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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 611 · 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: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) English
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) English
  9. 9.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Lewis Carroll
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Kalidasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Valmiki (d) Lewis Carroll
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  13. 13.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Kalidasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Ved Vyasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  16. 16.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Ramayana (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Mahabharata
  18. 18.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Godan (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Mahabharata
  19. 19.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  20. 20.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) English
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Premchand (b) Kalidasa (c) Tulsidas (d) Lewis Carroll
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Valmiki (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Kalidasa
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Tulsidas (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Tulsidas (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Premchand
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Premchand (d) Tulsidas
  28. 28.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Ramayana (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Mahabharata
  30. 30.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Bagheera (c) Mowgli (d) Baloo
  33. 33.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Ravana (c) Hanuman (d) Krishna
  36. 36.True or false: Premchand wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Mahabharata
  39. 39.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) recipes (c) maps (d) animal stories
  40. 40.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?

Answer key

  1. True
  2. False
  3. False
  4. True
  5. True
  6. 18
  7. Awadhi
  8. English
  9. False
  10. Vishnu Sharma
  11. Valmiki
  12. Bengali
  13. False
  14. 18
  15. Ved Vyasa
  16. False
  17. the Mahabharata
  18. Godan
  19. Hindi
  20. False
  21. True
  22. English
  23. Tulsidas
  24. Kalidasa
  25. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  26. Premchand
  27. Premchand
  28. False
  29. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  30. False
  31. False
  32. Mowgli
  33. False
  34. True
  35. Krishna
  36. False
  37. True
  38. the Mahabharata
  39. animal stories
  40. 5

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