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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 952 · 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 Ramayana was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) English
  3. 3.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  4. 4.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) Gitanjali (d) Idgah
  5. 5.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Shere Khan (c) Baloo (d) Bagheera
  6. 6.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: Valmiki wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Valmiki (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Vishnu Sharma
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Premchand (d) Valmiki
  11. 11.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: Kalidasa wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Hindi
  17. 17.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  18. 18.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Godan (d) the Mahabharata
  20. 20.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Premchand (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Vishnu Sharma
  22. 22.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Mahabharata (c) Gitanjali (d) Idgah
  23. 23.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Awadhi
  25. 25.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Idgah (c) the Mahabharata (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  26. 26.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Rama (c) Karna (d) Arjuna
  27. 27.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Kalidasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Premchand (d) Rudyard Kipling
  29. 29.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Panchatantra (c) Godan (d) Alice in Wonderland
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  31. 31.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) the Mahabharata
  32. 32.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) The Jungle Book (d) the Ramayana
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Kalidasa
  36. 36.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Thiruvalluvar
  38. 38.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Kalidasa (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Thiruvalluvar
  40. 40.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Rama (c) Ravana (d) Hanuman

Answer key

  1. False
  2. Tamil
  3. 5
  4. Gitanjali
  5. Mowgli
  6. True
  7. False
  8. False
  9. Vishnu Sharma
  10. Valmiki
  11. True
  12. True
  13. True
  14. False
  15. True
  16. English
  17. 18
  18. False
  19. the Mahabharata
  20. True
  21. Premchand
  22. Tirukkural
  23. 18
  24. Hindi
  25. Idgah
  26. Rama
  27. False
  28. Thiruvalluvar
  29. the Panchatantra
  30. Bengali
  31. the Mahabharata
  32. False
  33. True
  34. Alice in Wonderland
  35. Rudyard Kipling
  36. False
  37. Rabindranath Tagore
  38. False
  39. Kalidasa
  40. Krishna

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