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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 577 · 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 Jungle Book first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  2. 2.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Shere Khan (c) Bagheera (d) Baloo
  3. 3.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Karna (c) Rama (d) Arjuna
  5. 5.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Tulsidas (c) Ved Vyasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Valmiki (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Tulsidas (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  9. 9.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) English
  11. 11.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  12. 12.True or false: Kalidasa wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) the Mahabharata
  15. 15.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) maps (c) recipes (d) animal stories
  18. 18.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Gitanjali (c) the Panchatantra (d) Wings of Fire
  19. 19.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Tirukkural
  20. 20.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Ramayana (c) Godan (d) The Jungle Book
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  22. 22.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  24. 24.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Ravana (c) Rama (d) Hanuman
  26. 26.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  31. 31.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Idgah (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Panchatantra
  35. 35.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Meghaduta (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Premchand (c) Kalidasa (d) Ved Vyasa
  38. 38.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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