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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 428 · 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.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Rama (c) Arjuna (d) Bhima
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Lewis Carroll
  5. 5.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) the Panchatantra (d) Ramcharitmanas
  7. 7.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Tulsidas (b) Valmiki (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Vishnu Sharma
  9. 9.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  11. 11.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Hanuman (c) Rama (d) Ravana
  12. 12.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Mahabharata (c) Tirukkural (d) Gitanjali
  13. 13.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) English
  16. 16.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  17. 17.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Premchand (b) Tulsidas (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Vishnu Sharma
  20. 20.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) English
  21. 21.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Ved Vyasa
  24. 24.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Idgah
  26. 26.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Valmiki (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  28. 28.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Tirukkural (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Idgah
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Tamil
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Premchand (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  31. 31.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Ved Vyasa
  34. 34.True or false: Premchand wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Kalidasa
  36. 36.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Godan was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Tulsidas (b) Kalidasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Valmiki

Answer key

  1. False
  2. Rama
  3. Awadhi
  4. Rudyard Kipling
  5. True
  6. the Panchatantra
  7. False
  8. Valmiki
  9. False
  10. 5
  11. Krishna
  12. the Ramayana
  13. False
  14. False
  15. English
  16. 18
  17. False
  18. Hindi
  19. Vishnu Sharma
  20. Sanskrit
  21. True
  22. True
  23. Lewis Carroll
  24. True
  25. Ramcharitmanas
  26. English
  27. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  28. Tirukkural
  29. Tamil
  30. Premchand
  31. False
  32. True
  33. Rabindranath Tagore
  34. False
  35. Kalidasa
  36. False
  37. True
  38. True
  39. False
  40. Kalidasa

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