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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 918 · 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 the Panchatantra first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  4. 4.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Panchatantra (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Ramcharitmanas
  6. 6.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Valmiki (d) Kalidasa
  8. 8.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  9. 9.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) The Jungle Book (c) Gitanjali (d) Wings of Fire
  10. 10.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Krishna (c) Ravana (d) Hanuman
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Tulsidas
  12. 12.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  16. 16.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  18. 18.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Godan
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Thiruvalluvar
  22. 22.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Gitanjali (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Tirukkural
  24. 24.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  25. 25.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Baloo (c) Bagheera (d) Mowgli
  26. 26.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) recipes (c) war songs (d) maps
  28. 28.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) The Jungle Book
  29. 29.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Mahabharata (c) Tirukkural (d) the Panchatantra
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Kalidasa (c) Valmiki (d) Premchand
  31. 31.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Idgah (b) the Panchatantra (c) Gitanjali (d) Wings of Fire
  34. 34.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Mahabharata (c) The Jungle Book (d) the Ramayana
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Premchand (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Lewis Carroll
  36. 36.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Rama (c) Arjuna (d) Bhima

Answer key

  1. Sanskrit
  2. Awadhi
  3. Rabindranath Tagore
  4. True
  5. the Panchatantra
  6. True
  7. Valmiki
  8. 18
  9. The Jungle Book
  10. Krishna
  11. Tulsidas
  12. True
  13. False
  14. Tamil
  15. Sanskrit
  16. True
  17. 5
  18. True
  19. False
  20. Godan
  21. Vishnu Sharma
  22. False
  23. Gitanjali
  24. 18
  25. Mowgli
  26. False
  27. animal stories
  28. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  29. the Mahabharata
  30. Kalidasa
  31. False
  32. False
  33. Wings of Fire
  34. the Ramayana
  35. Ved Vyasa
  36. False
  37. False
  38. True
  39. False
  40. Rama

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