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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 87 · 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.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  4. 4.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Wings of Fire (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  5. 5.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Idgah (b) Godan (c) Tirukkural (d) Ramcharitmanas
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Tulsidas (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Valmiki
  7. 7.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Karna (c) Bhima (d) Rama
  8. 8.True or false: Godan was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Idgah (c) The Jungle Book (d) the Ramayana
  11. 11.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  13. 13.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Gitanjali (c) the Mahabharata (d) Idgah
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Premchand (b) Valmiki (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Kalidasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  16. 16.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Ramayana
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Valmiki (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  18. 18.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  19. 19.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Tirukkural (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Gitanjali
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Kalidasa
  21. 21.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: Valmiki wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Bengali
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Premchand (d) Kalidasa
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Premchand (c) Valmiki (d) Ved Vyasa
  27. 27.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Baloo (c) Bagheera (d) Mowgli
  28. 28.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) Tirukkural
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  30. 30.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  32. 32.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  33. 33.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) recipes (c) war songs (d) animal stories
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Kalidasa
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Kalidasa (b) Valmiki (c) Premchand (d) Thiruvalluvar
  36. 36.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Awadhi
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Awadhi
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Premchand (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Ved Vyasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  40. 40.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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