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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 250 · 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: Vishnu Sharma wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  4. 4.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Arjuna (c) Rama (d) Bhima
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Premchand (d) Tulsidas
  6. 6.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Godan (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Mahabharata
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  10. 10.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Godan (c) the Ramayana (d) the Panchatantra
  11. 11.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Mowgli (c) Bagheera (d) Baloo
  12. 12.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Idgah (c) Gitanjali (d) Tirukkural
  13. 13.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Wings of Fire (c) Tirukkural (d) Ramcharitmanas
  14. 14.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Valmiki (c) Kalidasa (d) Thiruvalluvar
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Ved Vyasa
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  19. 19.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  20. 20.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Ramayana
  22. 22.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  24. 24.True or false: Premchand wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Kalidasa (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Lewis Carroll
  27. 27.True or false: Kalidasa wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Premchand (b) Tulsidas (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Valmiki
  29. 29.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Premchand (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Tulsidas
  31. 31.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) maps (c) animal stories (d) recipes
  32. 32.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  36. 36.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) English

Answer key

  1. False
  2. Ved Vyasa
  3. Tamil
  4. Rama
  5. Premchand
  6. False
  7. False
  8. the Mahabharata
  9. English
  10. the Ramayana
  11. Mowgli
  12. Gitanjali
  13. Wings of Fire
  14. True
  15. False
  16. Vishnu Sharma
  17. Rudyard Kipling
  18. Lewis Carroll
  19. 18
  20. False
  21. the Mahabharata
  22. False
  23. 18
  24. False
  25. True
  26. Kalidasa
  27. False
  28. Valmiki
  29. False
  30. Tulsidas
  31. animal stories
  32. True
  33. True
  34. False
  35. Bengali
  36. False
  37. True
  38. False
  39. True
  40. English

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