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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 702 · 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.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Mahabharata (c) Meghaduta (d) Alice in Wonderland
  2. 2.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Godan (d) The Jungle Book
  3. 3.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Mahabharata
  4. 4.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  5. 5.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Hanuman (c) Rama (d) Krishna
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) English
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Premchand (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Kalidasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  11. 11.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  12. 12.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) war songs (c) maps (d) animal stories
  14. 14.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Karna (c) Bhima (d) Arjuna
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Tulsidas (b) Premchand (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Kalidasa
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  17. 17.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Bagheera (c) Shere Khan (d) Baloo
  18. 18.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Wings of Fire (c) Godan (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  20. 20.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Meghaduta (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) The Jungle Book
  23. 23.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  24. 24.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Idgah (c) Tirukkural (d) The Jungle Book
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Kalidasa (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Vishnu Sharma
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Valmiki (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Ved Vyasa
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Valmiki (b) Tulsidas (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Premchand
  30. 30.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Idgah (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Ramayana
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  34. 34.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Kalidasa (b) Valmiki (c) Tulsidas (d) Vishnu Sharma
  39. 39.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Valmiki (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Kalidasa

Answer key

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

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