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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 69 · 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.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  5. 5.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Idgah (c) Gitanjali (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  7. 7.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Arjuna (c) Karna (d) Rama
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Premchand (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Ved Vyasa
  12. 12.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Awadhi
  14. 14.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Tulsidas (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Valmiki
  16. 16.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  17. 17.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  19. 19.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Idgah (b) Wings of Fire (c) Gitanjali (d) the Panchatantra
  20. 20.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Tulsidas (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Kalidasa
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Tulsidas
  24. 24.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Rama (c) Hanuman (d) Ravana
  26. 26.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  27. 27.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Tulsidas (b) Premchand (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rudyard Kipling
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Kalidasa
  30. 30.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Wings of Fire (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Gitanjali
  31. 31.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Panchatantra (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Ramayana
  32. 32.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Valmiki (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Thiruvalluvar
  34. 34.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Meghaduta (c) the Mahabharata (d) Wings of Fire
  35. 35.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Shere Khan (c) Bagheera (d) Mowgli
  36. 36.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  37. 37.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Ramayana (c) Wings of Fire (d) Meghaduta
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  39. 39.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. 5
  2. True
  3. False
  4. 18
  5. False
  6. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  7. False
  8. False
  9. True
  10. Rama
  11. Premchand
  12. True
  13. Sanskrit
  14. True
  15. Ved Vyasa
  16. 18
  17. Sanskrit
  18. Sanskrit
  19. the Panchatantra
  20. False
  21. True
  22. Kalidasa
  23. Rudyard Kipling
  24. True
  25. Krishna
  26. Awadhi
  27. True
  28. Vishnu Sharma
  29. Thiruvalluvar
  30. Gitanjali
  31. The Jungle Book
  32. False
  33. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  34. the Ramayana
  35. Mowgli
  36. the Mahabharata
  37. Wings of Fire
  38. Sanskrit
  39. True
  40. True

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