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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 565 · 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) Alice in Wonderland (b) Tirukkural (c) The Jungle Book (d) Idgah
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Valmiki (d) Lewis Carroll
  3. 3.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  6. 6.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Kalidasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Valmiki (d) Rudyard Kipling
  8. 8.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  9. 9.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Arjuna (c) Bhima (d) Karna
  10. 10.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Mahabharata (c) The Jungle Book (d) Alice in Wonderland
  12. 12.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) Premchand (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  15. 15.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Godan (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) the Ramayana (d) the Panchatantra
  17. 17.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) war songs (c) maps (d) recipes
  18. 18.True or false: Premchand wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Baloo (c) Mowgli (d) Shere Khan
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Tulsidas (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  21. 21.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Tirukkural (c) Gitanjali (d) The Jungle Book
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Premchand (d) Ved Vyasa
  25. 25.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Ved Vyasa
  27. 27.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Ramayana (c) the Panchatantra (d) Tirukkural
  28. 28.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Godan (c) the Ramayana (d) Tirukkural
  30. 30.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) English
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Kalidasa (b) Valmiki (c) Premchand (d) Lewis Carroll
  33. 33.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Meghaduta (c) Gitanjali (d) Alice in Wonderland
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Vishnu Sharma
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  36. 36.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Mahabharata (d) Godan
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  39. 39.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  40. 40.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Alice in Wonderland
  2. Valmiki
  3. True
  4. False
  5. English
  6. True
  7. Kalidasa
  8. 18
  9. Rama
  10. False
  11. The Jungle Book
  12. False
  13. Tulsidas
  14. Sanskrit
  15. True
  16. Godan
  17. animal stories
  18. False
  19. Mowgli
  20. Rabindranath Tagore
  21. False
  22. False
  23. Tirukkural
  24. Thiruvalluvar
  25. True
  26. Ved Vyasa
  27. the Mahabharata
  28. False
  29. the Ramayana
  30. 18
  31. Tamil
  32. Lewis Carroll
  33. Gitanjali
  34. Vishnu Sharma
  35. Sanskrit
  36. False
  37. Ramcharitmanas
  38. Sanskrit
  39. 5
  40. True

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