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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

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

Answer key

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

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