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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 376 · 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 The Jungle Book? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Valmiki (d) Vishnu Sharma
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Valmiki (b) Premchand (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Vishnu Sharma
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  4. 4.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) English
  5. 5.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Baloo (c) Bagheera (d) Shere Khan
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Valmiki (c) Tulsidas (d) Premchand
  10. 10.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Idgah (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Mahabharata
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  13. 13.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Ramayana
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Valmiki (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Ved Vyasa
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Kalidasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Valmiki (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Kalidasa
  17. 17.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Rama (c) Ravana (d) Krishna
  18. 18.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) animal stories (c) maps (d) war songs
  19. 19.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  22. 22.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  23. 23.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Gitanjali (c) the Ramayana (d) Godan
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) English
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Tulsidas (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Ved Vyasa
  27. 27.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Mahabharata (c) Godan (d) Alice in Wonderland
  31. 31.True or false: Valmiki wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) The Jungle Book (c) Meghaduta (d) the Mahabharata
  34. 34.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: Valmiki wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) English
  38. 38.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Meghaduta (c) The Jungle Book (d) Alice in Wonderland
  39. 39.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Rudyard Kipling
  2. Vishnu Sharma
  3. Sanskrit
  4. Sanskrit
  5. True
  6. True
  7. Mowgli
  8. Hindi
  9. Premchand
  10. True
  11. the Mahabharata
  12. Tamil
  13. the Mahabharata
  14. Thiruvalluvar
  15. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  16. Kalidasa
  17. Krishna
  18. animal stories
  19. True
  20. True
  21. English
  22. 18
  23. True
  24. the Panchatantra
  25. English
  26. Lewis Carroll
  27. False
  28. False
  29. False
  30. Alice in Wonderland
  31. False
  32. False
  33. Ramcharitmanas
  34. True
  35. False
  36. True
  37. English
  38. Meghaduta
  39. False
  40. False

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