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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 512 · 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.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Arjuna (c) Karna (d) Rama
  2. 2.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Idgah (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  3. 3.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Panchatantra (c) Idgah (d) The Jungle Book
  4. 4.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  8. 8.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) animal stories (c) maps (d) recipes
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Premchand (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Valmiki
  11. 11.True or false: Godan was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  14. 14.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  16. 16.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  17. 17.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Tulsidas
  19. 19.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Bagheera (c) Baloo (d) Mowgli
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Tulsidas (b) Ved Vyasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Thiruvalluvar
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) English
  22. 22.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Mahabharata (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Ramayana
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Tulsidas (b) Premchand (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rudyard Kipling
  24. 24.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Kalidasa (d) Ved Vyasa
  27. 27.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  29. 29.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Hindi
  34. 34.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Gitanjali (c) Idgah (d) the Panchatantra
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Kalidasa (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Vishnu Sharma
  36. 36.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Rama (c) Krishna (d) Hanuman
  37. 37.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  39. 39.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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