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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 519 · 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 books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  2. 2.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  5. 5.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Godan (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Panchatantra (d) The Jungle Book
  6. 6.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Karna (c) Rama (d) Bhima
  7. 7.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) English
  9. 9.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) Bengali
  11. 11.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Bagheera (c) Baloo (d) Mowgli
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Kalidasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Ved Vyasa
  13. 13.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) the Mahabharata (d) Wings of Fire
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Ved Vyasa
  15. 15.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Premchand (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Vishnu Sharma
  17. 17.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  18. 18.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Krishna (c) Ravana (d) Hanuman
  20. 20.True or false: Kalidasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) war songs (c) maps (d) recipes
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Kalidasa (c) Tulsidas (d) Thiruvalluvar
  23. 23.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Ramayana (c) the Panchatantra (d) Gitanjali
  25. 25.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  26. 26.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Rudyard Kipling
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) Lewis Carroll (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Ved Vyasa
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Premchand (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Ved Vyasa
  31. 31.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  32. 32.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Ramayana (c) Meghaduta (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  33. 33.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  35. 35.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Valmiki (c) Tulsidas (d) Vishnu Sharma
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Tulsidas (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Lewis Carroll
  38. 38.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Ramayana (c) Tirukkural (d) the Panchatantra

Answer key

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

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