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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 639 · 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 Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Tulsidas (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Kalidasa
  5. 5.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  6. 6.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  7. 7.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) The Jungle Book (d) Godan
  8. 8.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Valmiki (b) Premchand (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Rudyard Kipling
  10. 10.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) animal stories (c) maps (d) recipes
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Tulsidas (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Lewis Carroll
  12. 12.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Mahabharata (c) Wings of Fire (d) Ramcharitmanas
  15. 15.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  17. 17.True or false: Godan was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Mahabharata (c) The Jungle Book (d) the Panchatantra
  19. 19.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Valmiki
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Tulsidas (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Valmiki
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Premchand (d) Ved Vyasa
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  24. 24.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Krishna (c) Rama (d) Ravana
  27. 27.True or false: Premchand wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Arjuna (c) Karna (d) Rama
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  30. 30.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  32. 32.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: Godan was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  37. 37.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Ramayana (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  40. 40.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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