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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 272 · 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 wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Premchand (d) Rudyard Kipling
  2. 2.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Tulsidas (d) Vishnu Sharma
  4. 4.True or false: Valmiki wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Hindi
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Premchand (c) Valmiki (d) Tulsidas
  8. 8.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  10. 10.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Idgah (b) Meghaduta (c) The Jungle Book (d) the Mahabharata
  11. 11.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Idgah (c) The Jungle Book (d) the Ramayana
  12. 12.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) recipes (c) animal stories (d) maps
  14. 14.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) the Mahabharata (c) Tirukkural (d) Ramcharitmanas
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Premchand (b) Tulsidas (c) Kalidasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  17. 17.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Godan (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Tirukkural
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Premchand (b) Tulsidas (c) Kalidasa (d) Lewis Carroll
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Premchand (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  21. 21.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) the Mahabharata (d) Tirukkural
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Thiruvalluvar
  23. 23.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Godan (b) the Ramayana (c) Gitanjali (d) Ramcharitmanas
  24. 24.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  25. 25.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Bhima (c) Rama (d) Arjuna
  27. 27.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  31. 31.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Idgah (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Ramayana
  32. 32.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  33. 33.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Tamil
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Kalidasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Valmiki
  37. 37.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Baloo (c) Mowgli (d) Bagheera
  38. 38.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Valmiki (b) Kalidasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Thiruvalluvar

Answer key

  1. Vishnu Sharma
  2. False
  3. Tulsidas
  4. False
  5. True
  6. Sanskrit
  7. Rudyard Kipling
  8. False
  9. 5
  10. the Mahabharata
  11. the Ramayana
  12. False
  13. animal stories
  14. Ramcharitmanas
  15. Premchand
  16. Tamil
  17. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  18. Sanskrit
  19. Lewis Carroll
  20. Rabindranath Tagore
  21. the Mahabharata
  22. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  23. Gitanjali
  24. 18
  25. False
  26. Rama
  27. False
  28. False
  29. True
  30. Bengali
  31. Idgah
  32. 18
  33. False
  34. True
  35. English
  36. Kalidasa
  37. Mowgli
  38. False
  39. True
  40. Kalidasa

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