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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 186 · 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.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: Premchand wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Hanuman (c) Ravana (d) Rama
  5. 5.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Idgah (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Wings of Fire (d) Gitanjali
  7. 7.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Valmiki (c) Lewis Carroll (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Tamil
  10. 10.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  12. 12.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Bhima (c) Karna (d) Arjuna
  14. 14.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) The Jungle Book (d) Godan
  15. 15.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Ramayana (d) Tirukkural
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Lewis Carroll (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Tulsidas
  17. 17.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Premchand (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  20. 20.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Kalidasa (b) Valmiki (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Lewis Carroll
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Tulsidas (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Thiruvalluvar
  23. 23.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) The Jungle Book (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  25. 25.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Wings of Fire (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Godan
  26. 26.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) English
  28. 28.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Shere Khan (c) Baloo (d) Mowgli
  29. 29.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  30. 30.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Ved Vyasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Vishnu Sharma
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Valmiki (d) Tulsidas
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Tulsidas (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  34. 34.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) war songs (c) maps (d) recipes
  35. 35.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Tirukkural (d) Gitanjali
  36. 36.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Godan (c) Tirukkural (d) Wings of Fire
  37. 37.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Idgah (d) the Mahabharata
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) English

Answer key

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

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