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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 122 · 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: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Tulsidas (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Kalidasa
  3. 3.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  4. 4.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Hanuman (c) Ravana (d) Krishna
  6. 6.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Idgah (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  7. 7.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Meghaduta (c) The Jungle Book (d) Wings of Fire
  8. 8.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) maps (c) animal stories (d) recipes
  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: Meghaduta was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Valmiki (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Premchand (d) Thiruvalluvar
  13. 13.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  14. 14.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Mahabharata (d) Ramcharitmanas
  18. 18.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: Godan was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Kalidasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Premchand
  22. 22.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Meghaduta (c) the Ramayana (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Tulsidas (d) Vishnu Sharma
  24. 24.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Karna (c) Bhima (d) Rama
  26. 26.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Premchand (d) Rudyard Kipling
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Kalidasa (b) Valmiki (c) Tulsidas (d) Ved Vyasa
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  31. 31.True or false: Valmiki wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  35. 35.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Ramayana (d) the Panchatantra
  36. 36.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) the Panchatantra (d) The Jungle Book
  37. 37.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Idgah (c) Gitanjali (d) the Mahabharata
  40. 40.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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