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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

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

Answer key

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

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