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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 622 · 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 Alice in Wonderland? (a) Premchand (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Lewis Carroll
  2. 2.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Karna (c) Bhima (d) Arjuna
  3. 3.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Premchand (d) Ved Vyasa
  5. 5.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Valmiki (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Ved Vyasa
  7. 7.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Panchatantra (c) The Jungle Book (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  8. 8.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Idgah (c) Wings of Fire (d) Meghaduta
  12. 12.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Awadhi
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Awadhi
  15. 15.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  16. 16.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Gitanjali (b) The Jungle Book (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Ramayana
  17. 17.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: Godan was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Valmiki (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  20. 20.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  21. 21.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) recipes (c) animal stories (d) maps
  24. 24.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Bagheera (c) Baloo (d) Shere Khan
  25. 25.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Vishnu Sharma
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Kalidasa (d) Ved Vyasa
  28. 28.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  32. 32.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Valmiki (c) Kalidasa (d) Rudyard Kipling
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Premchand (c) Kalidasa (d) Tulsidas
  35. 35.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) English
  39. 39.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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