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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 153 · 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 Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) Godan (d) Wings of Fire
  2. 2.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Premchand (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Thiruvalluvar
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) English
  6. 6.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Godan (b) Idgah (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Mahabharata
  7. 7.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) maps (c) animal stories (d) recipes
  8. 8.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Rama (c) Ravana (d) Hanuman
  9. 9.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  10. 10.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Tulsidas (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Valmiki
  13. 13.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Rama (c) Bhima (d) Arjuna
  15. 15.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: Kalidasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Mowgli (c) Shere Khan (d) Bagheera
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  19. 19.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Valmiki (d) Rudyard Kipling
  21. 21.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) the Ramayana (b) The Jungle Book (c) Meghaduta (d) Wings of Fire
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Valmiki
  23. 23.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  25. 25.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Kalidasa (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Valmiki
  27. 27.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: Premchand wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  34. 34.True or false: Valmiki wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Kalidasa
  36. 36.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Valmiki (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Tulsidas (d) Rudyard Kipling
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil

Answer key

  1. the Panchatantra
  2. False
  3. 18
  4. Lewis Carroll
  5. Sanskrit
  6. Ramcharitmanas
  7. animal stories
  8. Krishna
  9. 18
  10. False
  11. False
  12. Ved Vyasa
  13. True
  14. Rama
  15. True
  16. False
  17. Mowgli
  18. Bengali
  19. 5
  20. Tulsidas
  21. The Jungle Book
  22. Vishnu Sharma
  23. True
  24. Tamil
  25. False
  26. Valmiki
  27. True
  28. False
  29. False
  30. True
  31. True
  32. False
  33. Sanskrit
  34. False
  35. Kalidasa
  36. False
  37. True
  38. Rudyard Kipling
  39. Sanskrit
  40. Hindi

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