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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 207 · 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 Ramcharitmanas? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Tulsidas (d) Ved Vyasa
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Valmiki (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Tulsidas
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Valmiki (b) Kalidasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Premchand (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Kalidasa (d) Ved Vyasa
  8. 8.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Hanuman (c) Ravana (d) Krishna
  9. 9.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Vishnu Sharma
  12. 12.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  15. 15.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Godan (c) Meghaduta (d) Wings of Fire
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Kalidasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Valmiki
  17. 17.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Mowgli (c) Shere Khan (d) Baloo
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Valmiki (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  19. 19.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Meghaduta (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) The Jungle Book
  20. 20.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Karna (c) Arjuna (d) Rama
  21. 21.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) animal stories (c) maps (d) recipes
  24. 24.True or false: Kalidasa wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Rudyard Kipling
  26. 26.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) Tirukkural (d) the Mahabharata
  27. 27.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Panchatantra (d) Tirukkural
  29. 29.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Panchatantra (c) Meghaduta (d) Wings of Fire
  30. 30.True or false: Kalidasa wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Godan (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Ramayana (d) Idgah
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Valmiki (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  34. 34.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Premchand (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Vishnu Sharma
  36. 36.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Idgah (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Ramayana
  37. 37.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Ramayana (c) Tirukkural (d) the Mahabharata
  38. 38.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  39. 39.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) The Jungle Book (c) Meghaduta (d) Wings of Fire
  40. 40.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Tulsidas
  2. Sanskrit
  3. Hindi
  4. Valmiki
  5. Awadhi
  6. Kalidasa
  7. Premchand
  8. Krishna
  9. False
  10. Sanskrit
  11. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  12. False
  13. 5
  14. English
  15. Godan
  16. Rudyard Kipling
  17. Mowgli
  18. Rabindranath Tagore
  19. Ramcharitmanas
  20. Rama
  21. True
  22. True
  23. animal stories
  24. False
  25. Lewis Carroll
  26. the Mahabharata
  27. True
  28. the Panchatantra
  29. Meghaduta
  30. False
  31. False
  32. the Ramayana
  33. Ved Vyasa
  34. 18
  35. Vishnu Sharma
  36. Wings of Fire
  37. Tirukkural
  38. 18
  39. The Jungle Book
  40. False

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