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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 548 · 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.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  2. 2.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) The Jungle Book
  3. 3.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  4. 4.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  5. 5.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Panchatantra (c) Tirukkural (d) the Ramayana
  8. 8.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) the Ramayana (d) Wings of Fire
  9. 9.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Valmiki (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Vishnu Sharma
  11. 11.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Panchatantra (d) Gitanjali
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Kalidasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  13. 13.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  15. 15.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Rudyard Kipling
  17. 17.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Bagheera (c) Mowgli (d) Baloo
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Valmiki (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Kalidasa (d) Ved Vyasa
  20. 20.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  21. 21.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Idgah (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Panchatantra (d) Godan
  23. 23.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  25. 25.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Bhima (c) Karna (d) Arjuna
  26. 26.True or false: Valmiki wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) Alice in Wonderland
  29. 29.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) animal stories (c) maps (d) war songs
  31. 31.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Ramcharitmanas
  32. 32.True or false: Kalidasa wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Kalidasa (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Valmiki (d) Tulsidas
  34. 34.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Ved Vyasa
  36. 36.True or false: Godan was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  39. 39.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. English
  2. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  3. 18
  4. Sanskrit
  5. False
  6. True
  7. the Mahabharata
  8. the Ramayana
  9. True
  10. Thiruvalluvar
  11. the Panchatantra
  12. Kalidasa
  13. True
  14. 5
  15. False
  16. Rudyard Kipling
  17. True
  18. Mowgli
  19. Kalidasa
  20. 18
  21. True
  22. the Mahabharata
  23. False
  24. Bengali
  25. Rama
  26. False
  27. True
  28. Alice in Wonderland
  29. False
  30. animal stories
  31. Tirukkural
  32. False
  33. Tulsidas
  34. True
  35. Ved Vyasa
  36. False
  37. English
  38. Rabindranath Tagore
  39. True
  40. False

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