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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 823 · 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.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Idgah (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Mahabharata
  2. 2.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Thiruvalluvar
  7. 7.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  8. 8.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Rama (c) Bhima (d) Karna
  9. 9.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Meghaduta (c) the Mahabharata (d) Idgah
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Vishnu Sharma
  11. 11.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Ramayana (d) the Panchatantra
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  13. 13.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Ravana (c) Rama (d) Hanuman
  14. 14.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Kalidasa (d) Valmiki
  16. 16.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Wings of Fire
  17. 17.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  20. 20.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Kalidasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Tulsidas (d) Vishnu Sharma
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Valmiki (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Lewis Carroll
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  24. 24.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Ramayana (c) the Mahabharata (d) Alice in Wonderland
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  26. 26.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Ramayana (d) Tirukkural
  27. 27.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Bagheera (c) Baloo (d) Mowgli
  28. 28.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Tulsidas (c) Premchand (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  30. 30.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  31. 31.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Godan (b) Tirukkural (c) Wings of Fire (d) Gitanjali
  33. 33.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Idgah (b) Meghaduta (c) Tirukkural (d) The Jungle Book
  34. 34.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Valmiki (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Ved Vyasa
  36. 36.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Idgah (b) Godan (c) Tirukkural (d) Ramcharitmanas
  37. 37.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  38. 38.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) animal stories (c) maps (d) war songs
  39. 39.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. the Mahabharata
  2. True
  3. True
  4. True
  5. True
  6. Rudyard Kipling
  7. 18
  8. Rama
  9. Idgah
  10. Thiruvalluvar
  11. the Ramayana
  12. Bengali
  13. Krishna
  14. True
  15. Ved Vyasa
  16. Wings of Fire
  17. True
  18. True
  19. Hindi
  20. English
  21. Vishnu Sharma
  22. Lewis Carroll
  23. Sanskrit
  24. Alice in Wonderland
  25. English
  26. the Mahabharata
  27. Mowgli
  28. False
  29. Premchand
  30. 5
  31. True
  32. Gitanjali
  33. Meghaduta
  34. True
  35. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  36. Ramcharitmanas
  37. 18
  38. animal stories
  39. False
  40. False

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