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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 478 · 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: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Kalidasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Tulsidas (d) Valmiki
  3. 3.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) The Jungle Book (c) Idgah (d) Ramcharitmanas
  4. 4.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Mowgli (c) Bagheera (d) Shere Khan
  5. 5.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Meghaduta (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Ramayana
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Premchand (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Valmiki (d) Vishnu Sharma
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  8. 8.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: Valmiki wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Valmiki (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rudyard Kipling
  13. 13.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Krishna (c) Ravana (d) Hanuman
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Premchand (b) Valmiki (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Kalidasa
  15. 15.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: Premchand wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  18. 18.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) maps (c) war songs (d) animal stories
  19. 19.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Wings of Fire (d) Godan
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Kalidasa (b) Premchand (c) Tulsidas (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  21. 21.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Arjuna (c) Karna (d) Bhima
  22. 22.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  23. 23.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) Gitanjali (d) the Ramayana
  24. 24.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Kalidasa (c) Valmiki (d) Vishnu Sharma
  27. 27.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  29. 29.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Meghaduta (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Panchatantra
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Tamil
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  32. 32.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Idgah (c) Wings of Fire (d) Ramcharitmanas
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Tulsidas (d) Rudyard Kipling
  35. 35.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) the Mahabharata (c) Meghaduta (d) Ramcharitmanas
  36. 36.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Godan (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  37. 37.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Hindi
  39. 39.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. True
  2. Kalidasa
  3. The Jungle Book
  4. Mowgli
  5. the Ramayana
  6. Premchand
  7. Awadhi
  8. False
  9. False
  10. False
  11. False
  12. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  13. Krishna
  14. Rabindranath Tagore
  15. False
  16. False
  17. 5
  18. animal stories
  19. Wings of Fire
  20. Premchand
  21. Rama
  22. 18
  23. Gitanjali
  24. True
  25. True
  26. Ved Vyasa
  27. False
  28. Hindi
  29. the Panchatantra
  30. English
  31. Sanskrit
  32. True
  33. Idgah
  34. Lewis Carroll
  35. Ramcharitmanas
  36. the Mahabharata
  37. True
  38. Sanskrit
  39. True
  40. True

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