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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 308 · 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: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  3. 3.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) Gitanjali
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Tulsidas (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Lewis Carroll
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Tulsidas (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Premchand
  6. 6.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  8. 8.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Krishna (c) Hanuman (d) Rama
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  11. 11.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  12. 12.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  13. 13.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) animal stories (c) maps (d) recipes
  15. 15.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  16. 16.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Tirukkural (d) Godan
  17. 17.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Idgah (b) Tirukkural (c) Meghaduta (d) the Panchatantra
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  20. 20.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Premchand (d) Rudyard Kipling
  22. 22.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Valmiki (b) Tulsidas (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  25. 25.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Idgah (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Tirukkural
  26. 26.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Panchatantra (d) Meghaduta
  27. 27.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  30. 30.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Valmiki (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Ved Vyasa
  34. 34.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Idgah (d) the Mahabharata
  35. 35.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Panchatantra (c) Godan (d) Wings of Fire
  36. 36.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Meghaduta (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Panchatantra
  37. 37.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Rama (c) Arjuna (d) Bhima
  38. 38.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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