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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 731 · 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.True or false: Godan was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Kalidasa
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) English
  6. 6.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  7. 7.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Rama (c) Hanuman (d) Ravana
  8. 8.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Gitanjali (c) Idgah (d) Meghaduta
  9. 9.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Idgah (b) Meghaduta (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Ramcharitmanas
  12. 12.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Ramayana (c) the Panchatantra (d) Tirukkural
  13. 13.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) war songs (c) animal stories (d) maps
  14. 14.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Rama (c) Karna (d) Arjuna
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Premchand (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Rudyard Kipling
  16. 16.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  17. 17.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Mowgli (c) Shere Khan (d) Bagheera
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Tulsidas (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Lewis Carroll
  19. 19.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Tirukkural (c) the Panchatantra (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Hindi
  22. 22.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Tirukkural (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Idgah
  23. 23.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) English
  25. 25.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) Wings of Fire (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  27. 27.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  28. 28.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Idgah (b) the Ramayana (c) the Panchatantra (d) Ramcharitmanas
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Valmiki (d) Tulsidas
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Premchand (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  31. 31.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Godan (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) The Jungle Book (d) the Mahabharata
  32. 32.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) the Ramayana (d) Idgah
  33. 33.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Rudyard Kipling
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Kalidasa
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Thiruvalluvar
  37. 37.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Panchatantra (d) Meghaduta

Answer key

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

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