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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 692 · 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 Idgah? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Premchand (d) Vishnu Sharma
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Premchand (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Valmiki
  3. 3.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Premchand (d) Tulsidas
  6. 6.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Ramayana (d) The Jungle Book
  7. 7.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  9. 9.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Wings of Fire (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Mahabharata
  10. 10.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Idgah (b) The Jungle Book (c) Gitanjali (d) Meghaduta
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Valmiki (b) Premchand (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Vishnu Sharma
  12. 12.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Bagheera (c) Mowgli (d) Shere Khan
  14. 14.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) recipes (c) animal stories (d) war songs
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Tulsidas (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Valmiki
  16. 16.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  20. 20.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Karna (c) Bhima (d) Rama
  21. 21.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Godan (b) the Panchatantra (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) The Jungle Book
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) English
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Kalidasa
  27. 27.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Godan (c) The Jungle Book (d) Gitanjali
  28. 28.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  30. 30.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Panchatantra (d) Tirukkural
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Kalidasa
  32. 32.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  33. 33.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Godan (b) the Ramayana (c) Gitanjali (d) The Jungle Book
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Valmiki
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Lewis Carroll
  37. 37.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Gitanjali (d) the Mahabharata
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  40. 40.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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