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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 609 · 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: Rudyard Kipling wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  5. 5.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  6. 6.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Godan (c) Gitanjali (d) Idgah
  7. 7.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  9. 9.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) Wings of Fire
  10. 10.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  12. 12.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Meghaduta (c) the Mahabharata (d) Wings of Fire
  13. 13.True or false: Premchand wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Wings of Fire (c) Idgah (d) Alice in Wonderland
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  17. 17.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Kalidasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Premchand (d) Tulsidas
  19. 19.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Gitanjali (c) The Jungle Book (d) Alice in Wonderland
  20. 20.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Premchand (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  22. 22.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) Hindi
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  25. 25.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Ramayana (d) Tirukkural
  26. 26.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Bagheera (c) Mowgli (d) Baloo
  27. 27.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  28. 28.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Arjuna (c) Rama (d) Bhima
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) Valmiki (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Kalidasa
  31. 31.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Wings of Fire (d) Meghaduta
  33. 33.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) The Jungle Book (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Mahabharata
  35. 35.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Idgah (d) Gitanjali
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  37. 37.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Rama (c) Krishna (d) Hanuman
  39. 39.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Valmiki

Answer key

  1. False
  2. True
  3. True
  4. Sanskrit
  5. 5
  6. Gitanjali
  7. False
  8. 18
  9. the Panchatantra
  10. False
  11. Sanskrit
  12. Tirukkural
  13. False
  14. True
  15. Wings of Fire
  16. Sanskrit
  17. True
  18. Premchand
  19. the Ramayana
  20. True
  21. Premchand
  22. False
  23. English
  24. English
  25. the Mahabharata
  26. Mowgli
  27. 18
  28. True
  29. Rama
  30. Tulsidas
  31. True
  32. Meghaduta
  33. True
  34. The Jungle Book
  35. Idgah
  36. Bengali
  37. False
  38. Krishna
  39. False
  40. Valmiki

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