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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 750 · 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: the Ramayana was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Premchand (d) Valmiki
  4. 4.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Tulsidas (d) Kalidasa
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Tulsidas (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Ved Vyasa
  7. 7.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Gitanjali (c) Meghaduta (d) the Mahabharata
  8. 8.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Hindi
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Hindi
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Tulsidas (c) Valmiki (d) Vishnu Sharma
  12. 12.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  13. 13.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: Valmiki wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Mahabharata (c) The Jungle Book (d) the Ramayana
  17. 17.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Idgah (b) Gitanjali (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Alice in Wonderland
  18. 18.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Tulsidas
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Premchand (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Valmiki
  21. 21.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Ravana (c) Krishna (d) Hanuman
  22. 22.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Gitanjali (c) Wings of Fire (d) Meghaduta
  25. 25.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Baloo (c) Mowgli (d) Shere Khan
  26. 26.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  29. 29.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) recipes (c) animal stories (d) maps
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Premchand (c) Kalidasa (d) Valmiki
  31. 31.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Tulsidas (c) Kalidasa (d) Thiruvalluvar
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  35. 35.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Panchatantra
  37. 37.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Bhima (c) Karna (d) Rama
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Hindi

Answer key

  1. False
  2. False
  3. Premchand
  4. True
  5. Tulsidas
  6. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  7. the Mahabharata
  8. 18
  9. Sanskrit
  10. English
  11. Vishnu Sharma
  12. 5
  13. True
  14. True
  15. False
  16. the Ramayana
  17. Ramcharitmanas
  18. False
  19. Thiruvalluvar
  20. Ved Vyasa
  21. Krishna
  22. True
  23. False
  24. Gitanjali
  25. Mowgli
  26. False
  27. False
  28. 18
  29. animal stories
  30. Valmiki
  31. True
  32. Kalidasa
  33. Sanskrit
  34. Sanskrit
  35. True
  36. Wings of Fire
  37. True
  38. False
  39. Rama
  40. Bengali

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