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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 571 · 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) Rudyard Kipling (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Premchand
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Kalidasa (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Rudyard Kipling
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  4. 4.True or false: Valmiki wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  7. 7.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Panchatantra (d) Idgah
  8. 8.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  10. 10.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Godan (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) Meghaduta
  13. 13.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Kalidasa (b) Valmiki (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rudyard Kipling
  16. 16.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  17. 17.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Gitanjali (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Mahabharata
  19. 19.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Karna (c) Arjuna (d) Rama
  20. 20.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Godan (c) the Panchatantra (d) The Jungle Book
  21. 21.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Hanuman (c) Krishna (d) Rama
  22. 22.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Baloo (c) Bagheera (d) Mowgli
  23. 23.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Mahabharata (d) Wings of Fire
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Valmiki (b) Tulsidas (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Lewis Carroll
  25. 25.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  28. 28.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  29. 29.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Premchand (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Valmiki
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Kalidasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Tulsidas (d) Valmiki
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Kalidasa (d) Thiruvalluvar
  36. 36.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Panchatantra (d) Idgah
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Premchand (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Hindi
  39. 39.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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