) Meghaduta (d) The Jungle Book
  22. 22.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Panchatantra
  24. 24.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) maps (c) war songs (d) animal stories
  25. 25.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Tulsidas (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  27. 27.True or false: Valmiki wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  29. 29.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Valmiki (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Tulsidas
  32. 32.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Ramayana (d) Tirukkural
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  36. 36.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Ramayana (d) Ramcharitmanas
  38. 38.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Mowgli (c) Bagheera (d) Shere Khan
  40. 40.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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