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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 785 · 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.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  2. 2.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) the Panchatantra
  3. 3.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Rama (c) Karna (d) Bhima
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Tulsidas (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Kalidasa
  6. 6.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  7. 7.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) animal stories (c) recipes (d) maps
  8. 8.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  9. 9.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  10. 10.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Gitanjali (c) the Panchatantra (d) The Jungle Book
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Kalidasa (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Lewis Carroll
  12. 12.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) the Panchatantra (d) Idgah
  14. 14.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Valmiki (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Ved Vyasa
  16. 16.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  17. 17.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Gitanjali
  18. 18.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Shere Khan (c) Bagheera (d) Mowgli
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Kalidasa
  22. 22.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Premchand (b) Tulsidas (c) Valmiki (d) Thiruvalluvar
  24. 24.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Meghaduta (d) the Panchatantra
  25. 25.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: Valmiki wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) English
  29. 29.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Tulsidas (c) Kalidasa (d) Premchand
  32. 32.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Mahabharata (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Tirukkural
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  34. 34.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) English
  36. 36.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Mahabharata (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Valmiki (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Thiruvalluvar
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Premchand (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  40. 40.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Idgah (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Ramayana

Answer key

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

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