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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 377 · 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.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Meghaduta (c) Godan (d) Gitanjali
  2. 2.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  5. 5.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Bagheera (c) Mowgli (d) Shere Khan
  6. 6.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Ramayana (c) Gitanjali (d) the Panchatantra
  7. 7.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Godan (c) The Jungle Book (d) Gitanjali
  8. 8.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) maps (c) recipes (d) animal stories
  9. 9.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Meghaduta
  12. 12.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Tulsidas (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Kalidasa (d) Lewis Carroll
  15. 15.True or false: Premchand wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Premchand (d) Thiruvalluvar
  17. 17.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  18. 18.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Idgah (c) Godan (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  19. 19.True or false: Premchand wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) The Jungle Book (c) Idgah (d) Alice in Wonderland
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Valmiki (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Premchand (d) Ved Vyasa
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  24. 24.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Kalidasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  26. 26.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Kalidasa
  28. 28.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Wings of Fire (d) Tirukkural
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Kalidasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  30. 30.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) English
  32. 32.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  34. 34.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Karna (c) Bhima (d) Arjuna
  35. 35.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Kalidasa (d) Premchand
  37. 37.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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