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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 536 · 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.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  3. 3.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Ramayana (c) Tirukkural (d) the Panchatantra
  4. 4.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) maps (c) war songs (d) recipes
  5. 5.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Tulsidas
  7. 7.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  8. 8.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Godan (d) The Jungle Book
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Premchand (b) Valmiki (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  10. 10.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Rama (c) Ravana (d) Hanuman
  12. 12.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Tirukkural (c) Godan (d) Wings of Fire
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) English
  15. 15.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Ramayana (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Godan
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Tulsidas
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Kalidasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Tulsidas
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) Valmiki (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Rudyard Kipling
  21. 21.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Tulsidas (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Lewis Carroll
  24. 24.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Meghaduta (c) The Jungle Book (d) Gitanjali
  26. 26.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  27. 27.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  29. 29.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  30. 30.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Gitanjali (c) the Ramayana (d) The Jungle Book
  31. 31.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Thiruvalluvar
  34. 34.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Valmiki (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Tulsidas
  37. 37.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) English
  40. 40.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Bhima (c) Karna (d) Rama

Answer key

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

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