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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 685 · 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 Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  2. 2.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Godan (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Mahabharata (d) Meghaduta
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  4. 4.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) animal stories (c) recipes (d) war songs
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Valmiki (c) Premchand (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  8. 8.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  9. 9.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  11. 11.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Valmiki (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  13. 13.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Idgah (c) Godan (d) Gitanjali
  15. 15.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Panchatantra (c) Idgah (d) The Jungle Book
  16. 16.True or false: Godan was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) the Ramayana (d) the Panchatantra
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Premchand (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Lewis Carroll
  20. 20.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  21. 21.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Thiruvalluvar
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Kalidasa
  24. 24.True or false: Kalidasa wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  26. 26.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Krishna (c) Hanuman (d) Rama
  30. 30.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Shere Khan (c) Bagheera (d) Mowgli
  32. 32.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) The Jungle Book
  34. 34.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  38. 38.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Kalidasa (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rabindranath Tagore

Answer key

  1. 5
  2. the Mahabharata
  3. Hindi
  4. False
  5. False
  6. animal stories
  7. Valmiki
  8. 18
  9. True
  10. English
  11. 18
  12. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  13. False
  14. Gitanjali
  15. The Jungle Book
  16. False
  17. True
  18. Wings of Fire
  19. Lewis Carroll
  20. Bengali
  21. True
  22. Tulsidas
  23. Kalidasa
  24. False
  25. Awadhi
  26. True
  27. False
  28. False
  29. Krishna
  30. True
  31. Mowgli
  32. False
  33. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  34. False
  35. True
  36. True
  37. English
  38. False
  39. True
  40. Rudyard Kipling

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