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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 218 · 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 Wings of Fire? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rudyard Kipling
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Valmiki
  3. 3.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Godan (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Panchatantra
  5. 5.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Krishna (c) Ravana (d) Hanuman
  6. 6.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Tirukkural (d) The Jungle Book
  7. 7.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Kalidasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Vishnu Sharma
  10. 10.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  12. 12.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) animal stories (c) war songs (d) maps
  16. 16.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Mowgli (c) Bagheera (d) Shere Khan
  17. 17.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  18. 18.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Panchatantra (d) Tirukkural
  19. 19.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Ramayana (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Mahabharata
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Ved Vyasa
  21. 21.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Tulsidas (c) Premchand (d) Kalidasa
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Kalidasa (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Premchand
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Premchand (d) Kalidasa
  25. 25.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Rama (c) Arjuna (d) Bhima
  26. 26.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Valmiki (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Ved Vyasa
  28. 28.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Idgah (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Panchatantra (d) Ramcharitmanas
  30. 30.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Idgah (b) Tirukkural (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Mahabharata
  31. 31.True or false: Godan was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Idgah (b) Godan (c) the Panchatantra (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  33. 33.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Gitanjali (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Godan
  34. 34.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Tamil
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Kalidasa (d) Lewis Carroll

Answer key

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

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