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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 582 · 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.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Bhima (c) Rama (d) Karna
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Premchand (d) Kalidasa
  3. 3.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  4. 4.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  6. 6.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Mowgli (c) Shere Khan (d) Bagheera
  7. 7.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Ramayana (c) Godan (d) the Panchatantra
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Premchand (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Thiruvalluvar
  9. 9.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Gitanjali (c) The Jungle Book (d) Meghaduta
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  11. 11.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Tulsidas (d) Thiruvalluvar
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Tamil (d) English
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Premchand (d) Lewis Carroll
  15. 15.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Ramayana (d) the Panchatantra
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Valmiki (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Kalidasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  18. 18.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) The Jungle Book (c) Wings of Fire (d) Idgah
  20. 20.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  21. 21.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Gitanjali (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Panchatantra
  25. 25.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  26. 26.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  27. 27.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  29. 29.True or false: Tulsidas wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) maps (c) war songs (d) recipes
  32. 32.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Valmiki (c) Kalidasa (d) Lewis Carroll
  35. 35.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Ramayana (d) Wings of Fire
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  39. 39.True or false: Valmiki wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Krishna (c) Rama (d) Ravana

Answer key

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

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