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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 168 · 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.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Kalidasa (d) Rudyard Kipling
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Valmiki (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Kalidasa
  4. 4.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  5. 5.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  6. 6.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) recipes (c) maps (d) animal stories
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Tulsidas (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Thiruvalluvar
  8. 8.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Tirukkural (c) Idgah (d) the Mahabharata
  9. 9.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Arjuna (c) Bhima (d) Karna
  10. 10.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) Idgah (d) Tirukkural
  11. 11.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) English
  12. 12.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Panchatantra (c) Idgah (d) Meghaduta
  13. 13.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Premchand (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Valmiki
  16. 16.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Tulsidas (c) Premchand (d) Thiruvalluvar
  19. 19.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) The Jungle Book (d) Idgah
  20. 20.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  21. 21.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Wings of Fire (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Mahabharata
  22. 22.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) English
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Kalidasa (b) Tulsidas (c) Valmiki (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Valmiki (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Lewis Carroll
  25. 25.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Godan (c) Gitanjali (d) Meghaduta
  28. 28.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Ramayana (c) Tirukkural (d) The Jungle Book
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Premchand (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  31. 31.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Valmiki (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Tulsidas
  34. 34.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Mowgli (c) Baloo (d) Bagheera
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) Bengali
  37. 37.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Godan (c) Idgah (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  40. 40.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. English
  2. Lewis Carroll
  3. Kalidasa
  4. 18
  5. 18
  6. animal stories
  7. Tulsidas
  8. the Mahabharata
  9. Rama
  10. Tirukkural
  11. Sanskrit
  12. the Panchatantra
  13. False
  14. False
  15. Premchand
  16. False
  17. False
  18. Vishnu Sharma
  19. Ramcharitmanas
  20. 5
  21. Wings of Fire
  22. English
  23. Kalidasa
  24. Thiruvalluvar
  25. True
  26. False
  27. Gitanjali
  28. The Jungle Book
  29. Bengali
  30. Rabindranath Tagore
  31. True
  32. True
  33. Valmiki
  34. True
  35. Mowgli
  36. Hindi
  37. True
  38. Alice in Wonderland
  39. Sanskrit
  40. False

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