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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 669 · 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.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  2. 2.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) Tirukkural (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Panchatantra
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  4. 4.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Godan (c) the Panchatantra (d) Ramcharitmanas
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Kalidasa
  6. 6.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  8. 8.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) maps (c) war songs (d) animal stories
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Premchand (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Kalidasa (d) Ved Vyasa
  10. 10.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Godan (c) the Panchatantra (d) Wings of Fire
  13. 13.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Krishna (c) Rama (d) Ravana
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Valmiki (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Kalidasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Tulsidas
  17. 17.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) English
  19. 19.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Mowgli (c) Shere Khan (d) Bagheera
  21. 21.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) the Mahabharata (c) Idgah (d) The Jungle Book
  22. 22.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Ramayana (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  26. 26.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  27. 27.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Mahabharata
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Tulsidas (c) Premchand (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  29. 29.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Gitanjali (c) the Panchatantra (d) Godan
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  31. 31.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: Kalidasa wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: Premchand wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Idgah (c) Godan (d) the Ramayana
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  37. 37.True or false: Godan was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Panchatantra (d) Alice in Wonderland

Answer key

  1. 18
  2. the Mahabharata
  3. Sanskrit
  4. the Panchatantra
  5. Rabindranath Tagore
  6. True
  7. 5
  8. animal stories
  9. Premchand
  10. True
  11. False
  12. Tirukkural
  13. False
  14. Krishna
  15. Thiruvalluvar
  16. Tulsidas
  17. Sanskrit
  18. Hindi
  19. True
  20. Mowgli
  21. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  22. False
  23. False
  24. Gitanjali
  25. English
  26. 18
  27. Alice in Wonderland
  28. Lewis Carroll
  29. The Jungle Book
  30. English
  31. False
  32. False
  33. False
  34. False
  35. the Ramayana
  36. Sanskrit
  37. False
  38. True
  39. True
  40. Ramcharitmanas

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