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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 815 · 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 Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  3. 3.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) maps (c) recipes (d) animal stories
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Premchand (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Valmiki (d) Tulsidas
  6. 6.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Baloo (c) Bagheera (d) Mowgli
  7. 7.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: Premchand wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  10. 10.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Hanuman (c) Rama (d) Ravana
  12. 12.True or false: Premchand wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  16. 16.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Gitanjali
  17. 17.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Ramayana (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Panchatantra
  19. 19.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Mahabharata (c) Gitanjali (d) Tirukkural
  20. 20.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  21. 21.True or false: Premchand wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Kalidasa (d) Ved Vyasa
  23. 23.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Panchatantra (c) Wings of Fire (d) Meghaduta
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Kalidasa (d) Valmiki
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  29. 29.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Panchatantra (c) Idgah (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  30. 30.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Idgah (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Mahabharata (d) Tirukkural
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Valmiki (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Tulsidas
  33. 33.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Godan (d) the Panchatantra
  34. 34.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Panchatantra (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  35. 35.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Bhima (c) Karna (d) Arjuna
  38. 38.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Godan (c) the Panchatantra (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  40. 40.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Ramayana (d) Tirukkural

Answer key

  1. False
  2. 18
  3. False
  4. animal stories
  5. Premchand
  6. Mowgli
  7. True
  8. False
  9. 5
  10. False
  11. Krishna
  12. False
  13. 18
  14. Sanskrit
  15. Tamil
  16. Ramcharitmanas
  17. False
  18. the Mahabharata
  19. Tirukkural
  20. English
  21. False
  22. Kalidasa
  23. True
  24. Gitanjali
  25. English
  26. Valmiki
  27. English
  28. Vishnu Sharma
  29. Idgah
  30. True
  31. The Jungle Book
  32. Tulsidas
  33. Godan
  34. the Mahabharata
  35. False
  36. True
  37. Rama
  38. False
  39. the Panchatantra
  40. Meghaduta

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