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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 434 · 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.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) English
  2. 2.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Idgah (b) the Ramayana (c) The Jungle Book (d) Tirukkural
  3. 3.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Valmiki
  5. 5.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  6. 6.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  8. 8.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) English
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Kalidasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Premchand (d) Rudyard Kipling
  11. 11.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Idgah (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Panchatantra (d) Gitanjali
  12. 12.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: Premchand wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Gitanjali (c) Tirukkural (d) Idgah
  20. 20.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Ramayana (c) Godan (d) the Mahabharata
  21. 21.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Godan (c) the Mahabharata (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  22. 22.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Ramayana (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  23. 23.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) The Jungle Book (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  27. 27.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) the Panchatantra
  28. 28.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Godan
  30. 30.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Tirukkural (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Ramayana (d) Wings of Fire
  31. 31.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) animal stories (c) recipes (d) war songs
  32. 32.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Premchand (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Ved Vyasa
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Kalidasa (d) Valmiki
  36. 36.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Tulsidas (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Premchand
  39. 39.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Krishna (c) Ravana (d) Hanuman
  40. 40.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Godan (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Ramcharitmanas

Answer key

  1. English
  2. The Jungle Book
  3. False
  4. Tulsidas
  5. 18
  6. True
  7. 5
  8. 18
  9. Tamil
  10. Rudyard Kipling
  11. Gitanjali
  12. True
  13. False
  14. True
  15. True
  16. True
  17. True
  18. False
  19. Idgah
  20. the Mahabharata
  21. Godan
  22. Ramcharitmanas
  23. True
  24. False
  25. True
  26. Alice in Wonderland
  27. the Mahabharata
  28. True
  29. the Panchatantra
  30. Tirukkural
  31. animal stories
  32. False
  33. Vishnu Sharma
  34. Sanskrit
  35. Valmiki
  36. False
  37. True
  38. Thiruvalluvar
  39. Krishna
  40. Abhijnanashakuntalam

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