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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 599 · 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: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Premchand (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Vishnu Sharma
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Kalidasa (b) Tulsidas (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Thiruvalluvar
  4. 4.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) The Jungle Book (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Mahabharata
  6. 6.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Hindi
  9. 9.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Gitanjali (d) Idgah
  10. 10.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Lewis Carroll (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Vishnu Sharma
  12. 12.True or false: Premchand wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Ramayana (d) Ramcharitmanas
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Valmiki
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  16. 16.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Premchand (b) Ved Vyasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Vishnu Sharma
  18. 18.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Ramayana (c) Gitanjali (d) Wings of Fire
  19. 19.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Bengali
  20. 20.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Idgah
  22. 22.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Wings of Fire (c) The Jungle Book (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  24. 24.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) animal stories (c) recipes (d) war songs
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  26. 26.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Bagheera (c) Mowgli (d) Baloo
  27. 27.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  28. 28.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  30. 30.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Ravana (c) Krishna (d) Rama
  32. 32.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  33. 33.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: Valmiki wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Panchatantra (c) The Jungle Book (d) Tirukkural
  36. 36.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Bhima (c) Karna (d) Rama
  38. 38.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Idgah
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Premchand (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Tulsidas (c) Kalidasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Answer key

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

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