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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 677 · 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.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Shere Khan (c) Bagheera (d) Mowgli
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Kalidasa (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  3. 3.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) war songs (c) animal stories (d) recipes
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Kalidasa (b) Valmiki (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Premchand
  6. 6.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) English
  7. 7.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Bengali
  10. 10.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Godan (c) the Mahabharata (d) The Jungle Book
  11. 11.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  12. 12.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Tirukkural (d) Godan
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Kalidasa
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Premchand (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Thiruvalluvar
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Valmiki (c) Tulsidas (d) Ved Vyasa
  16. 16.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Valmiki (b) Premchand (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  19. 19.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Idgah (b) Wings of Fire (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Ramayana
  21. 21.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Idgah (c) Gitanjali (d) Ramcharitmanas
  25. 25.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Kalidasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  27. 27.True or false: Godan was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Bengali
  29. 29.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  31. 31.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  33. 33.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Karna (c) Rama (d) Arjuna
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  35. 35.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  37. 37.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Gitanjali (d) the Ramayana
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Valmiki (b) Tulsidas (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Ved Vyasa

Answer key

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

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