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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 200 · 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.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Ramayana (c) Meghaduta (d) Gitanjali
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Tulsidas (b) Premchand (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Valmiki
  3. 3.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Mowgli (c) Shere Khan (d) Baloo
  5. 5.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Godan (b) Gitanjali (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Panchatantra
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Tulsidas (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Kalidasa
  7. 7.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Krishna (c) Hanuman (d) Rama
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Premchand
  10. 10.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Idgah (b) The Jungle Book (c) Godan (d) Alice in Wonderland
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Premchand (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Premchand (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  15. 15.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Godan (c) The Jungle Book (d) Alice in Wonderland
  17. 17.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  19. 19.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Ramayana (d) Ramcharitmanas
  20. 20.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Premchand (c) Lewis Carroll (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  22. 22.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Valmiki (b) Kalidasa (c) Premchand (d) Tulsidas
  24. 24.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  25. 25.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) animal stories (c) maps (d) war songs
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Bengali
  28. 28.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  31. 31.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Kalidasa
  34. 34.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Ved Vyasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Premchand
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Tulsidas (b) Kalidasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  40. 40.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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