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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 932 · 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: Kalidasa wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) maps (c) animal stories (d) war songs
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  4. 4.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  6. 6.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Thiruvalluvar
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  10. 10.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Wings of Fire (c) Tirukkural (d) Ramcharitmanas
  11. 11.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Karna (c) Arjuna (d) Rama
  12. 12.True or false: Valmiki wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rudyard Kipling
  14. 14.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Valmiki (c) Premchand (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  16. 16.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Godan (b) Meghaduta (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Panchatantra
  17. 17.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Ramayana (c) Tirukkural (d) The Jungle Book
  19. 19.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  20. 20.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Baloo (c) Bagheera (d) Shere Khan
  26. 26.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Tulsidas (b) Premchand (c) Valmiki (d) Ved Vyasa
  29. 29.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Idgah (c) the Ramayana (d) The Jungle Book
  30. 30.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  32. 32.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  37. 37.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Ramayana (d) Meghaduta
  38. 38.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Ramayana (c) Godan (d) the Mahabharata
  39. 39.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Meghaduta (c) Wings of Fire (d) Gitanjali

Answer key

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

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