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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 802 · 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: the Ramayana was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) recipes (c) war songs (d) animal stories
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Valmiki (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rudyard Kipling
  4. 4.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Valmiki (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Kalidasa
  6. 6.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  8. 8.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Bhima (c) Rama (d) Arjuna
  9. 9.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  10. 10.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Shere Khan (c) Mowgli (d) Baloo
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  13. 13.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Valmiki (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  16. 16.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) The Jungle Book (d) Tirukkural
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Valmiki (b) Premchand (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Ved Vyasa
  18. 18.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Tulsidas
  20. 20.True or false: Kalidasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Godan (b) the Mahabharata (c) Gitanjali (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Premchand (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Lewis Carroll
  23. 23.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Premchand (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Tulsidas
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  26. 26.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Ramayana (c) Meghaduta (d) Idgah
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Premchand
  28. 28.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Panchatantra (c) Tirukkural (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  30. 30.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Ramayana (c) Meghaduta (d) Tirukkural
  33. 33.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) Tirukkural (d) the Mahabharata
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  36. 36.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Idgah (c) the Panchatantra (d) The Jungle Book
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  40. 40.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Rama (c) Ravana (d) Hanuman

Answer key

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

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