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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 814 · 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: Premchand wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  3. 3.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Kalidasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  5. 5.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Panchatantra (d) Alice in Wonderland
  6. 6.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Ramayana
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) Lewis Carroll (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Ved Vyasa
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Hindi
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  10. 10.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Idgah (b) Wings of Fire (c) Meghaduta (d) Alice in Wonderland
  11. 11.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) English
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Valmiki (c) Kalidasa (d) Ved Vyasa
  14. 14.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  15. 15.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) war songs (c) maps (d) animal stories
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Lewis Carroll (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Premchand
  17. 17.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) The Jungle Book (c) Gitanjali (d) the Panchatantra
  18. 18.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Premchand (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Vishnu Sharma
  20. 20.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  22. 22.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Bagheera (c) Shere Khan (d) Mowgli
  23. 23.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Gitanjali (c) Idgah (d) Tirukkural
  25. 25.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Arjuna (c) Rama (d) Bhima
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) English
  29. 29.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Tulsidas (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Kalidasa (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Tulsidas (d) Premchand
  33. 33.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Awadhi
  35. 35.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: Premchand wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Meghaduta (c) Tirukkural (d) Ramcharitmanas
  39. 39.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Godan (b) the Panchatantra (c) The Jungle Book (d) Ramcharitmanas
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Kalidasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Valmiki (d) Rudyard Kipling

Answer key

  1. False
  2. Sanskrit
  3. True
  4. Kalidasa
  5. The Jungle Book
  6. the Panchatantra
  7. Tulsidas
  8. English
  9. Awadhi
  10. Wings of Fire
  11. False
  12. English
  13. Valmiki
  14. 18
  15. animal stories
  16. Thiruvalluvar
  17. the Mahabharata
  18. False
  19. Vishnu Sharma
  20. 18
  21. Sanskrit
  22. Mowgli
  23. False
  24. Gitanjali
  25. True
  26. False
  27. Rama
  28. English
  29. True
  30. 5
  31. Ved Vyasa
  32. Kalidasa
  33. True
  34. Sanskrit
  35. True
  36. False
  37. True
  38. the Ramayana
  39. Godan
  40. Rudyard Kipling

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