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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 249 · 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: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Valmiki (b) Tulsidas (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Thiruvalluvar
  3. 3.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Ramayana (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Godan
  4. 4.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Tulsidas (c) Premchand (d) Kalidasa
  6. 6.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Idgah (d) the Panchatantra
  7. 7.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Tirukkural (c) Idgah (d) the Panchatantra
  8. 8.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) Wings of Fire (d) Gitanjali
  9. 9.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Mahabharata (c) Tirukkural (d) the Ramayana
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  11. 11.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  12. 12.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) maps (c) war songs (d) recipes
  13. 13.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Tulsidas (d) Thiruvalluvar
  15. 15.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Idgah (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Tirukkural (d) Meghaduta
  16. 16.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Karna (c) Rama (d) Arjuna
  18. 18.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Mowgli (c) Shere Khan (d) Baloo
  22. 22.True or false: Valmiki wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  24. 24.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  25. 25.True or false: Premchand wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Premchand (c) Ved Vyasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Tulsidas (d) Kalidasa
  29. 29.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Tirukkural (c) Wings of Fire (d) Meghaduta
  30. 30.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Panchatantra (c) Wings of Fire (d) The Jungle Book
  31. 31.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Premchand (d) Thiruvalluvar
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Premchand (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Kalidasa (d) Valmiki
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Tulsidas (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Kalidasa
  35. 35.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Hanuman (c) Ravana (d) Krishna
  38. 38.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) English
  40. 40.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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