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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 920 · 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 Jungle Book first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  2. 2.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Idgah (c) Godan (d) Tirukkural
  3. 3.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  4. 4.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  5. 5.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Tulsidas (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Kalidasa
  7. 7.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  9. 9.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Kalidasa (d) Ved Vyasa
  11. 11.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Karna (c) Rama (d) Arjuna
  12. 12.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Hanuman (c) Ravana (d) Krishna
  13. 13.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Meghaduta (c) the Panchatantra (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  14. 14.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Godan (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  15. 15.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Tirukkural (b) The Jungle Book (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Mahabharata
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  17. 17.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Lewis Carroll
  20. 20.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) recipes (c) war songs (d) maps
  21. 21.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) Gitanjali (d) The Jungle Book
  23. 23.True or false: Godan was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Ramayana (c) the Panchatantra (d) Gitanjali
  27. 27.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  29. 29.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) The Jungle Book (c) Tirukkural (d) the Ramayana
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Kalidasa (d) Premchand
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Lewis Carroll
  33. 33.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  36. 36.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Godan (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) The Jungle Book (d) Wings of Fire
  39. 39.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Baloo (c) Shere Khan (d) Mowgli

Answer key

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

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