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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 140 · 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.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  2. 2.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Tulsidas (b) Kalidasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Ved Vyasa
  6. 6.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Tulsidas (b) Valmiki (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Vishnu Sharma
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Valmiki (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Premchand
  10. 10.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Premchand (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Tulsidas
  12. 12.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Ramayana (c) Gitanjali (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  13. 13.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Kalidasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Thiruvalluvar
  15. 15.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Rama (c) Krishna (d) Hanuman
  20. 20.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) recipes (c) animal stories (d) war songs
  21. 21.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) the Panchatantra (d) Ramcharitmanas
  23. 23.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Tamil
  25. 25.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: Premchand wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Tulsidas (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Lewis Carroll
  30. 30.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Ramayana (c) the Panchatantra (d) Tirukkural
  33. 33.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Kalidasa (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Valmiki (d) Rudyard Kipling
  35. 35.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: Valmiki wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: Valmiki wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. English
  2. True
  3. False
  4. 5
  5. Kalidasa
  6. False
  7. False
  8. Rabindranath Tagore
  9. Premchand
  10. 18
  11. Tulsidas
  12. Gitanjali
  13. False
  14. Vishnu Sharma
  15. False
  16. False
  17. True
  18. False
  19. Krishna
  20. animal stories
  21. False
  22. Ramcharitmanas
  23. False
  24. English
  25. True
  26. False
  27. False
  28. Bengali
  29. Lewis Carroll
  30. True
  31. True
  32. the Mahabharata
  33. True
  34. Rudyard Kipling
  35. False
  36. False
  37. False
  38. True
  39. True
  40. False

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