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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 635 · 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 Idgah? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Premchand (d) Lewis Carroll
  2. 2.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Arjuna (c) Karna (d) Rama
  3. 3.True or false: Godan was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  7. 7.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Baloo (c) Bagheera (d) Shere Khan
  8. 8.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  10. 10.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Gitanjali (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Kalidasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Lewis Carroll
  13. 13.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Mahabharata (c) Idgah (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  14. 14.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Gitanjali (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Alice in Wonderland
  15. 15.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  18. 18.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  19. 19.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) Bengali
  20. 20.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Valmiki (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Kalidasa (d) Rudyard Kipling
  22. 22.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Ramayana (c) Wings of Fire (d) Godan
  23. 23.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Tulsidas (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Ved Vyasa
  26. 26.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  28. 28.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Ramayana (c) the Panchatantra (d) Meghaduta
  29. 29.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Tulsidas (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Valmiki
  31. 31.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Tirukkural (c) Wings of Fire (d) Meghaduta
  33. 33.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) maps (c) war songs (d) recipes
  34. 34.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Tulsidas (c) Kalidasa (d) Valmiki
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Bengali

Answer key

  1. Premchand
  2. Rama
  3. False
  4. False
  5. False
  6. 18
  7. Mowgli
  8. True
  9. Hindi
  10. False
  11. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  12. Vishnu Sharma
  13. Idgah
  14. Gitanjali
  15. False
  16. True
  17. Awadhi
  18. the Panchatantra
  19. Tamil
  20. 5
  21. Rudyard Kipling
  22. Godan
  23. True
  24. False
  25. Ved Vyasa
  26. True
  27. 18
  28. Meghaduta
  29. False
  30. Valmiki
  31. False
  32. The Jungle Book
  33. animal stories
  34. True
  35. True
  36. False
  37. False
  38. Tulsidas
  39. Sanskrit
  40. English

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