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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 265 · 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: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) the Panchatantra (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Alice in Wonderland
  4. 4.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  6. 6.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  9. 9.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) recipes (c) animal stories (d) war songs
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Premchand (d) Rudyard Kipling
  11. 11.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Gitanjali (d) Meghaduta
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Kalidasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Premchand (b) Valmiki (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  14. 14.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Ramayana (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Gitanjali
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Awadhi
  16. 16.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Wings of Fire (d) Meghaduta
  17. 17.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Ramayana (d) Gitanjali
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) English
  19. 19.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Baloo (c) Mowgli (d) Bagheera
  21. 21.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Meghaduta (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Panchatantra
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Lewis Carroll
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Tulsidas (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Valmiki (d) Thiruvalluvar
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Tulsidas (c) Premchand (d) Thiruvalluvar
  28. 28.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) The Jungle Book
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) English
  30. 30.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Ramayana (d) Godan
  31. 31.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Mahabharata (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Idgah
  33. 33.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  35. 35.True or false: Valmiki wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Godan (b) Meghaduta (c) Wings of Fire (d) Tirukkural
  37. 37.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Karna (c) Rama (d) Bhima
  40. 40.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Idgah (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Godan (d) Gitanjali

Answer key

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

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