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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

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

Answer key

  1. Rama
  2. Premchand
  3. the Ramayana
  4. Valmiki
  5. False
  6. Sanskrit
  7. 5
  8. Gitanjali
  9. animal stories
  10. the Mahabharata
  11. False
  12. Lewis Carroll
  13. Kalidasa
  14. Sanskrit
  15. the Panchatantra
  16. False
  17. Kalidasa
  18. Meghaduta
  19. Thiruvalluvar
  20. 18
  21. Rabindranath Tagore
  22. False
  23. True
  24. 18
  25. True
  26. English
  27. False
  28. English
  29. True
  30. False
  31. Idgah
  32. Ramcharitmanas
  33. Godan
  34. Rudyard Kipling
  35. Ved Vyasa
  36. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  37. False
  38. Awadhi
  39. Krishna
  40. Mowgli

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