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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 144 · 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: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Premchand (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Tulsidas
  3. 3.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) Gitanjali (d) Idgah
  4. 4.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Idgah (c) Godan (d) The Jungle Book
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) English
  6. 6.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  7. 7.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  11. 11.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Godan (b) Tirukkural (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Alice in Wonderland
  13. 13.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) The Jungle Book (d) Godan
  14. 14.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) maps (c) war songs (d) animal stories
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Kalidasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  16. 16.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Meghaduta (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Ramayana
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Hindi
  19. 19.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Shere Khan (c) Bagheera (d) Mowgli
  20. 20.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Valmiki (c) Tulsidas (d) Vishnu Sharma
  22. 22.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  24. 24.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Arjuna (c) Bhima (d) Karna
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Valmiki (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Ved Vyasa
  30. 30.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Tulsidas
  32. 32.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Hindi
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Kalidasa (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Tulsidas
  34. 34.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Krishna (c) Hanuman (d) Rama
  37. 37.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  40. 40.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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