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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 406 · 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 Lewis Carroll write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Ramayana (d) Alice in Wonderland
  2. 2.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  3. 3.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: Premchand wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Wings of Fire (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Gitanjali
  7. 7.True or false: Valmiki wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Mahabharata (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Idgah
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  10. 10.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Alice in Wonderland
  11. 11.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Gitanjali (c) the Mahabharata (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  13. 13.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  15. 15.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Mahabharata (c) The Jungle Book (d) Godan
  16. 16.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Vishnu Sharma
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Kalidasa (b) Premchand (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Ved Vyasa
  20. 20.True or false: Kalidasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  22. 22.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) The Jungle Book (c) Godan (d) the Ramayana
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Kalidasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Premchand
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Tulsidas (c) Premchand (d) Lewis Carroll
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Tulsidas (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Premchand
  27. 27.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) maps (c) animal stories (d) war songs
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Valmiki (d) Kalidasa
  30. 30.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Rama (c) Arjuna (d) Bhima
  31. 31.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  34. 34.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Shere Khan (c) Bagheera (d) Baloo
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Ved Vyasa
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  37. 37.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Ravana (c) Rama (d) Hanuman
  38. 38.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Meghaduta (d) the Mahabharata
  40. 40.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) the Panchatantra (c) Meghaduta (d) Tirukkural

Answer key

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

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