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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 793 · 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 The Jungle Book first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) English
  2. 2.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Tulsidas (b) Ved Vyasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Kalidasa
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Tulsidas (d) Premchand
  6. 6.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Idgah (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Panchatantra
  7. 7.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) maps (c) war songs (d) animal stories
  8. 8.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Ramayana (d) the Panchatantra
  9. 9.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Lewis Carroll
  11. 11.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Rama (c) Bhima (d) Arjuna
  12. 12.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) Alice in Wonderland
  13. 13.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Gitanjali (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  15. 15.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Bagheera (c) Baloo (d) Shere Khan
  16. 16.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Idgah (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Gitanjali
  19. 19.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Kalidasa (b) Tulsidas (c) Valmiki (d) Thiruvalluvar
  22. 22.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Valmiki (c) Premchand (d) Ved Vyasa
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  25. 25.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Valmiki (b) Kalidasa (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Vishnu Sharma
  28. 28.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) Godan (d) the Mahabharata
  32. 32.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  33. 33.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Idgah (d) Ramcharitmanas
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Bengali
  37. 37.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  38. 38.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Tirukkural (d) Godan
  40. 40.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. English
  2. False
  3. 5
  4. Kalidasa
  5. Tulsidas
  6. Idgah
  7. animal stories
  8. the Mahabharata
  9. False
  10. Lewis Carroll
  11. Rama
  12. the Ramayana
  13. False
  14. the Mahabharata
  15. Mowgli
  16. False
  17. True
  18. Ramcharitmanas
  19. False
  20. False
  21. Thiruvalluvar
  22. Bengali
  23. Premchand
  24. Sanskrit
  25. True
  26. True
  27. Rudyard Kipling
  28. False
  29. False
  30. True
  31. Tirukkural
  32. 18
  33. True
  34. True
  35. the Panchatantra
  36. Sanskrit
  37. 18
  38. True
  39. Alice in Wonderland
  40. True

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