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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 473 · 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: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: Premchand wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Tulsidas (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Kalidasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  5. 5.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Wings of Fire (d) Godan
  7. 7.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Ramayana (d) Ramcharitmanas
  9. 9.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Baloo (c) Mowgli (d) Shere Khan
  10. 10.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  11. 11.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  13. 13.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Wings of Fire (c) Tirukkural (d) the Panchatantra
  14. 14.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) Tirukkural
  15. 15.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Krishna (c) Hanuman (d) Ravana
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Tulsidas (d) Lewis Carroll
  19. 19.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Wings of Fire (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Ramayana
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  22. 22.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Tulsidas (d) Vishnu Sharma
  24. 24.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Valmiki (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Tulsidas (d) Vishnu Sharma
  26. 26.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Wings of Fire (c) Gitanjali (d) the Ramayana
  29. 29.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  31. 31.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) maps (c) recipes (d) animal stories
  32. 32.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  35. 35.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Gitanjali (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Wings of Fire
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Valmiki
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  39. 39.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. True
  2. True
  3. False
  4. Kalidasa
  5. True
  6. Godan
  7. True
  8. Ramcharitmanas
  9. Mowgli
  10. 5
  11. True
  12. 18
  13. Tirukkural
  14. the Mahabharata
  15. True
  16. False
  17. Krishna
  18. Tulsidas
  19. False
  20. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  21. Sanskrit
  22. English
  23. Vishnu Sharma
  24. 18
  25. Rudyard Kipling
  26. True
  27. False
  28. Gitanjali
  29. False
  30. Tamil
  31. animal stories
  32. False
  33. Bengali
  34. English
  35. False
  36. Wings of Fire
  37. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  38. Sanskrit
  39. False
  40. True

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