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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 505 · 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 Idgah? (a) Kalidasa (b) Tulsidas (c) Premchand (d) Ved Vyasa
  2. 2.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: Valmiki wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Idgah (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Ramayana
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Tulsidas (d) Rudyard Kipling
  6. 6.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) Gitanjali (d) Idgah
  7. 7.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Premchand (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Hindi
  11. 11.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Tirukkural (c) Gitanjali (d) Idgah
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Kalidasa (d) Premchand
  13. 13.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Bhima (c) Arjuna (d) Karna
  14. 14.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Panchatantra (d) Gitanjali
  15. 15.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Bagheera (c) Baloo (d) Mowgli
  16. 16.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Tamil
  18. 18.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Premchand (c) Valmiki (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  22. 22.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) war songs (c) recipes (d) animal stories
  24. 24.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Godan (c) the Mahabharata (d) Tirukkural
  25. 25.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  27. 27.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Premchand (c) Ved Vyasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  30. 30.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Kalidasa
  34. 34.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  36. 36.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Idgah (b) the Mahabharata (c) Gitanjali (d) Godan
  37. 37.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Hanuman (c) Ravana (d) Rama
  38. 38.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Tamil (d) Hindi

Answer key

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

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