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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

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

Answer key

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

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