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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 578 · 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) Godan (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Panchatantra
  2. 2.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Valmiki (c) Premchand (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  4. 4.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Kalidasa
  8. 8.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Panchatantra (c) Tirukkural (d) Gitanjali
  9. 9.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) Wings of Fire
  11. 11.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Premchand (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  14. 14.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) the Mahabharata (c) Tirukkural (d) Gitanjali
  15. 15.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Hanuman (c) Krishna (d) Ravana
  17. 17.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  19. 19.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) Bengali
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Valmiki (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Tulsidas
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Thiruvalluvar
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Premchand (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Tulsidas (d) Ved Vyasa
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  26. 26.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Panchatantra (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Wings of Fire
  27. 27.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Shere Khan (c) Baloo (d) Bagheera
  28. 28.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Tirukkural (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Panchatantra
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Valmiki (d) Kalidasa
  30. 30.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) animal stories (c) recipes (d) maps
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Lewis Carroll
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Premchand (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Ved Vyasa
  33. 33.True or false: Valmiki wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Godan (b) Meghaduta (c) the Mahabharata (d) Wings of Fire
  35. 35.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Valmiki (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  37. 37.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Idgah (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Panchatantra
  39. 39.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Bhima (c) Karna (d) Arjuna
  40. 40.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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