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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 833 · 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 Rudyard Kipling write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Meghaduta (d) The Jungle Book
  2. 2.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  4. 4.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Bengali
  6. 6.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Kalidasa
  10. 10.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Idgah (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Tirukkural (d) Ramcharitmanas
  11. 11.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) maps (c) war songs (d) recipes
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Premchand
  13. 13.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Tulsidas (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  16. 16.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Mowgli (c) Shere Khan (d) Baloo
  18. 18.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  20. 20.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  22. 22.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Premchand (c) Valmiki (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) Hindi
  25. 25.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Hanuman (c) Krishna (d) Ravana
  26. 26.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Kalidasa
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  32. 32.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Karna (c) Rama (d) Arjuna
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Awadhi
  34. 34.True or false: Premchand wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Gitanjali (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Panchatantra
  37. 37.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Mahabharata (d) Gitanjali
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) English
  39. 39.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Godan (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Kalidasa (c) Tulsidas (d) Rabindranath Tagore

Answer key

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

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