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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 558 · 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 the Ramayana first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) English
  2. 2.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  4. 4.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Panchatantra (c) Tirukkural (d) the Ramayana
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Kalidasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Premchand (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  8. 8.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  10. 10.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Idgah (c) Meghaduta (d) the Panchatantra
  12. 12.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Panchatantra (c) Idgah (d) Tirukkural
  13. 13.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Shere Khan (c) Baloo (d) Mowgli
  14. 14.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) maps (c) war songs (d) recipes
  16. 16.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Kalidasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Rudyard Kipling
  18. 18.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  20. 20.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  21. 21.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Panchatantra (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Gitanjali
  22. 22.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Wings of Fire (c) Meghaduta (d) Godan
  23. 23.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) The Jungle Book (c) Idgah (d) the Ramayana
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Premchand (d) Tulsidas
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Valmiki (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Premchand
  26. 26.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Bhima (c) Arjuna (d) Karna
  28. 28.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  30. 30.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Krishna (c) Ravana (d) Hanuman
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Kalidasa (d) Ved Vyasa
  32. 32.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  35. 35.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) English
  37. 37.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Awadhi
  38. 38.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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