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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 161 · 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 Kalidasa write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) the Mahabharata (d) Tirukkural
  2. 2.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Tulsidas (b) Valmiki (c) Kalidasa (d) Premchand
  4. 4.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  5. 5.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Valmiki (b) Premchand (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Kalidasa
  9. 9.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) Godan (d) The Jungle Book
  10. 10.True or false: Premchand wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Tulsidas (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  12. 12.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  14. 14.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  15. 15.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Ramayana (c) Godan (d) Ramcharitmanas
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  17. 17.True or false: Valmiki wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Valmiki (c) Premchand (d) Vishnu Sharma
  19. 19.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Ramayana (d) the Mahabharata
  20. 20.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Godan (c) The Jungle Book (d) Wings of Fire
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  22. 22.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Awadhi
  23. 23.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Panchatantra (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Godan
  24. 24.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) animal stories (c) maps (d) war songs
  27. 27.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Kalidasa (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Tulsidas
  32. 32.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Mahabharata (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Idgah
  33. 33.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Meghaduta (d) Idgah
  34. 34.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Mowgli (c) Baloo (d) Shere Khan
  35. 35.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  37. 37.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Meghaduta (d) Godan

Answer key

  1. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  2. False
  3. Kalidasa
  4. Sanskrit
  5. True
  6. False
  7. True
  8. Kalidasa
  9. The Jungle Book
  10. False
  11. Lewis Carroll
  12. True
  13. 5
  14. 18
  15. the Ramayana
  16. Awadhi
  17. False
  18. Premchand
  19. the Mahabharata
  20. Wings of Fire
  21. English
  22. English
  23. Alice in Wonderland
  24. True
  25. True
  26. animal stories
  27. False
  28. True
  29. False
  30. Sanskrit
  31. Vishnu Sharma
  32. Idgah
  33. Meghaduta
  34. Mowgli
  35. False
  36. Tamil
  37. True
  38. False
  39. True
  40. Tirukkural

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