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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 752 · 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: Tulsidas wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Idgah (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Wings of Fire (d) The Jungle Book
  4. 4.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  6. 6.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  7. 7.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Mahabharata (d) Tirukkural
  8. 8.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  10. 10.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  11. 11.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Idgah (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Panchatantra (d) Ramcharitmanas
  12. 12.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) maps (c) recipes (d) war songs
  14. 14.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Meghaduta (c) the Ramayana (d) Tirukkural
  15. 15.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  16. 16.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Ramayana (d) Tirukkural
  18. 18.True or false: Valmiki wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Kalidasa
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Premchand (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Valmiki
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Valmiki (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Premchand (d) Thiruvalluvar
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Valmiki (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Tulsidas
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Premchand (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Valmiki
  24. 24.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Bhima (c) Rama (d) Arjuna
  25. 25.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Premchand
  27. 27.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Baloo (c) Shere Khan (d) Mowgli
  28. 28.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: Valmiki wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Godan (b) Meghaduta (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Mahabharata
  32. 32.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: Valmiki wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Valmiki (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Kalidasa
  35. 35.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Godan (b) the Mahabharata (c) Tirukkural (d) the Panchatantra
  36. 36.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Panchatantra
  37. 37.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Bengali
  39. 39.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Sanskrit

Answer key

  1. False
  2. True
  3. The Jungle Book
  4. False
  5. Awadhi
  6. English
  7. Wings of Fire
  8. False
  9. 18
  10. 18
  11. Idgah
  12. True
  13. animal stories
  14. the Ramayana
  15. 5
  16. True
  17. the Mahabharata
  18. False
  19. Kalidasa
  20. Premchand
  21. Valmiki
  22. Ved Vyasa
  23. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  24. Rama
  25. False
  26. Premchand
  27. Mowgli
  28. True
  29. False
  30. True
  31. Meghaduta
  32. False
  33. False
  34. Kalidasa
  35. Tirukkural
  36. the Panchatantra
  37. English
  38. English
  39. False
  40. Sanskrit

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