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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

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

Answer key

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

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