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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 786 · 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: Meghaduta was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) the Mahabharata
  3. 3.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Meghaduta (b) The Jungle Book (c) Idgah (d) the Panchatantra
  4. 4.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  6. 6.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Kalidasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Thiruvalluvar
  8. 8.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Godan (c) Tirukkural (d) Alice in Wonderland
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  10. 10.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Arjuna (c) Bhima (d) Rama
  11. 11.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) the Ramayana (b) The Jungle Book (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Panchatantra
  12. 12.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Valmiki
  14. 14.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  15. 15.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  17. 17.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Ravana (c) Rama (d) Krishna
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Valmiki (b) Lewis Carroll (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Kalidasa
  20. 20.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Mahabharata (c) Idgah (d) the Panchatantra
  21. 21.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Mowgli (c) Bagheera (d) Shere Khan
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Premchand
  23. 23.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Valmiki
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Kalidasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Valmiki
  27. 27.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) Idgah (d) Gitanjali
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Valmiki (d) Tulsidas
  33. 33.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) recipes (c) animal stories (d) war songs
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Kalidasa (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Premchand
  35. 35.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Hindi
  38. 38.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Godan (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Ramayana

Answer key

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

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