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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 843 · 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.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  2. 2.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Rama (c) Hanuman (d) Krishna
  3. 3.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  5. 5.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Panchatantra (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Wings of Fire
  6. 6.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Awadhi
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Valmiki (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Kalidasa
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Valmiki
  11. 11.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Karna (c) Bhima (d) Rama
  13. 13.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Idgah (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) The Jungle Book (d) Alice in Wonderland
  16. 16.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Gitanjali (c) The Jungle Book (d) the Panchatantra
  17. 17.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Panchatantra (d) The Jungle Book
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Kalidasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Premchand (d) Vishnu Sharma
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  22. 22.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Ramayana (d) Tirukkural
  23. 23.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Bagheera (c) Baloo (d) Mowgli
  24. 24.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Lewis Carroll
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Tulsidas (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Valmiki (d) Rudyard Kipling
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  28. 28.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) Tirukkural (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Panchatantra
  29. 29.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) English
  32. 32.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Meghaduta (c) Godan (d) Tirukkural
  33. 33.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) animal stories (c) maps (d) recipes
  35. 35.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Idgah (d) Godan
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Tulsidas (b) Valmiki (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Lewis Carroll
  37. 37.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Idgah
  39. 39.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Kalidasa (b) Premchand (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Thiruvalluvar

Answer key

  1. 18
  2. Krishna
  3. True
  4. 5
  5. the Mahabharata
  6. True
  7. True
  8. Sanskrit
  9. Valmiki
  10. Vishnu Sharma
  11. True
  12. Rama
  13. False
  14. True
  15. Idgah
  16. the Panchatantra
  17. True
  18. False
  19. The Jungle Book
  20. Thiruvalluvar
  21. Tamil
  22. the Ramayana
  23. Mowgli
  24. False
  25. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  26. Rudyard Kipling
  27. Sanskrit
  28. the Mahabharata
  29. 18
  30. Awadhi
  31. English
  32. Tirukkural
  33. False
  34. animal stories
  35. Alice in Wonderland
  36. Rabindranath Tagore
  37. True
  38. Ramcharitmanas
  39. False
  40. Kalidasa

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