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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 698 · 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) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Tulsidas (d) Lewis Carroll
  2. 2.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) maps (c) recipes (d) animal stories
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Kalidasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Valmiki
  4. 4.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Meghaduta (c) the Panchatantra (d) Wings of Fire
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Thiruvalluvar
  6. 6.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Valmiki (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Kalidasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Kalidasa (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  9. 9.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Tirukkural (c) The Jungle Book (d) Idgah
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  11. 11.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  14. 14.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  15. 15.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Arjuna (c) Rama (d) Karna
  16. 16.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Premchand (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Valmiki (d) Kalidasa
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Premchand (b) Valmiki (c) Tulsidas (d) Vishnu Sharma
  20. 20.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  21. 21.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Tirukkural (c) Wings of Fire (d) Godan
  22. 22.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  23. 23.True or false: Premchand wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rudyard Kipling
  25. 25.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Baloo (c) Mowgli (d) Shere Khan
  26. 26.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Ramayana (c) the Mahabharata (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  29. 29.True or false: Godan was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Premchand
  33. 33.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Ravana (c) Hanuman (d) Rama
  34. 34.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Gitanjali (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Ramcharitmanas
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  36. 36.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  39. 39.True or false: Godan was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) English

Answer key

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

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