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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 523 · 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 Godan? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Premchand (d) Tulsidas
  2. 2.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  4. 4.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Tulsidas (d) Ved Vyasa
  6. 6.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Valmiki (b) Tulsidas (c) Kalidasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  10. 10.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Valmiki (b) Tulsidas (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  12. 12.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Bhima (c) Rama (d) Arjuna
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  15. 15.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Wings of Fire
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  17. 17.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Idgah (d) the Ramayana
  18. 18.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Bagheera (c) Mowgli (d) Shere Khan
  20. 20.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Gitanjali (c) The Jungle Book (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  21. 21.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) animal stories (c) recipes (d) war songs
  22. 22.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  23. 23.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Gitanjali (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Wings of Fire
  24. 24.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Tirukkural (d) Alice in Wonderland
  25. 25.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Godan (b) Gitanjali (c) Idgah (d) Alice in Wonderland
  27. 27.True or false: Valmiki wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  29. 29.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Ramayana (c) Idgah (d) Ramcharitmanas
  31. 31.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Kalidasa
  35. 35.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Godan (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Wings of Fire (d) Tirukkural
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Tulsidas (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Kalidasa
  39. 39.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Sanskrit

Answer key

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

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