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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 717 · 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.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) Tirukkural (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Panchatantra
  2. 2.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Mahabharata (d) Godan
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Thiruvalluvar
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Bengali
  8. 8.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) English
  11. 11.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Godan (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) Tirukkural
  15. 15.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Idgah (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Gitanjali (d) the Mahabharata
  16. 16.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Valmiki (b) Tulsidas (c) Ved Vyasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  19. 19.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Rama (c) Bhima (d) Karna
  20. 20.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Kalidasa (b) Premchand (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Lewis Carroll
  22. 22.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Krishna (c) Hanuman (d) Ravana
  23. 23.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: Valmiki wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Ved Vyasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Thiruvalluvar
  26. 26.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Tulsidas
  29. 29.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) war songs (c) recipes (d) animal stories
  30. 30.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  31. 31.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) The Jungle Book (d) Idgah
  33. 33.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Idgah (c) Gitanjali (d) the Mahabharata
  34. 34.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  36. 36.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Ramayana (c) Idgah (d) Meghaduta
  37. 37.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) The Jungle Book (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Alice in Wonderland
  38. 38.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Godan (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Ramayana
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Ved Vyasa
  40. 40.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. the Mahabharata
  2. True
  3. True
  4. Tirukkural
  5. Sanskrit
  6. Ved Vyasa
  7. English
  8. False
  9. True
  10. Tamil
  11. True
  12. True
  13. True
  14. the Mahabharata
  15. Idgah
  16. True
  17. 18
  18. Tulsidas
  19. Rama
  20. 5
  21. Premchand
  22. Krishna
  23. True
  24. False
  25. Thiruvalluvar
  26. False
  27. Sanskrit
  28. Rudyard Kipling
  29. animal stories
  30. 18
  31. False
  32. The Jungle Book
  33. Alice in Wonderland
  34. False
  35. Awadhi
  36. Meghaduta
  37. Ramcharitmanas
  38. the Ramayana
  39. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  40. False

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