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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 745 · 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: Kalidasa wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  3. 3.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Kalidasa (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  5. 5.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Mowgli (c) Baloo (d) Bagheera
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  8. 8.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Ravana (c) Rama (d) Krishna
  9. 9.True or false: Premchand wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Kalidasa (d) Premchand
  11. 11.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Godan (c) Gitanjali (d) Wings of Fire
  14. 14.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Ramayana (c) Idgah (d) the Mahabharata
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Premchand (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Kalidasa
  16. 16.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Godan (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Ramayana
  18. 18.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  21. 21.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Arjuna (c) Rama (d) Bhima
  23. 23.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Mahabharata (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Idgah
  24. 24.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Premchand (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Vishnu Sharma
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Kalidasa
  28. 28.True or false: Godan was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) recipes (c) animal stories (d) war songs
  30. 30.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Panchatantra (d) Ramcharitmanas
  31. 31.True or false: Valmiki wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Kalidasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Premchand (d) Thiruvalluvar
  33. 33.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  36. 36.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Wings of Fire (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Tirukkural
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Tulsidas (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Ved Vyasa
  38. 38.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Tirukkural (c) Idgah (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  40. 40.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. False
  2. Sanskrit
  3. 18
  4. Lewis Carroll
  5. False
  6. Mowgli
  7. Sanskrit
  8. Krishna
  9. False
  10. Thiruvalluvar
  11. False
  12. True
  13. The Jungle Book
  14. the Mahabharata
  15. Kalidasa
  16. False
  17. Godan
  18. True
  19. False
  20. 5
  21. False
  22. Rama
  23. Alice in Wonderland
  24. False
  25. Sanskrit
  26. Rudyard Kipling
  27. Ved Vyasa
  28. False
  29. animal stories
  30. the Panchatantra
  31. False
  32. Vishnu Sharma
  33. True
  34. True
  35. 18
  36. Gitanjali
  37. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  38. Idgah
  39. Hindi
  40. True

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