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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 154 · 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) Meghaduta (b) the Ramayana (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Panchatantra
  2. 2.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Ramayana (c) the Panchatantra (d) Gitanjali
  4. 4.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Hindi
  5. 5.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Wings of Fire (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Godan
  7. 7.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Kalidasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rudyard Kipling
  9. 9.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  12. 12.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Idgah (c) the Ramayana (d) Meghaduta
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  14. 14.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  15. 15.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Tulsidas (d) Rudyard Kipling
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  19. 19.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Godan (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Wings of Fire
  20. 20.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  22. 22.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  24. 24.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Gitanjali (c) Meghaduta (d) the Panchatantra
  25. 25.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  27. 27.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Wings of Fire (c) The Jungle Book (d) Ramcharitmanas
  29. 29.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Rama (c) Ravana (d) Krishna
  30. 30.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  31. 31.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Kalidasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Thiruvalluvar
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Kalidasa (d) Lewis Carroll
  34. 34.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  35. 35.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Mowgli (c) Bagheera (d) Shere Khan
  40. 40.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. the Panchatantra
  2. False
  3. the Ramayana
  4. Bengali
  5. True
  6. Godan
  7. True
  8. Thiruvalluvar
  9. False
  10. True
  11. Sanskrit
  12. Alice in Wonderland
  13. Vishnu Sharma
  14. 5
  15. False
  16. False
  17. Rudyard Kipling
  18. Tamil
  19. Ramcharitmanas
  20. True
  21. English
  22. True
  23. Sanskrit
  24. Gitanjali
  25. True
  26. 18
  27. False
  28. Wings of Fire
  29. Krishna
  30. the Mahabharata
  31. False
  32. Kalidasa
  33. Lewis Carroll
  34. 18
  35. False
  36. False
  37. True
  38. False
  39. Mowgli
  40. False

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