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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 912 · 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.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  2. 2.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) The Jungle Book (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Wings of Fire
  3. 3.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  4. 4.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Rama (c) Ravana (d) Hanuman
  5. 5.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Tulsidas
  7. 7.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Mahabharata (c) Idgah (d) the Panchatantra
  8. 8.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) The Jungle Book (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Godan
  9. 9.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Idgah (b) The Jungle Book (c) Wings of Fire (d) Ramcharitmanas
  11. 11.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  12. 12.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Bagheera (c) Mowgli (d) Shere Khan
  13. 13.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) war songs (c) maps (d) recipes
  20. 20.True or false: Kalidasa wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Ramayana (d) Tirukkural
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Kalidasa (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Tulsidas (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  25. 25.True or false: Godan was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  28. 28.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Godan (c) Meghaduta (d) Tirukkural
  29. 29.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  32. 32.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Tulsidas (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Valmiki (d) Vishnu Sharma
  34. 34.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Tulsidas (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Thiruvalluvar
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Premchand (b) Tulsidas (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Kalidasa
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) English
  39. 39.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Arjuna (c) Rama (d) Bhima

Answer key

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

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