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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 345 · 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 Wings of Fire? (a) Valmiki (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Kalidasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Tulsidas (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Premchand (d) Kalidasa
  3. 3.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Tulsidas (d) Rudyard Kipling
  5. 5.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  7. 7.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  8. 8.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Tulsidas (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Kalidasa
  10. 10.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Tirukkural (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Meghaduta
  12. 12.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Idgah (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) The Jungle Book
  14. 14.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Rama (c) Arjuna (d) Karna
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  16. 16.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Krishna (c) Ravana (d) Rama
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) English
  19. 19.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) the Panchatantra
  22. 22.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  23. 23.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) war songs (c) recipes (d) animal stories
  24. 24.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Bagheera (c) Mowgli (d) Baloo
  27. 27.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Idgah (c) The Jungle Book (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  28. 28.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Panchatantra
  29. 29.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Mahabharata (c) Wings of Fire (d) Meghaduta
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Premchand (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  33. 33.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) the Ramayana (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Panchatantra
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  36. 36.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  39. 39.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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