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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 985 · 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 books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Tamil
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  4. 4.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Tulsidas
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Premchand
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  9. 9.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Tulsidas
  13. 13.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) animal stories (c) recipes (d) war songs
  14. 14.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Valmiki (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rudyard Kipling
  19. 19.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Godan (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Wings of Fire (d) Gitanjali
  20. 20.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Hindi
  22. 22.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  23. 23.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Baloo (c) Mowgli (d) Shere Khan
  24. 24.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Ramayana (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Panchatantra
  25. 25.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: Kalidasa wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Rama (c) Krishna (d) Ravana
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Premchand (d) Tulsidas
  30. 30.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Karna (c) Rama (d) Arjuna
  31. 31.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: Kalidasa wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Kalidasa
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  40. 40.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. 18
  2. Sanskrit
  3. Awadhi
  4. False
  5. 5
  6. Rabindranath Tagore
  7. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  8. Sanskrit
  9. True
  10. True
  11. False
  12. Rudyard Kipling
  13. animal stories
  14. True
  15. False
  16. True
  17. False
  18. Valmiki
  19. Gitanjali
  20. False
  21. English
  22. Bengali
  23. Mowgli
  24. the Mahabharata
  25. False
  26. False
  27. True
  28. Krishna
  29. Tulsidas
  30. Rama
  31. True
  32. True
  33. False
  34. False
  35. True
  36. False
  37. False
  38. Kalidasa
  39. English
  40. True

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