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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 527 · 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 wrote Meghaduta? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Kalidasa (c) Tulsidas (d) Thiruvalluvar
  2. 2.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Premchand (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Kalidasa
  6. 6.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  7. 7.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Mowgli (c) Shere Khan (d) Bagheera
  8. 8.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Krishna (c) Rama (d) Hanuman
  9. 9.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  13. 13.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Mahabharata (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) The Jungle Book
  14. 14.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  15. 15.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Ramayana
  18. 18.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  20. 20.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Bhima (c) Karna (d) Rama
  21. 21.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Godan (c) Tirukkural (d) Meghaduta
  22. 22.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  23. 23.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Idgah (c) the Mahabharata (d) Alice in Wonderland
  26. 26.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  27. 27.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Tulsidas (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Valmiki (d) Vishnu Sharma
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rudyard Kipling
  32. 32.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Panchatantra (c) Meghaduta (d) the Mahabharata
  33. 33.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Godan (c) the Ramayana (d) Wings of Fire
  34. 34.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Panchatantra (c) Gitanjali (d) Idgah
  35. 35.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) The Jungle Book (c) Gitanjali (d) Idgah
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Tulsidas (d) Lewis Carroll
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Valmiki (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rudyard Kipling
  40. 40.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) maps (c) animal stories (d) war songs

Answer key

  1. Kalidasa
  2. False
  3. True
  4. False
  5. Thiruvalluvar
  6. Sanskrit
  7. Mowgli
  8. Krishna
  9. False
  10. False
  11. True
  12. 5
  13. The Jungle Book
  14. 18
  15. False
  16. False
  17. the Mahabharata
  18. True
  19. Awadhi
  20. Rama
  21. Tirukkural
  22. 18
  23. False
  24. False
  25. Alice in Wonderland
  26. Sanskrit
  27. False
  28. False
  29. Vishnu Sharma
  30. Sanskrit
  31. Lewis Carroll
  32. the Mahabharata
  33. Godan
  34. the Panchatantra
  35. True
  36. False
  37. Ramcharitmanas
  38. Rabindranath Tagore
  39. Valmiki
  40. animal stories

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