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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 705 · 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 A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Godan (b) Wings of Fire (c) Gitanjali (d) Idgah
  2. 2.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Gitanjali (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Godan
  3. 3.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Valmiki (c) Tulsidas (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  5. 5.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Rama (c) Bhima (d) Karna
  7. 7.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  9. 9.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) recipes (c) maps (d) war songs
  10. 10.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  13. 13.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Tulsidas (d) Ved Vyasa
  16. 16.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Tamil
  19. 19.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  20. 20.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Krishna (c) Hanuman (d) Ravana
  22. 22.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Ramayana (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Wings of Fire
  23. 23.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Kalidasa (c) Valmiki (d) Thiruvalluvar
  25. 25.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Godan (b) the Panchatantra (c) Tirukkural (d) Ramcharitmanas
  26. 26.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Thiruvalluvar
  28. 28.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Godan (c) Gitanjali (d) the Panchatantra
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  31. 31.True or false: Valmiki wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Panchatantra (d) Tirukkural
  33. 33.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Godan (d) Gitanjali
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Ved Vyasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Tulsidas
  35. 35.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Mahabharata (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Panchatantra
  36. 36.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Meghaduta (d) the Mahabharata
  39. 39.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Godan (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Ramayana
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Premchand (d) Rabindranath Tagore

Answer key

  1. Wings of Fire
  2. The Jungle Book
  3. False
  4. Valmiki
  5. False
  6. Rama
  7. False
  8. 18
  9. animal stories
  10. False
  11. True
  12. Awadhi
  13. False
  14. 5
  15. Tulsidas
  16. False
  17. True
  18. Sanskrit
  19. 18
  20. True
  21. Krishna
  22. Gitanjali
  23. False
  24. Kalidasa
  25. Ramcharitmanas
  26. False
  27. Rudyard Kipling
  28. False
  29. the Panchatantra
  30. English
  31. False
  32. the Mahabharata
  33. Godan
  34. Vishnu Sharma
  35. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  36. True
  37. False
  38. the Mahabharata
  39. Tirukkural
  40. Premchand

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