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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 641 · 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 A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Godan (b) the Panchatantra (c) Wings of Fire (d) Tirukkural
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Rudyard Kipling
  3. 3.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) animal stories (c) maps (d) war songs
  4. 4.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Bagheera (c) Shere Khan (d) Mowgli
  5. 5.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Idgah (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Gitanjali
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Rudyard Kipling
  9. 9.True or false: Kalidasa wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Bengali
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Valmiki (d) Premchand
  13. 13.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  14. 14.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Gitanjali (c) The Jungle Book (d) the Ramayana
  16. 16.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  17. 17.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  18. 18.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Hanuman (c) Ravana (d) Rama
  19. 19.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  20. 20.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  21. 21.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Godan (c) Tirukkural (d) Gitanjali
  23. 23.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Kalidasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Premchand
  26. 26.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  27. 27.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Godan (b) the Mahabharata (c) Meghaduta (d) the Panchatantra
  28. 28.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Rama (c) Arjuna (d) Karna
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Thiruvalluvar
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Valmiki
  31. 31.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: Premchand wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Valmiki (c) Kalidasa (d) Premchand
  35. 35.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Godan (c) the Ramayana (d) Tirukkural
  37. 37.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Gitanjali (c) The Jungle Book (d) Ramcharitmanas
  38. 38.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Valmiki (c) Premchand (d) Thiruvalluvar
  40. 40.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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