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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 818 · 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) Ravana (d) Hanuman
  2. 2.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Ramayana (d) Tirukkural
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Kalidasa (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  4. 4.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Tirukkural (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Mahabharata (d) Gitanjali
  6. 6.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) English
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  9. 9.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) recipes (c) war songs (d) animal stories
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Premchand (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Valmiki (b) Kalidasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Lewis Carroll
  12. 12.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Valmiki (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Valmiki (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Tulsidas
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  17. 17.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Godan (d) The Jungle Book
  18. 18.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  21. 21.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: Godan was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Tirukkural (d) the Mahabharata
  24. 24.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  25. 25.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  26. 26.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Rama (c) Arjuna (d) Bhima
  29. 29.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Valmiki (d) Lewis Carroll
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  32. 32.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Valmiki (d) Ved Vyasa
  34. 34.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Awadhi
  36. 36.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Shere Khan (c) Mowgli (d) Bagheera
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Tamil (d) Hindi

Answer key

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

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