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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 953 · 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.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  4. 4.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  6. 6.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) Meghaduta (d) Wings of Fire
  9. 9.True or false: Kalidasa wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Baloo (c) Mowgli (d) Bagheera
  11. 11.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Tulsidas (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Valmiki
  13. 13.True or false: Premchand wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Godan (b) the Ramayana (c) the Mahabharata (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  15. 15.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  16. 16.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Mahabharata (c) Tirukkural (d) the Ramayana
  17. 17.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Awadhi
  18. 18.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Idgah (b) the Mahabharata (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Gitanjali
  19. 19.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Awadhi
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Valmiki
  23. 23.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Idgah (b) the Ramayana (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Wings of Fire
  25. 25.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Ramayana (c) the Panchatantra (d) Idgah
  27. 27.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Tulsidas (b) Premchand (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Thiruvalluvar
  29. 29.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Premchand (c) Lewis Carroll (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  32. 32.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Ramayana (c) Tirukkural (d) The Jungle Book
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Awadhi
  34. 34.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) animal stories (c) maps (d) recipes
  35. 35.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Meghaduta (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Mahabharata
  36. 36.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Valmiki
  39. 39.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) the Panchatantra (d) Ramcharitmanas

Answer key

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

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