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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 562 · 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.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  3. 3.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Meghaduta (c) Idgah (d) Tirukkural
  4. 4.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Hanuman (c) Ravana (d) Krishna
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) Valmiki (c) Premchand (d) Ved Vyasa
  8. 8.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Idgah (d) the Ramayana
  9. 9.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Tulsidas (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Lewis Carroll
  11. 11.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Premchand (c) Kalidasa (d) Lewis Carroll
  13. 13.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Wings of Fire (c) Gitanjali (d) the Panchatantra
  15. 15.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Rama (c) Bhima (d) Karna
  18. 18.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  21. 21.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Ramayana
  22. 22.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Valmiki (b) Kalidasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Lewis Carroll
  24. 24.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  26. 26.True or false: Valmiki wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Bengali
  28. 28.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Bagheera (c) Baloo (d) Mowgli
  29. 29.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Gitanjali (c) The Jungle Book (d) the Panchatantra
  30. 30.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  31. 31.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Idgah (d) Tirukkural
  32. 32.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) maps (c) animal stories (d) war songs
  33. 33.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Wings of Fire (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Mahabharata
  34. 34.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  36. 36.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Meghaduta (c) the Ramayana (d) Ramcharitmanas
  37. 37.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Godan (b) Tirukkural (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Mahabharata
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Valmiki (c) Tulsidas (d) Premchand
  40. 40.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. False
  2. Sanskrit
  3. Idgah
  4. True
  5. True
  6. Krishna
  7. Tulsidas
  8. the Ramayana
  9. False
  10. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  11. Awadhi
  12. Premchand
  13. False
  14. Gitanjali
  15. False
  16. True
  17. Rama
  18. False
  19. False
  20. 5
  21. the Mahabharata
  22. 18
  23. Thiruvalluvar
  24. False
  25. Tamil
  26. False
  27. Bengali
  28. Mowgli
  29. the Panchatantra
  30. 18
  31. Alice in Wonderland
  32. animal stories
  33. Wings of Fire
  34. False
  35. Sanskrit
  36. Ramcharitmanas
  37. False
  38. Godan
  39. Rudyard Kipling
  40. False

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