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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 63 · 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.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Mowgli (c) Bagheera (d) Shere Khan
  3. 3.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  4. 4.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  5. 5.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  9. 9.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Rudyard Kipling
  11. 11.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  12. 12.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) The Jungle Book (d) Wings of Fire
  13. 13.True or false: Godan was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Ramayana
  15. 15.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Rama (c) Bhima (d) Arjuna
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Premchand (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Valmiki
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Kalidasa (c) Premchand (d) Rudyard Kipling
  18. 18.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Tulsidas (b) Valmiki (c) Premchand (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  21. 21.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Ved Vyasa
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  24. 24.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Krishna (c) Hanuman (d) Ravana
  30. 30.True or false: Premchand wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) English
  32. 32.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  33. 33.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) the Panchatantra (d) Godan
  37. 37.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Kalidasa (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Premchand (d) Valmiki
  39. 39.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Hindi

Answer key

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

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