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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

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

Answer key

  1. animal stories
  2. False
  3. Kalidasa
  4. True
  5. Sanskrit
  6. Thiruvalluvar
  7. True
  8. the Mahabharata
  9. Godan
  10. True
  11. 5
  12. the Panchatantra
  13. True
  14. Valmiki
  15. False
  16. 18
  17. False
  18. Alice in Wonderland
  19. Meghaduta
  20. Ved Vyasa
  21. True
  22. 18
  23. Hindi
  24. True
  25. English
  26. False
  27. Mowgli
  28. the Mahabharata
  29. Krishna
  30. False
  31. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  32. Ramcharitmanas
  33. True
  34. False
  35. True
  36. Lewis Carroll
  37. Premchand
  38. Tamil
  39. Sanskrit
  40. Sanskrit

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