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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 710 · 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 Kalidasa write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Panchatantra (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Wings of Fire
  2. 2.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) maps (c) war songs (d) recipes
  4. 4.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  5. 5.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Arjuna (c) Bhima (d) Rama
  6. 6.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Bagheera (c) Shere Khan (d) Mowgli
  7. 7.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Rama (c) Hanuman (d) Krishna
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Valmiki (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Tulsidas (b) Premchand (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Thiruvalluvar
  10. 10.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Tulsidas
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Tulsidas (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Valmiki
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  14. 14.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Kalidasa
  16. 16.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  17. 17.True or false: Premchand wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  20. 20.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Wings of Fire (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Ramcharitmanas
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Tulsidas (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Kalidasa
  22. 22.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  24. 24.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Panchatantra (d) Ramcharitmanas
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  26. 26.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) English
  28. 28.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  30. 30.True or false: Valmiki wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  32. 32.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  34. 34.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Idgah (c) Meghaduta (d) Ramcharitmanas
  35. 35.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Meghaduta (c) the Panchatantra (d) The Jungle Book
  37. 37.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Panchatantra (c) Tirukkural (d) the Ramayana
  38. 38.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: Valmiki wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Godan (c) Tirukkural (d) Alice in Wonderland

Answer key

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

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