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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 716 · 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 A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Wings of Fire (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Idgah
  3. 3.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Kalidasa
  5. 5.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Krishna (c) Ravana (d) Rama
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  9. 9.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Ramayana (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  10. 10.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) the Panchatantra (d) Alice in Wonderland
  12. 12.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Baloo (c) Shere Khan (d) Mowgli
  15. 15.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) Tirukkural (d) the Mahabharata
  18. 18.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Idgah (c) the Mahabharata (d) Tirukkural
  19. 19.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Gitanjali (d) Godan
  20. 20.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Tirukkural (d) the Mahabharata
  21. 21.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Ramayana (c) the Mahabharata (d) Idgah
  22. 22.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  23. 23.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Wings of Fire (c) Godan (d) the Panchatantra
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Valmiki (c) Premchand (d) Kalidasa
  26. 26.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Kalidasa (d) Thiruvalluvar
  28. 28.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) recipes (c) animal stories (d) war songs
  29. 29.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Premchand
  31. 31.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) the Ramayana (c) the Panchatantra (d) The Jungle Book
  32. 32.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Kalidasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rudyard Kipling
  34. 34.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Valmiki (d) Premchand
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Tulsidas (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Premchand (d) Kalidasa
  37. 37.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Karna (c) Rama (d) Bhima
  38. 38.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Idgah (c) Wings of Fire (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  40. 40.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?

Answer key

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

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