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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 720 · 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.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  4. 4.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Panchatantra (c) The Jungle Book (d) the Ramayana
  6. 6.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  9. 9.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  10. 10.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Ramayana (d) the Panchatantra
  11. 11.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Wings of Fire (c) The Jungle Book (d) Idgah
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Premchand (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Valmiki (d) Kalidasa
  13. 13.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Tirukkural (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Valmiki (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Ved Vyasa
  15. 15.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Arjuna (c) Bhima (d) Rama
  17. 17.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  22. 22.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Ravana (c) Krishna (d) Rama
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Premchand (b) Tulsidas (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Lewis Carroll
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Tulsidas
  26. 26.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Panchatantra (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Godan
  27. 27.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Ramayana (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Panchatantra
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  29. 29.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  31. 31.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) English
  34. 34.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Mahabharata (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Idgah
  35. 35.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Ved Vyasa
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Tulsidas (d) Premchand
  39. 39.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali

Answer key

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

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