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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 615 · 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 The Jungle Book first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Hindi
  2. 2.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) maps (c) recipes (d) animal stories
  3. 3.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Valmiki
  5. 5.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Mahabharata (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Tirukkural
  6. 6.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  7. 7.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  8. 8.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Arjuna (c) Rama (d) Karna
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Premchand (b) Tulsidas (c) Kalidasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  11. 11.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Panchatantra
  12. 12.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Valmiki
  14. 14.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Ramayana (d) Meghaduta
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  16. 16.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Hanuman (c) Ravana (d) Rama
  20. 20.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Tulsidas (c) Premchand (d) Thiruvalluvar
  22. 22.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Tulsidas (b) Kalidasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Lewis Carroll
  24. 24.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Gitanjali (c) the Ramayana (d) Godan
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Premchand (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Rudyard Kipling
  27. 27.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  29. 29.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Panchatantra (c) Wings of Fire (d) Meghaduta
  30. 30.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Idgah (b) Meghaduta (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Ramcharitmanas
  31. 31.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  37. 37.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi

Answer key

  1. English
  2. animal stories
  3. 5
  4. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  5. Gitanjali
  6. 18
  7. 18
  8. Rama
  9. Sanskrit
  10. Kalidasa
  11. the Panchatantra
  12. False
  13. Tulsidas
  14. the Ramayana
  15. Ved Vyasa
  16. True
  17. False
  18. True
  19. Krishna
  20. False
  21. Rabindranath Tagore
  22. False
  23. Lewis Carroll
  24. False
  25. Godan
  26. Rudyard Kipling
  27. False
  28. Sanskrit
  29. Wings of Fire
  30. Ramcharitmanas
  31. True
  32. True
  33. True
  34. True
  35. Tamil
  36. Sanskrit
  37. False
  38. False
  39. False
  40. Sanskrit

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