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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 699 · 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 Gitanjali? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Rudyard Kipling
  2. 2.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Ved Vyasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  5. 5.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Mahabharata (c) Idgah (d) Wings of Fire
  6. 6.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Ravana (c) Hanuman (d) Rama
  7. 7.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Ramayana (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Panchatantra
  8. 8.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  9. 9.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Mahabharata (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  10. 10.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Idgah (c) the Ramayana (d) Gitanjali
  11. 11.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Mahabharata (c) The Jungle Book (d) Ramcharitmanas
  13. 13.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Shere Khan (c) Baloo (d) Mowgli
  14. 14.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Mahabharata (c) The Jungle Book (d) Ramcharitmanas
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  17. 17.True or false: Godan was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  19. 19.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Ramayana (d) Wings of Fire
  20. 20.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Ramayana (d) the Panchatantra
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Bengali
  22. 22.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  23. 23.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Tulsidas (c) Premchand (d) Vishnu Sharma
  25. 25.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Bhima (c) Karna (d) Arjuna
  26. 26.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Tulsidas (c) Valmiki (d) Lewis Carroll
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Tulsidas (b) Kalidasa (c) Premchand (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  30. 30.True or false: Premchand wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) war songs (c) maps (d) animal stories
  32. 32.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Awadhi
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  35. 35.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Idgah (b) Meghaduta (c) the Ramayana (d) Ramcharitmanas
  36. 36.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  37. 37.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  38. 38.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Kalidasa (b) Tulsidas (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Vishnu Sharma

Answer key

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

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