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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 210 · 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 Meghaduta? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Kalidasa (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Lewis Carroll
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Premchand
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  4. 4.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Meghaduta (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Mahabharata
  5. 5.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  6. 6.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Valmiki
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Valmiki (b) Premchand (c) Tulsidas (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  9. 9.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  10. 10.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Bhima (c) Arjuna (d) Karna
  11. 11.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  12. 12.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Valmiki (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Tulsidas
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  15. 15.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Idgah (b) Godan (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) The Jungle Book
  16. 16.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Bagheera (c) Baloo (d) Mowgli
  18. 18.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Kalidasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Vishnu Sharma
  20. 20.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Hanuman (c) Rama (d) Krishna
  22. 22.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Ved Vyasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Kalidasa
  25. 25.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Hindi
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  32. 32.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Premchand (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Valmiki
  35. 35.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Mahabharata (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  36. 36.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Ramayana (c) The Jungle Book (d) Meghaduta
  37. 37.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Kalidasa
  2. Rudyard Kipling
  3. Sanskrit
  4. the Mahabharata
  5. 18
  6. False
  7. Rabindranath Tagore
  8. Premchand
  9. 5
  10. Rama
  11. Tamil
  12. True
  13. Tulsidas
  14. Sanskrit
  15. Alice in Wonderland
  16. False
  17. Mowgli
  18. 18
  19. Vishnu Sharma
  20. True
  21. Krishna
  22. False
  23. Hindi
  24. Ved Vyasa
  25. True
  26. False
  27. False
  28. True
  29. Sanskrit
  30. English
  31. English
  32. True
  33. Awadhi
  34. Valmiki
  35. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  36. The Jungle Book
  37. True
  38. True
  39. False
  40. False

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