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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 375 · 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: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Rama (c) Ravana (d) Krishna
  3. 3.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Godan (b) The Jungle Book (c) Idgah (d) Ramcharitmanas
  4. 4.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Gitanjali (c) Meghaduta (d) the Panchatantra
  6. 6.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Valmiki (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Tulsidas (d) Thiruvalluvar
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Premchand (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  9. 9.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Shere Khan (c) Baloo (d) Mowgli
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Premchand (b) Tulsidas (c) Valmiki (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Tulsidas
  12. 12.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  13. 13.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Gitanjali (c) Godan (d) Idgah
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Tulsidas (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Valmiki (b) Ved Vyasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Kalidasa
  17. 17.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  22. 22.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Mahabharata (c) Wings of Fire (d) Gitanjali
  25. 25.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Meghaduta (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Gitanjali
  26. 26.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Panchatantra
  28. 28.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  29. 29.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Meghaduta (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Ramcharitmanas
  30. 30.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  32. 32.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Bengali
  33. 33.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) recipes (c) animal stories (d) war songs
  34. 34.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Kalidasa (c) Premchand (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  36. 36.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Panchatantra (c) Meghaduta (d) Tirukkural
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  39. 39.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. True
  2. Krishna
  3. The Jungle Book
  4. False
  5. the Panchatantra
  6. False
  7. Thiruvalluvar
  8. Ved Vyasa
  9. Mowgli
  10. Premchand
  11. Tulsidas
  12. 18
  13. the Mahabharata
  14. Rudyard Kipling
  15. Sanskrit
  16. Kalidasa
  17. False
  18. True
  19. True
  20. False
  21. 18
  22. False
  23. False
  24. Wings of Fire
  25. Ramcharitmanas
  26. True
  27. Gitanjali
  28. 5
  29. Alice in Wonderland
  30. True
  31. Tamil
  32. English
  33. animal stories
  34. True
  35. Rabindranath Tagore
  36. False
  37. Tirukkural
  38. English
  39. True
  40. True

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