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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 67 · 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 Ramcharitmanas? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Tulsidas (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Valmiki
  2. 2.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Meghaduta
  3. 3.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Meghaduta (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Godan
  7. 7.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) the Mahabharata (d) Idgah
  8. 8.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Wings of Fire (d) Godan
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Premchand (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Tulsidas (d) Kalidasa
  14. 14.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  15. 15.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) English
  17. 17.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Idgah (c) the Ramayana (d) The Jungle Book
  19. 19.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  22. 22.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  24. 24.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Meghaduta (d) Gitanjali
  25. 25.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Tulsidas (b) Valmiki (c) Premchand (d) Rudyard Kipling
  27. 27.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Godan (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Wings of Fire
  28. 28.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  30. 30.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) the Mahabharata (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Ramayana
  31. 31.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Shere Khan (c) Mowgli (d) Baloo
  33. 33.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Idgah (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Gitanjali (d) the Ramayana
  34. 34.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Ramayana (d) Ramcharitmanas
  35. 35.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: Premchand wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  38. 38.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Valmiki (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Kalidasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  40. 40.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Tulsidas
  2. Meghaduta
  3. True
  4. False
  5. True
  6. Godan
  7. Idgah
  8. False
  9. False
  10. False
  11. False
  12. Ramcharitmanas
  13. Premchand
  14. 18
  15. False
  16. Sanskrit
  17. False
  18. The Jungle Book
  19. False
  20. True
  21. Sanskrit
  22. 18
  23. Sanskrit
  24. Alice in Wonderland
  25. True
  26. Rudyard Kipling
  27. Wings of Fire
  28. False
  29. Awadhi
  30. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  31. False
  32. Mowgli
  33. Gitanjali
  34. the Ramayana
  35. False
  36. False
  37. 5
  38. True
  39. Kalidasa
  40. True

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