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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 660 · 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 Premchand write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Godan (c) The Jungle Book (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  2. 2.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Hanuman (c) Ravana (d) Rama
  4. 4.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Hindi
  5. 5.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Idgah (b) Tirukkural (c) Wings of Fire (d) Alice in Wonderland
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rudyard Kipling
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Valmiki (d) Kalidasa
  9. 9.True or false: Premchand wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  13. 13.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Bhima (c) Karna (d) Rama
  14. 14.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  15. 15.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Idgah (b) the Ramayana (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Tirukkural
  16. 16.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) the Mahabharata (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Ramcharitmanas
  17. 17.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: Tulsidas wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Gitanjali (c) Idgah (d) Tirukkural
  21. 21.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) maps (c) recipes (d) animal stories
  22. 22.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Mahabharata (c) Idgah (d) Alice in Wonderland
  23. 23.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Bagheera (c) Baloo (d) Mowgli
  25. 25.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Kalidasa (c) Tulsidas (d) Lewis Carroll
  27. 27.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Premchand (c) Valmiki (d) Vishnu Sharma
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  31. 31.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  32. 32.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  33. 33.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  36. 36.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) Tirukkural (d) the Mahabharata
  37. 37.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: Valmiki wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) the Panchatantra (d) The Jungle Book

Answer key

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

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