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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 851 · 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 is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Rama (c) Karna (d) Arjuna
  2. 2.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Panchatantra (d) Tirukkural
  4. 4.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Mowgli (c) Baloo (d) Shere Khan
  5. 5.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Panchatantra (c) Tirukkural (d) the Ramayana
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Valmiki (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Kalidasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Vishnu Sharma
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) English
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Awadhi
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Kalidasa (d) Valmiki
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Premchand
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Valmiki (c) Ved Vyasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Tulsidas (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Valmiki (d) Vishnu Sharma
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  19. 19.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Gitanjali (c) Meghaduta (d) Godan
  20. 20.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Ramayana (c) Idgah (d) Tirukkural
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Kalidasa
  22. 22.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Kalidasa (b) Valmiki (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Lewis Carroll
  25. 25.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Mahabharata (c) Wings of Fire (d) Alice in Wonderland
  26. 26.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  27. 27.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Panchatantra (c) Gitanjali (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  28. 28.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) English
  30. 30.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) war songs (c) recipes (d) maps
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Premchand (d) Thiruvalluvar
  32. 32.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Bengali
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Tamil
  35. 35.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Tirukkural (c) Gitanjali (d) The Jungle Book
  36. 36.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Hindi
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Lewis Carroll
  39. 39.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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