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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 66 · 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.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Ramayana (c) the Panchatantra (d) Alice in Wonderland
  2. 2.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: Godan was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Premchand (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Ved Vyasa
  6. 6.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  8. 8.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) English
  11. 11.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Godan
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  13. 13.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  15. 15.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Kalidasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Valmiki
  20. 20.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) the Mahabharata
  22. 22.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Valmiki (b) Tulsidas (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Rudyard Kipling
  24. 24.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Meghaduta
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Tulsidas
  26. 26.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Idgah (b) Gitanjali (c) the Mahabharata (d) Wings of Fire
  27. 27.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Kalidasa (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Valmiki (d) Rudyard Kipling
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Tamil
  31. 31.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Mahabharata (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Ramcharitmanas
  32. 32.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Godan (b) the Ramayana (c) Gitanjali (d) The Jungle Book
  34. 34.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Hanuman (c) Ravana (d) Krishna
  35. 35.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) animal stories (c) recipes (d) war songs
  37. 37.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Ramayana (d) Tirukkural

Answer key

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

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