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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 402 · 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 was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Rama (c) Krishna (d) Hanuman
  2. 2.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Tulsidas (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Premchand (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  4. 4.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  6. 6.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  7. 7.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) The Jungle Book (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Gitanjali
  8. 8.True or false: Kalidasa wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: Godan was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Mowgli (c) Bagheera (d) Shere Khan
  11. 11.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  13. 13.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Bengali
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  16. 16.True or false: Valmiki wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Karna (c) Rama (d) Bhima
  19. 19.True or false: Premchand wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Gitanjali (c) the Ramayana (d) Idgah
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Kalidasa
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Kalidasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rudyard Kipling
  23. 23.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Godan (b) the Panchatantra (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Mahabharata
  24. 24.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) The Jungle Book (c) Gitanjali (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  28. 28.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) animal stories (c) war songs (d) maps
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Premchand (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Valmiki
  31. 31.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  34. 34.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Tulsidas (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Valmiki
  37. 37.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) the Panchatantra
  39. 39.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Godan (c) Gitanjali (d) the Ramayana
  40. 40.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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