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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 563 · 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.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Tirukkural (d) Meghaduta
  2. 2.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) The Jungle Book (d) the Ramayana
  3. 3.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Idgah (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Panchatantra
  4. 4.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Mowgli (c) Baloo (d) Shere Khan
  7. 7.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Hanuman (c) Rama (d) Ravana
  8. 8.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) maps (c) war songs (d) animal stories
  9. 9.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Ramayana (c) Tirukkural (d) the Panchatantra
  11. 11.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Mahabharata (c) Idgah (d) Godan
  12. 12.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Tirukkural (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Alice in Wonderland
  14. 14.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Idgah (b) The Jungle Book (c) Meghaduta (d) the Mahabharata
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) English
  17. 17.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Premchand (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  19. 19.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Mahabharata (c) Tirukkural (d) the Ramayana
  20. 20.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  21. 21.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Valmiki (b) Kalidasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Tulsidas
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  26. 26.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Awadhi
  27. 27.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Premchand (c) Tulsidas (d) Thiruvalluvar
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Kalidasa (b) Premchand (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  31. 31.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  32. 32.True or false: Godan was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Premchand (b) Valmiki (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Premchand (c) Valmiki (d) Thiruvalluvar
  37. 37.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Valmiki (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Tulsidas (d) Kalidasa
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  40. 40.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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