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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

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

Answer key

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

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