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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 51 · 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 the Panchatantra? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Valmiki
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Tamil
  3. 3.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  4. 4.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Ravana (c) Krishna (d) Hanuman
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  6. 6.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) English
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Kalidasa (b) Premchand (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  9. 9.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  10. 10.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Mowgli (c) Shere Khan (d) Bagheera
  12. 12.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Gitanjali (c) Tirukkural (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  14. 14.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  16. 16.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: Premchand wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Gitanjali (c) Godan (d) The Jungle Book
  20. 20.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Meghaduta (c) the Ramayana (d) Idgah
  22. 22.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Bhima (c) Rama (d) Karna
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Premchand (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  26. 26.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) animal stories (c) recipes (d) war songs
  27. 27.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Premchand (d) Ved Vyasa
  29. 29.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Godan (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Gitanjali (d) the Panchatantra
  30. 30.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Wings of Fire (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Ramayana
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Valmiki (b) Kalidasa (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Vishnu Sharma
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Tulsidas (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Valmiki
  34. 34.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: Valmiki wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Kalidasa (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Premchand
  37. 37.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) the Ramayana (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Gitanjali
  38. 38.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) The Jungle Book (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Tirukkural
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Tulsidas
  40. 40.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Godan (b) the Ramayana (c) Gitanjali (d) Meghaduta

Answer key

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

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