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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 743 · 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: Meghaduta was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Kalidasa (c) Tulsidas (d) Premchand
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Tulsidas (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Thiruvalluvar
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Kalidasa (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  5. 5.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Premchand
  9. 9.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Mahabharata (c) Godan (d) the Ramayana
  10. 10.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Bagheera (c) Shere Khan (d) Baloo
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Premchand
  13. 13.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  15. 15.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) the Mahabharata
  17. 17.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  18. 18.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  22. 22.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) animal stories (c) war songs (d) maps
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Premchand (d) Kalidasa
  25. 25.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Meghaduta (c) Idgah (d) The Jungle Book
  26. 26.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Premchand (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  28. 28.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Godan (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Ramayana
  29. 29.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Krishna (c) Hanuman (d) Rama
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Valmiki (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Thiruvalluvar
  32. 32.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Wings of Fire (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Ramcharitmanas
  33. 33.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  34. 34.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) The Jungle Book (d) Gitanjali
  35. 35.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Meghaduta (c) Idgah (d) Tirukkural

Answer key

  1. False
  2. Kalidasa
  3. Rabindranath Tagore
  4. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  5. True
  6. True
  7. False
  8. Rudyard Kipling
  9. the Ramayana
  10. False
  11. Mowgli
  12. Vishnu Sharma
  13. True
  14. Hindi
  15. True
  16. the Mahabharata
  17. 5
  18. True
  19. False
  20. True
  21. 18
  22. False
  23. animal stories
  24. Kalidasa
  25. the Mahabharata
  26. Sanskrit
  27. Premchand
  28. Tirukkural
  29. True
  30. Krishna
  31. Valmiki
  32. Ramcharitmanas
  33. 18
  34. Gitanjali
  35. False
  36. False
  37. False
  38. True
  39. True
  40. Idgah

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