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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

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

Answer key

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

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