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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 950 · 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: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) Tirukkural (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Mahabharata
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Tamil
  4. 4.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Tirukkural (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Godan
  5. 5.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Ramayana (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  6. 6.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Valmiki (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Thiruvalluvar
  8. 8.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Idgah (b) Godan (c) Meghaduta (d) the Panchatantra
  9. 9.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  10. 10.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Karna (c) Arjuna (d) Bhima
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Valmiki (d) Ved Vyasa
  12. 12.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Kalidasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Lewis Carroll
  14. 14.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Hindi
  16. 16.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Meghaduta (c) Gitanjali (d) Idgah
  17. 17.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  18. 18.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Ramayana (b) The Jungle Book (c) Idgah (d) Wings of Fire
  20. 20.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Wings of Fire (c) Tirukkural (d) the Panchatantra
  22. 22.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Tirukkural (c) Idgah (d) Gitanjali
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Tamil
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Kalidasa
  26. 26.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Premchand (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Premchand (d) Kalidasa
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  30. 30.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Kalidasa (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Premchand
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Valmiki (b) Premchand (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Ved Vyasa
  34. 34.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Bagheera (c) Shere Khan (d) Mowgli
  35. 35.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Godan (b) Wings of Fire (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Panchatantra
  36. 36.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Meghaduta (c) Tirukkural (d) Wings of Fire
  37. 37.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) war songs (c) animal stories (d) recipes

Answer key

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

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