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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 796 · 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.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) maps (c) war songs (d) animal stories
  2. 2.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Kalidasa
  4. 4.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Premchand (b) Valmiki (c) Tulsidas (d) Lewis Carroll
  6. 6.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  7. 7.True or false: Premchand wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Awadhi
  13. 13.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  16. 16.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  17. 17.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Mowgli (c) Shere Khan (d) Baloo
  19. 19.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Premchand (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Ved Vyasa
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Premchand (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Kalidasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  22. 22.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Godan (c) Idgah (d) Tirukkural
  23. 23.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Ravana (c) Krishna (d) Hanuman
  26. 26.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) Idgah (d) Wings of Fire
  27. 27.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Premchand (d) Kalidasa
  29. 29.True or false: Premchand wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  32. 32.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Premchand (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Rudyard Kipling
  34. 34.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Bhima (c) Arjuna (d) Rama
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) English
  36. 36.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Idgah (c) the Panchatantra (d) Ramcharitmanas
  37. 37.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Mahabharata (d) The Jungle Book
  38. 38.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Valmiki (b) Kalidasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rudyard Kipling
  40. 40.True or false: Godan was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. animal stories
  2. 5
  3. Kalidasa
  4. True
  5. Lewis Carroll
  6. Sanskrit
  7. False
  8. True
  9. False
  10. True
  11. True
  12. English
  13. True
  14. 18
  15. Sanskrit
  16. 18
  17. True
  18. Mowgli
  19. True
  20. Ved Vyasa
  21. Kalidasa
  22. the Ramayana
  23. False
  24. True
  25. Krishna
  26. Wings of Fire
  27. False
  28. Rabindranath Tagore
  29. False
  30. True
  31. English
  32. True
  33. Premchand
  34. Rama
  35. Sanskrit
  36. Idgah
  37. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  38. False
  39. Valmiki
  40. False

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