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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 723 · 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 Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) Tirukkural (d) the Mahabharata
  2. 2.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Mahabharata (c) Godan (d) The Jungle Book
  3. 3.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Tirukkural (c) Godan (d) Meghaduta
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Ved Vyasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rudyard Kipling
  6. 6.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Mahabharata (c) Idgah (d) the Panchatantra
  7. 7.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Tirukkural (c) the Panchatantra (d) Gitanjali
  8. 8.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Gitanjali (d) Godan
  9. 9.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Rama (c) Arjuna (d) Bhima
  10. 10.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Premchand (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Valmiki (d) Tulsidas
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Valmiki (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Kalidasa
  14. 14.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  16. 16.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) recipes (c) animal stories (d) war songs
  18. 18.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Baloo (c) Bagheera (d) Shere Khan
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Tulsidas (d) Valmiki
  22. 22.True or false: Kalidasa wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Ravana (c) Rama (d) Hanuman
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) English
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Tulsidas (c) Kalidasa (d) Premchand
  26. 26.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Idgah
  27. 27.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  32. 32.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  33. 33.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  35. 35.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Premchand (d) Ved Vyasa
  37. 37.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. the Mahabharata
  2. The Jungle Book
  3. True
  4. the Ramayana
  5. Ved Vyasa
  6. Idgah
  7. Tirukkural
  8. Gitanjali
  9. Rama
  10. False
  11. Tulsidas
  12. English
  13. Valmiki
  14. False
  15. 5
  16. True
  17. animal stories
  18. True
  19. True
  20. Mowgli
  21. Lewis Carroll
  22. False
  23. Krishna
  24. Tamil
  25. Kalidasa
  26. Ramcharitmanas
  27. False
  28. False
  29. Awadhi
  30. Sanskrit
  31. Sanskrit
  32. English
  33. False
  34. 18
  35. False
  36. Premchand
  37. False
  38. False
  39. False
  40. False

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