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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 666 · 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.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Rama (c) Hanuman (d) Ravana
  5. 5.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Shere Khan (c) Baloo (d) Mowgli
  6. 6.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  7. 7.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Kalidasa (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Thiruvalluvar
  9. 9.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Panchatantra (d) Meghaduta
  10. 10.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  11. 11.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Tulsidas (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Ved Vyasa
  13. 13.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Tirukkural (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  15. 15.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Rudyard Kipling
  17. 17.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Bengali
  19. 19.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Ramayana
  20. 20.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Godan (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Alice in Wonderland
  21. 21.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Idgah (b) Godan (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  22. 22.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) war songs (c) maps (d) animal stories
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Kalidasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Valmiki
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Kalidasa (c) Valmiki (d) Rudyard Kipling
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Premchand
  27. 27.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Premchand (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  29. 29.True or false: Premchand wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Kalidasa (d) Rudyard Kipling
  31. 31.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Arjuna (c) Rama (d) Karna
  34. 34.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Idgah (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Ramcharitmanas
  35. 35.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Panchatantra (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Idgah
  36. 36.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) English
  38. 38.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Mahabharata (c) Tirukkural (d) the Ramayana
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) Valmiki (c) Kalidasa (d) Lewis Carroll

Answer key

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

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