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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 349 · 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 Godan? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Valmiki (d) Premchand
  2. 2.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: Valmiki wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Tirukkural (c) the Panchatantra (d) The Jungle Book
  7. 7.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) The Jungle Book (c) Meghaduta (d) Tirukkural
  8. 8.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Premchand (d) Valmiki
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Tulsidas (c) Kalidasa (d) Rudyard Kipling
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) English
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Tulsidas (b) Ved Vyasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Vishnu Sharma
  15. 15.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Godan (c) Tirukkural (d) Meghaduta
  16. 16.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Godan (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Meghaduta (d) Idgah
  17. 17.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) the Ramayana (d) the Mahabharata
  18. 18.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Godan (b) the Ramayana (c) Tirukkural (d) Idgah
  19. 19.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: Kalidasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  23. 23.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Valmiki (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Tulsidas
  25. 25.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Meghaduta (c) the Panchatantra (d) The Jungle Book
  26. 26.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Awadhi
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) English
  28. 28.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) Tirukkural (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Panchatantra
  29. 29.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Ramayana (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  31. 31.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Thiruvalluvar
  34. 34.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Bagheera (c) Mowgli (d) Baloo
  35. 35.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  38. 38.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Kalidasa (b) Valmiki (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Answer key

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

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