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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

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

Answer key

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

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