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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 261 · 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 is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Rama (c) Bhima (d) Arjuna
  2. 2.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) Tirukkural (d) the Mahabharata
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Tulsidas (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Lewis Carroll
  5. 5.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Godan (b) the Ramayana (c) Meghaduta (d) Idgah
  6. 6.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Kalidasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  8. 8.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Godan (b) Wings of Fire (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Gitanjali
  10. 10.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  12. 12.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: Valmiki wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  15. 15.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Idgah (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Mahabharata
  16. 16.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Idgah (b) Tirukkural (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Mahabharata
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Premchand (d) Valmiki
  19. 19.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  21. 21.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Tulsidas (d) Premchand
  23. 23.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  26. 26.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Shere Khan (c) Baloo (d) Bagheera
  32. 32.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Godan (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Panchatantra
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Bengali
  37. 37.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Valmiki (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Ved Vyasa
  39. 39.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Mahabharata (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Panchatantra
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Premchand (d) Rabindranath Tagore

Answer key

  1. Rama
  2. True
  3. the Mahabharata
  4. Rabindranath Tagore
  5. the Ramayana
  6. False
  7. Vishnu Sharma
  8. False
  9. Gitanjali
  10. False
  11. 18
  12. True
  13. False
  14. 5
  15. Alice in Wonderland
  16. True
  17. Wings of Fire
  18. Valmiki
  19. True
  20. Bengali
  21. True
  22. Premchand
  23. True
  24. False
  25. English
  26. False
  27. True
  28. True
  29. True
  30. True
  31. Mowgli
  32. False
  33. True
  34. False
  35. the Panchatantra
  36. English
  37. False
  38. Rudyard Kipling
  39. Tirukkural
  40. Premchand

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