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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 522 · 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.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Rama (c) Karna (d) Bhima
  3. 3.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  5. 5.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Valmiki (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Thiruvalluvar
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Kalidasa (d) Thiruvalluvar
  8. 8.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Godan (c) The Jungle Book (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Tulsidas (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Premchand (d) Ved Vyasa
  10. 10.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Idgah (c) the Mahabharata (d) The Jungle Book
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Kalidasa (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Premchand (d) Vishnu Sharma
  12. 12.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Valmiki (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Tulsidas (d) Ved Vyasa
  15. 15.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) English
  19. 19.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Valmiki (c) Kalidasa (d) Tulsidas
  21. 21.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Idgah (c) Tirukkural (d) the Mahabharata
  23. 23.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Valmiki (c) Tulsidas (d) Thiruvalluvar
  26. 26.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  28. 28.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) war songs (c) animal stories (d) recipes
  30. 30.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Tirukkural (c) Meghaduta (d) Idgah
  31. 31.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Shere Khan (c) Mowgli (d) Bagheera
  32. 32.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Hindi
  34. 34.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Meghaduta (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  35. 35.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Kalidasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Tulsidas
  37. 37.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  40. 40.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Ravana (c) Krishna (d) Rama

Answer key

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

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