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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 650 · 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.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Valmiki (d) Premchand
  2. 2.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Awadhi
  4. 4.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  6. 6.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) maps (c) animal stories (d) war songs
  7. 7.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Godan (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Mahabharata (d) Gitanjali
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  10. 10.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Krishna (c) Rama (d) Hanuman
  12. 12.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Ramayana (c) the Panchatantra (d) Tirukkural
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Valmiki (d) Lewis Carroll
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Premchand (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Kalidasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Hindi
  17. 17.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  18. 18.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Gitanjali (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Tirukkural
  19. 19.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  20. 20.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Gitanjali (b) The Jungle Book (c) Idgah (d) Ramcharitmanas
  22. 22.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Bagheera (c) Baloo (d) Mowgli
  23. 23.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  24. 24.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Bhima (c) Rama (d) Karna
  25. 25.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Meghaduta (c) the Panchatantra (d) The Jungle Book
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Kalidasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Tulsidas (d) Valmiki
  27. 27.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Tirukkural
  29. 29.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Kalidasa (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Tulsidas (d) Ved Vyasa
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  35. 35.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Godan (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) the Panchatantra (d) Gitanjali
  36. 36.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Tulsidas (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Kalidasa
  38. 38.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Idgah (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Tirukkural (d) Alice in Wonderland
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Kalidasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rabindranath Tagore

Answer key

  1. Premchand
  2. True
  3. Sanskrit
  4. False
  5. Sanskrit
  6. animal stories
  7. False
  8. the Mahabharata
  9. Bengali
  10. False
  11. Krishna
  12. the Mahabharata
  13. Lewis Carroll
  14. Sanskrit
  15. Premchand
  16. Sanskrit
  17. Hindi
  18. Tirukkural
  19. 18
  20. False
  21. Idgah
  22. Mowgli
  23. 5
  24. Rama
  25. The Jungle Book
  26. Valmiki
  27. True
  28. the Ramayana
  29. False
  30. True
  31. True
  32. False
  33. Rudyard Kipling
  34. Tamil
  35. Gitanjali
  36. True
  37. Kalidasa
  38. True
  39. Alice in Wonderland
  40. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

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