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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 192 · 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 Alice in Wonderland? (a) Premchand (b) Valmiki (c) Tulsidas (d) Lewis Carroll
  2. 2.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Gitanjali (c) Tirukkural (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  5. 5.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Tirukkural (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Panchatantra
  9. 9.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) Ramcharitmanas
  11. 11.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) war songs (c) recipes (d) maps
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  13. 13.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Ramayana (c) Idgah (d) Meghaduta
  14. 14.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  15. 15.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Tulsidas (c) Valmiki (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  18. 18.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Mahabharata (c) Tirukkural (d) Wings of Fire
  19. 19.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Tirukkural (c) Gitanjali (d) the Ramayana
  20. 20.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  21. 21.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Mahabharata (c) Tirukkural (d) the Panchatantra
  22. 22.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Bhima (c) Karna (d) Rama
  25. 25.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Awadhi
  29. 29.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  32. 32.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Hanuman (c) Rama (d) Krishna
  33. 33.True or false: Premchand wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Premchand (b) Kalidasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Valmiki
  36. 36.True or false: Premchand wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Wings of Fire
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) English
  39. 39.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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