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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 49 · 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 Gitanjali? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Tulsidas (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  2. 2.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Kalidasa (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Valmiki
  6. 6.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Idgah (b) The Jungle Book (c) Meghaduta (d) the Ramayana
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Kalidasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Tulsidas
  9. 9.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Tirukkural (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Mahabharata (d) Ramcharitmanas
  10. 10.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  11. 11.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) Tirukkural
  12. 12.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Hanuman (c) Ravana (d) Krishna
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Hindi
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Premchand (c) Valmiki (d) Ved Vyasa
  15. 15.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Tulsidas (c) Premchand (d) Thiruvalluvar
  17. 17.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Shere Khan (c) Bagheera (d) Baloo
  18. 18.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Kalidasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Lewis Carroll
  21. 21.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) English
  23. 23.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) maps (c) animal stories (d) war songs
  24. 24.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) the Ramayana (b) The Jungle Book (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Tirukkural
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Awadhi
  28. 28.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Gitanjali (c) Idgah (d) Tirukkural
  29. 29.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Godan (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) The Jungle Book
  30. 30.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  31. 31.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Kalidasa (b) Valmiki (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Ved Vyasa
  33. 33.True or false: Godan was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Idgah
  35. 35.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  36. 36.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Wings of Fire (c) Gitanjali (d) Alice in Wonderland
  38. 38.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Rabindranath Tagore
  2. False
  3. False
  4. Sanskrit
  5. Valmiki
  6. True
  7. The Jungle Book
  8. Kalidasa
  9. the Mahabharata
  10. 5
  11. the Panchatantra
  12. Krishna
  13. Hindi
  14. Premchand
  15. False
  16. Thiruvalluvar
  17. Mowgli
  18. True
  19. the Mahabharata
  20. Rudyard Kipling
  21. True
  22. English
  23. animal stories
  24. True
  25. True
  26. Alice in Wonderland
  27. English
  28. Idgah
  29. Godan
  30. 18
  31. True
  32. Lewis Carroll
  33. False
  34. Tirukkural
  35. 18
  36. True
  37. Wings of Fire
  38. False
  39. False
  40. False

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