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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 934 · 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: Lewis Carroll wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) English
  3. 3.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  4. 4.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Shere Khan (c) Mowgli (d) Baloo
  7. 7.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Tirukkural (c) The Jungle Book (d) Idgah
  8. 8.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Mahabharata
  10. 10.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  13. 13.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) Tirukkural (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Panchatantra
  14. 14.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) recipes (c) war songs (d) animal stories
  15. 15.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Hanuman (c) Ravana (d) Krishna
  17. 17.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  18. 18.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Premchand
  21. 21.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Tulsidas (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Premchand
  24. 24.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Gitanjali (c) Godan (d) Ramcharitmanas
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Valmiki (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Premchand
  26. 26.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  27. 27.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: Godan was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Meghaduta (c) Godan (d) the Ramayana
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Valmiki (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Thiruvalluvar
  32. 32.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Idgah (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Meghaduta
  33. 33.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Panchatantra (d) Ramcharitmanas
  34. 34.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Tirukkural (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Meghaduta
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Valmiki (b) Kalidasa (c) Tulsidas (d) Rudyard Kipling
  37. 37.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Kalidasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  40. 40.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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