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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 385 · 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 Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Kalidasa (b) Tulsidas (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  2. 2.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Gitanjali (c) Idgah (d) Alice in Wonderland
  4. 4.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  5. 5.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) maps (c) recipes (d) animal stories
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  8. 8.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Idgah (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Meghaduta
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Tulsidas (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Valmiki (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  10. 10.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Premchand (b) Kalidasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Rudyard Kipling
  13. 13.True or false: Premchand wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Idgah (b) the Panchatantra (c) Godan (d) Wings of Fire
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Valmiki
  17. 17.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Tamil
  19. 19.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Wings of Fire (c) Idgah (d) Tirukkural
  20. 20.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Mahabharata (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Tirukkural
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Tulsidas (d) Lewis Carroll
  22. 22.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  23. 23.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Shere Khan (c) Bagheera (d) Mowgli
  25. 25.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Premchand (b) Kalidasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Vishnu Sharma
  28. 28.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Rudyard Kipling
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Tulsidas (d) Lewis Carroll
  31. 31.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Premchand (d) Tulsidas
  33. 33.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Idgah (c) Meghaduta (d) Wings of Fire
  34. 34.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Karna (c) Bhima (d) Arjuna
  37. 37.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Valmiki (c) Tulsidas (d) Ved Vyasa
  39. 39.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Kalidasa
  2. True
  3. The Jungle Book
  4. 18
  5. False
  6. animal stories
  7. Sanskrit
  8. Meghaduta
  9. Valmiki
  10. True
  11. True
  12. Kalidasa
  13. False
  14. the Panchatantra
  15. Bengali
  16. Rabindranath Tagore
  17. 18
  18. Sanskrit
  19. Wings of Fire
  20. Ramcharitmanas
  21. Tulsidas
  22. Awadhi
  23. False
  24. Mowgli
  25. True
  26. False
  27. Vishnu Sharma
  28. False
  29. Thiruvalluvar
  30. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  31. False
  32. Premchand
  33. Idgah
  34. False
  35. True
  36. Rama
  37. False
  38. Lewis Carroll
  39. False
  40. False

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