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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 146 · 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.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Premchand (b) Kalidasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  2. 2.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) Gitanjali (d) Godan
  4. 4.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Mowgli (c) Bagheera (d) Shere Khan
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Premchand (b) Kalidasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Lewis Carroll
  7. 7.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Rama (c) Ravana (d) Krishna
  8. 8.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Premchand (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Valmiki (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Vishnu Sharma
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Tamil
  13. 13.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  15. 15.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  17. 17.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) maps (c) war songs (d) recipes
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Tulsidas (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Kalidasa
  20. 20.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Tulsidas (b) Valmiki (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Ved Vyasa
  23. 23.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Ramayana
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Ved Vyasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Premchand
  25. 25.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) the Ramayana (b) The Jungle Book (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Wings of Fire
  26. 26.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Mahabharata (c) Tirukkural (d) the Ramayana
  27. 27.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  28. 28.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Wings of Fire (c) The Jungle Book (d) the Mahabharata
  31. 31.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Mahabharata (c) Gitanjali (d) Tirukkural
  32. 32.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) Gitanjali (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  34. 34.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Valmiki (b) Tulsidas (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Rudyard Kipling
  36. 36.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Tulsidas
  39. 39.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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