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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 96 · 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.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Premchand (c) Kalidasa (d) Lewis Carroll
  3. 3.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Shere Khan (c) Baloo (d) Bagheera
  6. 6.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Rama (c) Bhima (d) Karna
  7. 7.True or false: Valmiki wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Godan (c) the Mahabharata (d) Ramcharitmanas
  9. 9.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Tulsidas (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  11. 11.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  15. 15.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) recipes (c) war songs (d) maps
  16. 16.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Ramayana (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  17. 17.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Mahabharata (c) Godan (d) The Jungle Book
  21. 21.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Idgah (b) Gitanjali (c) the Panchatantra (d) Ramcharitmanas
  22. 22.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  23. 23.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Ramayana (d) the Mahabharata
  25. 25.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  28. 28.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Wings of Fire (c) Idgah (d) Tirukkural
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  30. 30.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Godan (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Mahabharata
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Valmiki (b) Lewis Carroll (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Premchand (d) Thiruvalluvar
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Valmiki (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Tulsidas (d) Premchand
  34. 34.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Tulsidas (b) Premchand (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Kalidasa
  37. 37.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) English
  38. 38.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali

Answer key

  1. 18
  2. Kalidasa
  3. False
  4. True
  5. Mowgli
  6. Rama
  7. False
  8. the Mahabharata
  9. True
  10. Ved Vyasa
  11. True
  12. False
  13. True
  14. English
  15. animal stories
  16. the Ramayana
  17. True
  18. False
  19. False
  20. Godan
  21. Gitanjali
  22. Tamil
  23. False
  24. the Mahabharata
  25. False
  26. False
  27. Sanskrit
  28. Wings of Fire
  29. Sanskrit
  30. Tirukkural
  31. Rabindranath Tagore
  32. Premchand
  33. Tulsidas
  34. True
  35. 5
  36. Kalidasa
  37. Sanskrit
  38. False
  39. False
  40. English

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