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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 296 · 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 Ramayana? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Valmiki (d) Ved Vyasa
  2. 2.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Premchand (b) Valmiki (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Kalidasa
  5. 5.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  7. 7.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: Premchand wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Meghaduta (c) The Jungle Book (d) the Panchatantra
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Kalidasa (c) Tulsidas (d) Premchand
  13. 13.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  14. 14.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Premchand
  17. 17.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Hanuman (c) Rama (d) Krishna
  18. 18.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Lewis Carroll (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  20. 20.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Gitanjali (c) the Panchatantra (d) Alice in Wonderland
  21. 21.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Bagheera (c) Mowgli (d) Baloo
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  24. 24.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  25. 25.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Panchatantra (d) Alice in Wonderland
  27. 27.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Bhima (c) Arjuna (d) Karna
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  30. 30.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Hindi
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Kalidasa (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Vishnu Sharma
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Kalidasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Vishnu Sharma
  37. 37.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  40. 40.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Valmiki
  2. False
  3. False
  4. Kalidasa
  5. True
  6. 18
  7. False
  8. False
  9. False
  10. False
  11. the Panchatantra
  12. Premchand
  13. 5
  14. True
  15. True
  16. Vishnu Sharma
  17. Krishna
  18. False
  19. Tulsidas
  20. the Mahabharata
  21. True
  22. Mowgli
  23. Sanskrit
  24. 18
  25. False
  26. The Jungle Book
  27. False
  28. Rama
  29. Sanskrit
  30. False
  31. True
  32. True
  33. False
  34. Hindi
  35. Kalidasa
  36. Thiruvalluvar
  37. False
  38. Rudyard Kipling
  39. Bengali
  40. False

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