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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 528 · 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 chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Kalidasa (c) Tulsidas (d) Thiruvalluvar
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Valmiki (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Ved Vyasa
  4. 4.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  6. 6.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  9. 9.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Tulsidas (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Kalidasa
  11. 11.True or false: Valmiki wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Valmiki (d) Premchand
  13. 13.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Hanuman (c) Krishna (d) Rama
  14. 14.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  16. 16.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) English
  19. 19.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Godan (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Tirukkural
  20. 20.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  21. 21.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Ramayana
  22. 22.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Panchatantra (d) Tirukkural
  23. 23.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: Kalidasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: Premchand wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Idgah (c) Godan (d) the Ramayana
  29. 29.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Valmiki
  31. 31.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Shere Khan (c) Baloo (d) Bagheera
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Kalidasa (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Valmiki
  33. 33.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Premchand (d) Tulsidas
  35. 35.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Arjuna (c) Rama (d) Karna
  36. 36.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  39. 39.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Panchatantra (c) The Jungle Book (d) the Ramayana

Answer key

  1. 18
  2. Vishnu Sharma
  3. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  4. True
  5. 5
  6. False
  7. True
  8. Sanskrit
  9. False
  10. Kalidasa
  11. False
  12. Premchand
  13. Krishna
  14. True
  15. English
  16. True
  17. True
  18. Sanskrit
  19. Godan
  20. 18
  21. Alice in Wonderland
  22. Tirukkural
  23. False
  24. False
  25. False
  26. False
  27. False
  28. The Jungle Book
  29. False
  30. Thiruvalluvar
  31. Mowgli
  32. Valmiki
  33. False
  34. Premchand
  35. Rama
  36. True
  37. True
  38. Hindi
  39. False
  40. the Ramayana

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