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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 687 · 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 Tirukkural? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Ved Vyasa
  2. 2.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Rama (c) Ravana (d) Krishna
  3. 3.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  4. 4.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  6. 6.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: Valmiki wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: Valmiki wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  14. 14.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Bagheera (c) Baloo (d) Mowgli
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Tulsidas
  16. 16.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  17. 17.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  19. 19.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Meghaduta (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Ramayana
  21. 21.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Tirukkural (d) Wings of Fire
  22. 22.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) the Mahabharata (d) Tirukkural
  23. 23.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Ramayana (c) Godan (d) Gitanjali
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) English
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Kalidasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Tulsidas
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Premchand (d) Vishnu Sharma
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) English
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  29. 29.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  31. 31.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: Premchand wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) recipes (c) maps (d) animal stories
  35. 35.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Arjuna (c) Rama (d) Bhima
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  39. 39.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Meghaduta (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Tirukkural

Answer key

  1. Thiruvalluvar
  2. Krishna
  3. 5
  4. True
  5. Sanskrit
  6. False
  7. False
  8. False
  9. True
  10. True
  11. True
  12. False
  13. 18
  14. Mowgli
  15. Rudyard Kipling
  16. 18
  17. False
  18. Tamil
  19. False
  20. the Ramayana
  21. Wings of Fire
  22. the Mahabharata
  23. Gitanjali
  24. English
  25. Kalidasa
  26. Tulsidas
  27. Sanskrit
  28. Awadhi
  29. True
  30. English
  31. True
  32. True
  33. False
  34. animal stories
  35. True
  36. True
  37. Rama
  38. Bengali
  39. False
  40. Tirukkural

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