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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 596 · 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 Jungle Book was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  4. 4.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Idgah (b) Tirukkural (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Ramayana
  5. 5.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Ravana (c) Hanuman (d) Krishna
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Kalidasa (b) Valmiki (c) Premchand (d) Rudyard Kipling
  7. 7.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Panchatantra (d) Tirukkural
  8. 8.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Valmiki (b) Kalidasa (c) Tulsidas (d) Premchand
  11. 11.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  12. 12.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Bagheera (c) Baloo (d) Mowgli
  15. 15.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  17. 17.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  18. 18.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Karna (c) Arjuna (d) Bhima
  19. 19.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Idgah (b) Godan (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  20. 20.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  22. 22.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  23. 23.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Gitanjali (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Godan
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  26. 26.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Awadhi
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  29. 29.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Tirukkural (d) Wings of Fire
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Premchand (b) Tulsidas (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  31. 31.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Idgah (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Ramayana (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  32. 32.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Godan (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Panchatantra
  36. 36.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: Valmiki wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: Valmiki wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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