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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 553 · 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 Wings of Fire? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Tulsidas (c) Kalidasa (d) Thiruvalluvar
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  3. 3.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  4. 4.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  8. 8.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Wings of Fire (c) Meghaduta (d) the Panchatantra
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Premchand (c) Kalidasa (d) Ved Vyasa
  11. 11.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Gitanjali (c) The Jungle Book (d) Wings of Fire
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Hindi
  13. 13.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Gitanjali (c) the Mahabharata (d) Wings of Fire
  14. 14.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Idgah (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Tirukkural (d) the Ramayana
  16. 16.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Godan (b) the Panchatantra (c) Meghaduta (d) The Jungle Book
  17. 17.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Shere Khan (c) Baloo (d) Bagheera
  18. 18.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Ramayana (d) Tirukkural
  19. 19.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  20. 20.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  22. 22.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Rama (c) Krishna (d) Ravana
  23. 23.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Meghaduta (c) The Jungle Book (d) Wings of Fire
  24. 24.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: Kalidasa wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  28. 28.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Kalidasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  31. 31.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) war songs (c) maps (d) recipes
  32. 32.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Idgah (b) The Jungle Book (c) Meghaduta (d) Godan
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Premchand (b) Tulsidas (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Lewis Carroll
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Tulsidas (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Kalidasa
  35. 35.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Arjuna (c) Karna (d) Rama
  37. 37.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) The Jungle Book (c) Wings of Fire (d) Alice in Wonderland
  39. 39.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Tirukkural (d) the Ramayana

Answer key

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

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