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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 234 · 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.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Valmiki (d) Tulsidas
  3. 3.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  4. 4.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Idgah (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Mahabharata (d) Alice in Wonderland
  5. 5.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Arjuna (c) Rama (d) Bhima
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  8. 8.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  10. 10.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  11. 11.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Tirukkural (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Gitanjali
  13. 13.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Idgah (d) Wings of Fire
  15. 15.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Valmiki (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Premchand
  18. 18.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Gitanjali (c) Godan (d) Wings of Fire
  20. 20.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Idgah (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Ramayana (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  21. 21.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Gitanjali (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Alice in Wonderland
  22. 22.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) animal stories (c) war songs (d) recipes
  23. 23.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Valmiki (d) Lewis Carroll
  25. 25.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Premchand (d) Vishnu Sharma
  27. 27.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Panchatantra (c) Tirukkural (d) the Ramayana
  28. 28.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Kalidasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Valmiki (d) Lewis Carroll
  31. 31.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Godan (c) Idgah (d) Wings of Fire
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Valmiki
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Premchand (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Premchand (d) Rudyard Kipling
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  37. 37.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Idgah (c) Godan (d) Gitanjali
  38. 38.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Hanuman (c) Rama (d) Krishna
  40. 40.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Panchatantra (c) Gitanjali (d) The Jungle Book

Answer key

  1. True
  2. Tulsidas
  3. 18
  4. Alice in Wonderland
  5. False
  6. Rama
  7. English
  8. 5
  9. Sanskrit
  10. 18
  11. True
  12. Gitanjali
  13. False
  14. Ramcharitmanas
  15. True
  16. Bengali
  17. Premchand
  18. True
  19. Godan
  20. The Jungle Book
  21. the Mahabharata
  22. animal stories
  23. True
  24. Vishnu Sharma
  25. True
  26. Ved Vyasa
  27. the Mahabharata
  28. True
  29. False
  30. Lewis Carroll
  31. Wings of Fire
  32. Thiruvalluvar
  33. Premchand
  34. Tamil
  35. Rabindranath Tagore
  36. English
  37. the Ramayana
  38. True
  39. Krishna
  40. the Panchatantra

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