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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 588 · 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 Meghaduta first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Hindi
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  3. 3.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Idgah (b) Wings of Fire (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Mahabharata
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Premchand (b) Ved Vyasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Thiruvalluvar
  7. 7.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Ravana (c) Rama (d) Hanuman
  8. 8.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) Meghaduta (d) Ramcharitmanas
  10. 10.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) the Mahabharata (d) Tirukkural
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Premchand (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Kalidasa
  12. 12.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Tulsidas (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) English
  15. 15.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  17. 17.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Godan (c) The Jungle Book (d) Ramcharitmanas
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) English
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) Ved Vyasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Premchand
  20. 20.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Idgah (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Ramayana
  22. 22.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  24. 24.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Shere Khan (c) Mowgli (d) Bagheera
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  26. 26.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  27. 27.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Kalidasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Vishnu Sharma
  29. 29.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Godan (c) the Ramayana (d) Tirukkural
  30. 30.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  32. 32.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Karna (c) Bhima (d) Rama
  36. 36.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Tulsidas (d) Kalidasa
  40. 40.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) war songs (c) recipes (d) maps

Answer key

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

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