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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 45 · 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 Ramcharitmanas? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Tulsidas (d) Thiruvalluvar
  2. 2.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) recipes (c) war songs (d) animal stories
  3. 3.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  4. 4.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Godan (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) The Jungle Book (d) the Mahabharata
  5. 5.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Valmiki (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Kalidasa
  8. 8.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Karna (c) Rama (d) Bhima
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Kalidasa (d) Valmiki
  11. 11.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  12. 12.True or false: Tulsidas wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Kalidasa (d) Tulsidas
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  15. 15.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Meghaduta (c) The Jungle Book (d) the Ramayana
  16. 16.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Premchand
  19. 19.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Baloo (c) Bagheera (d) Mowgli
  20. 20.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  21. 21.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) Tirukkural (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Mahabharata
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Vishnu Sharma
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  24. 24.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Gitanjali (c) Meghaduta (d) the Mahabharata
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Valmiki (b) Kalidasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Lewis Carroll
  26. 26.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Idgah (c) Tirukkural (d) The Jungle Book
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Valmiki (b) Ved Vyasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rudyard Kipling
  28. 28.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) Bengali
  30. 30.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Idgah (b) Tirukkural (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Alice in Wonderland
  32. 32.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Idgah (c) Godan (d) the Panchatantra
  33. 33.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Kalidasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Premchand
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  36. 36.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Wings of Fire
  37. 37.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Idgah (b) Tirukkural (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Meghaduta
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Tulsidas (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Valmiki (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  40. 40.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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