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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 896 · 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: Godan was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  3. 3.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) animal stories (c) war songs (d) recipes
  4. 4.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  8. 8.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Bhima (c) Arjuna (d) Rama
  10. 10.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Tulsidas (c) Kalidasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  12. 12.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Premchand (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Kalidasa
  14. 14.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Hanuman (c) Rama (d) Krishna
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Kalidasa (d) Tulsidas
  17. 17.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  18. 18.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  19. 19.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) Tirukkural (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Panchatantra
  20. 20.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Premchand (d) Tulsidas
  22. 22.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Wings of Fire (c) Tirukkural (d) the Mahabharata
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Valmiki (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Premchand
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Valmiki (d) Lewis Carroll
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Lewis Carroll
  27. 27.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Meghaduta (d) Gitanjali
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  29. 29.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Bagheera (c) Baloo (d) Shere Khan
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Kalidasa (b) Tulsidas (c) Premchand (d) Ved Vyasa
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Tamil
  32. 32.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  33. 33.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  36. 36.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) English
  39. 39.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Gitanjali (c) the Panchatantra (d) Idgah

Answer key

  1. False
  2. 5
  3. animal stories
  4. False
  5. False
  6. True
  7. Sanskrit
  8. True
  9. Rama
  10. False
  11. Kalidasa
  12. False
  13. Premchand
  14. True
  15. Krishna
  16. Rudyard Kipling
  17. 18
  18. 18
  19. the Mahabharata
  20. True
  21. Tulsidas
  22. Tirukkural
  23. Premchand
  24. Sanskrit
  25. Vishnu Sharma
  26. Lewis Carroll
  27. Ramcharitmanas
  28. Sanskrit
  29. Mowgli
  30. Kalidasa
  31. Tamil
  32. Sanskrit
  33. True
  34. False
  35. Awadhi
  36. False
  37. False
  38. English
  39. False
  40. Gitanjali

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