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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 585 · 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.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Idgah (c) Gitanjali (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  3. 3.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Mowgli (c) Baloo (d) Bagheera
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Lewis Carroll
  5. 5.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  6. 6.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Ramayana
  7. 7.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Valmiki (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) English
  11. 11.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Idgah (c) Wings of Fire (d) Gitanjali
  14. 14.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) English
  16. 16.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  17. 17.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Krishna (c) Rama (d) Hanuman
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Premchand (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Ved Vyasa
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Tulsidas (c) Valmiki (d) Premchand
  20. 20.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  21. 21.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Ramayana (c) Meghaduta (d) Godan
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Premchand (d) Valmiki
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  25. 25.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Ramayana (c) Godan (d) Ramcharitmanas
  26. 26.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  27. 27.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Arjuna (c) Karna (d) Bhima
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) English
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) English
  30. 30.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Gitanjali (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Panchatantra
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  32. 32.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) The Jungle Book
  33. 33.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Idgah (d) the Ramayana
  34. 34.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Ramayana
  36. 36.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) the Panchatantra (c) Meghaduta (d) Gitanjali
  38. 38.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Kalidasa (b) Premchand (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Tulsidas
  40. 40.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. True
  2. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  3. Mowgli
  4. Vishnu Sharma
  5. 18
  6. the Mahabharata
  7. False
  8. True
  9. Ved Vyasa
  10. Hindi
  11. False
  12. True
  13. Wings of Fire
  14. 18
  15. English
  16. 5
  17. Krishna
  18. Thiruvalluvar
  19. Tulsidas
  20. English
  21. True
  22. Godan
  23. Premchand
  24. English
  25. Ramcharitmanas
  26. Bengali
  27. Rama
  28. Tamil
  29. Sanskrit
  30. Gitanjali
  31. Sanskrit
  32. The Jungle Book
  33. Tirukkural
  34. True
  35. Alice in Wonderland
  36. True
  37. the Panchatantra
  38. True
  39. Kalidasa
  40. True

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