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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 647 · 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 is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Arjuna (c) Rama (d) Bhima
  2. 2.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Godan (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Tirukkural
  4. 4.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: Godan was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Ramayana (c) the Panchatantra (d) Meghaduta
  7. 7.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) animal stories (c) war songs (d) recipes
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Valmiki (c) Tulsidas (d) Premchand
  11. 11.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Hanuman (c) Krishna (d) Ravana
  12. 12.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  13. 13.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Bagheera (c) Mowgli (d) Baloo
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Valmiki (c) Premchand (d) Tulsidas
  15. 15.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Panchatantra (c) Godan (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Tulsidas (d) Vishnu Sharma
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  19. 19.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Meghaduta (c) Idgah (d) Godan
  22. 22.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  24. 24.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Premchand (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  30. 30.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Valmiki (b) Tulsidas (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  32. 32.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Bengali
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) Bengali
  35. 35.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Gitanjali (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Godan
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  37. 37.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  38. 38.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Gitanjali (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Godan
  40. 40.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Rama
  2. True
  3. Tirukkural
  4. False
  5. False
  6. the Ramayana
  7. True
  8. True
  9. animal stories
  10. Tulsidas
  11. Krishna
  12. 18
  13. Mowgli
  14. Ved Vyasa
  15. False
  16. the Panchatantra
  17. Vishnu Sharma
  18. Hindi
  19. True
  20. False
  21. Wings of Fire
  22. True
  23. 18
  24. False
  25. True
  26. False
  27. 5
  28. English
  29. Premchand
  30. False
  31. Rabindranath Tagore
  32. False
  33. English
  34. Bengali
  35. The Jungle Book
  36. Sanskrit
  37. Sanskrit
  38. True
  39. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  40. False

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