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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 461 · 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 Kalidasa write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Tirukkural (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Mahabharata
  2. 2.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Shere Khan (c) Mowgli (d) Bagheera
  3. 3.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) The Jungle Book (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  4. 4.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Ramayana (c) The Jungle Book (d) the Panchatantra
  5. 5.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Mahabharata (c) Idgah (d) the Panchatantra
  6. 6.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Tulsidas (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  8. 8.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  10. 10.True or false: Godan was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  12. 12.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Ramayana (d) the Mahabharata
  15. 15.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Bhima (c) Arjuna (d) Rama
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  17. 17.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Mahabharata (c) Tirukkural (d) the Panchatantra
  18. 18.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Premchand (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Valmiki
  20. 20.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Kalidasa (c) Premchand (d) Valmiki
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Lewis Carroll
  23. 23.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) Ramcharitmanas
  24. 24.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Gitanjali (d) the Ramayana
  25. 25.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) war songs (c) animal stories (d) recipes
  28. 28.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Rama (c) Hanuman (d) Ravana
  29. 29.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  30. 30.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  31. 31.True or false: Valmiki wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Ramayana (d) the Panchatantra
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  35. 35.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Kalidasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Tulsidas (d) Valmiki
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil

Answer key

  1. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  2. Mowgli
  3. the Ramayana
  4. The Jungle Book
  5. Idgah
  6. True
  7. Tulsidas
  8. False
  9. Awadhi
  10. False
  11. 18
  12. False
  13. True
  14. the Mahabharata
  15. Rama
  16. Sanskrit
  17. the Mahabharata
  18. False
  19. Premchand
  20. False
  21. Premchand
  22. Ved Vyasa
  23. the Panchatantra
  24. Gitanjali
  25. True
  26. False
  27. animal stories
  28. Krishna
  29. 18
  30. 5
  31. False
  32. False
  33. Wings of Fire
  34. Tamil
  35. False
  36. True
  37. True
  38. False
  39. Vishnu Sharma
  40. Sanskrit

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