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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 78 · 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.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  2. 2.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Kalidasa (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  4. 4.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) the Mahabharata
  5. 5.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  7. 7.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Wings of Fire (c) Idgah (d) the Ramayana
  9. 9.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Shere Khan (c) Mowgli (d) Bagheera
  10. 10.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  12. 12.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Premchand (d) Tulsidas
  14. 14.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Hanuman (c) Krishna (d) Rama
  17. 17.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) war songs (c) animal stories (d) recipes
  18. 18.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Meghaduta (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Wings of Fire
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Kalidasa (b) Premchand (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Valmiki
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Premchand (d) Kalidasa
  21. 21.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Bhima (c) Karna (d) Rama
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  24. 24.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) The Jungle Book
  25. 25.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Mahabharata (d) Alice in Wonderland
  31. 31.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) the Panchatantra (d) Alice in Wonderland
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Awadhi
  35. 35.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Tirukkural (c) Idgah (d) the Mahabharata
  36. 36.True or false: Kalidasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  38. 38.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. 18
  2. 5
  3. Kalidasa
  4. the Mahabharata
  5. False
  6. Sanskrit
  7. False
  8. Idgah
  9. Mowgli
  10. False
  11. Sanskrit
  12. True
  13. Ved Vyasa
  14. True
  15. False
  16. Krishna
  17. animal stories
  18. Wings of Fire
  19. Vishnu Sharma
  20. Tulsidas
  21. False
  22. Rama
  23. Sanskrit
  24. The Jungle Book
  25. False
  26. False
  27. True
  28. False
  29. True
  30. the Panchatantra
  31. False
  32. True
  33. Alice in Wonderland
  34. English
  35. the Mahabharata
  36. False
  37. 18
  38. True
  39. False
  40. True

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