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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 799 · 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: Lewis Carroll wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Godan (c) Tirukkural (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  4. 4.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) The Jungle Book (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Ramayana
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  6. 6.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  10. 10.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Ramayana (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Mahabharata
  11. 11.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) The Jungle Book (c) Gitanjali (d) Idgah
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Bengali
  13. 13.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  14. 14.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) Godan (d) Tirukkural
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Kalidasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Tulsidas (d) Valmiki
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  17. 17.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Mowgli (c) Bagheera (d) Baloo
  18. 18.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  21. 21.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Valmiki
  24. 24.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Rama (c) Hanuman (d) Ravana
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Lewis Carroll
  26. 26.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Rama (c) Karna (d) Arjuna
  27. 27.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) English
  30. 30.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Wings of Fire (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Godan
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Valmiki (b) Premchand (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  32. 32.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Idgah (b) Tirukkural (c) The Jungle Book (d) the Ramayana
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) English
  34. 34.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: Godan was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Kalidasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Premchand (d) Ved Vyasa
  38. 38.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: Valmiki wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. False
  2. False
  3. the Mahabharata
  4. The Jungle Book
  5. Sanskrit
  6. False
  7. False
  8. True
  9. Tamil
  10. the Mahabharata
  11. Gitanjali
  12. English
  13. 18
  14. Tirukkural
  15. Valmiki
  16. Sanskrit
  17. Mowgli
  18. False
  19. False
  20. 5
  21. True
  22. True
  23. Lewis Carroll
  24. Krishna
  25. Rudyard Kipling
  26. Rama
  27. False
  28. True
  29. Awadhi
  30. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  31. Premchand
  32. the Ramayana
  33. English
  34. True
  35. True
  36. False
  37. Kalidasa
  38. False
  39. False
  40. False

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