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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

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

Answer key

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

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