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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

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

Answer key

  1. Mowgli
  2. the Ramayana
  3. Tulsidas
  4. 5
  5. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  6. True
  7. True
  8. False
  9. 18
  10. Lewis Carroll
  11. False
  12. Ramcharitmanas
  13. 18
  14. the Mahabharata
  15. Bengali
  16. Rudyard Kipling
  17. Krishna
  18. True
  19. Wings of Fire
  20. True
  21. True
  22. Premchand
  23. True
  24. True
  25. Gitanjali
  26. True
  27. Rabindranath Tagore
  28. Awadhi
  29. False
  30. False
  31. animal stories
  32. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  33. False
  34. Valmiki
  35. True
  36. Sanskrit
  37. English
  38. Sanskrit
  39. False
  40. Ved Vyasa

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