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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 649 · 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 Tulsidas write? (a) Idgah (b) the Panchatantra (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Tirukkural
  2. 2.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) English
  4. 4.True or false: Premchand wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Mahabharata (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Godan
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  8. 8.True or false: Valmiki wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  10. 10.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) recipes (c) war songs (d) animal stories
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Kalidasa (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Rudyard Kipling
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  13. 13.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) English
  17. 17.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Ramayana (c) the Panchatantra (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  19. 19.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Awadhi
  20. 20.True or false: Kalidasa wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Tulsidas (c) Kalidasa (d) Valmiki
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Valmiki (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  23. 23.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Idgah (b) The Jungle Book (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Gitanjali
  24. 24.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Panchatantra
  25. 25.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  26. 26.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Valmiki (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Premchand (d) Lewis Carroll
  30. 30.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Shere Khan (c) Mowgli (d) Bagheera
  31. 31.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Gitanjali (c) the Panchatantra (d) Godan
  32. 32.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Tulsidas (d) Valmiki
  36. 36.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Meghaduta (c) The Jungle Book (d) the Panchatantra
  37. 37.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  38. 38.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Premchand (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Lewis Carroll
  40. 40.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Ramayana (d) Godan

Answer key

  1. Ramcharitmanas
  2. False
  3. Bengali
  4. False
  5. False
  6. the Mahabharata
  7. English
  8. False
  9. Sanskrit
  10. animal stories
  11. Kalidasa
  12. Rabindranath Tagore
  13. False
  14. True
  15. 18
  16. English
  17. True
  18. the Panchatantra
  19. Hindi
  20. False
  21. Thiruvalluvar
  22. Ved Vyasa
  23. Gitanjali
  24. Alice in Wonderland
  25. 5
  26. False
  27. True
  28. False
  29. Premchand
  30. Mowgli
  31. Godan
  32. True
  33. True
  34. False
  35. Tulsidas
  36. The Jungle Book
  37. 18
  38. False
  39. Lewis Carroll
  40. the Ramayana

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