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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

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

Answer key

  1. Ramcharitmanas
  2. Premchand
  3. 18
  4. Tirukkural
  5. False
  6. English
  7. The Jungle Book
  8. Alice in Wonderland
  9. Mowgli
  10. Sanskrit
  11. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  12. Kalidasa
  13. False
  14. Tamil
  15. 5
  16. False
  17. True
  18. False
  19. the Mahabharata
  20. Kalidasa
  21. Rama
  22. False
  23. 18
  24. True
  25. True
  26. True
  27. True
  28. False
  29. False
  30. animal stories
  31. False
  32. Hindi
  33. False
  34. Sanskrit
  35. Godan
  36. Krishna
  37. False
  38. Wings of Fire
  39. the Ramayana
  40. True

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