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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 84 · 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 Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Mahabharata
  2. 2.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Mowgli (c) Bagheera (d) Shere Khan
  3. 3.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  4. 4.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Bhima (c) Arjuna (d) Rama
  5. 5.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Mahabharata (c) Tirukkural (d) the Ramayana
  7. 7.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Valmiki (c) Tulsidas (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  9. 9.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) animal stories (c) recipes (d) maps
  10. 10.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) The Jungle Book (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Mahabharata
  11. 11.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Ramayana
  12. 12.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Tulsidas (b) Premchand (c) Valmiki (d) Rudyard Kipling
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Valmiki (b) Kalidasa (c) Tulsidas (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  16. 16.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Mahabharata
  17. 17.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  19. 19.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Premchand (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Thiruvalluvar
  21. 21.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: Kalidasa wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Rudyard Kipling
  26. 26.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Krishna (c) Ravana (d) Hanuman
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  30. 30.True or false: Godan was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: Godan was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Panchatantra (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Kalidasa (c) Tulsidas (d) Lewis Carroll
  34. 34.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Kalidasa (b) Tulsidas (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Premchand
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  40. 40.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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