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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 76 · 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: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  3. 3.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Mahabharata (c) Meghaduta (d) Gitanjali
  4. 4.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) maps (c) animal stories (d) recipes
  5. 5.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Premchand (c) Kalidasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Thiruvalluvar
  8. 8.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Kalidasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Premchand (b) Valmiki (c) Tulsidas (d) Thiruvalluvar
  12. 12.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Gitanjali (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) The Jungle Book
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Premchand
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Awadhi
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  16. 16.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Godan (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Panchatantra (d) Gitanjali
  17. 17.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Tulsidas (b) Premchand (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rudyard Kipling
  19. 19.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  21. 21.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: Premchand wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Tulsidas (c) Kalidasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  26. 26.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: Godan was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Ramayana (d) the Panchatantra
  29. 29.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Ramayana (c) the Panchatantra (d) Meghaduta
  30. 30.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Ramayana (d) the Panchatantra
  31. 31.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Rama (c) Karna (d) Arjuna
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  33. 33.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Idgah (b) the Mahabharata (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Ramcharitmanas
  34. 34.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Meghaduta (c) the Ramayana (d) Ramcharitmanas
  38. 38.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) the Mahabharata (d) Meghaduta
  40. 40.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. True
  2. 18
  3. Meghaduta
  4. animal stories
  5. False
  6. Premchand
  7. Thiruvalluvar
  8. 18
  9. Kalidasa
  10. Sanskrit
  11. Valmiki
  12. The Jungle Book
  13. Ved Vyasa
  14. Sanskrit
  15. Hindi
  16. Godan
  17. True
  18. Rudyard Kipling
  19. False
  20. 5
  21. True
  22. False
  23. True
  24. True
  25. Tulsidas
  26. False
  27. False
  28. the Ramayana
  29. Alice in Wonderland
  30. the Mahabharata
  31. Rama
  32. Rabindranath Tagore
  33. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  34. True
  35. True
  36. False
  37. Ramcharitmanas
  38. False
  39. the Panchatantra
  40. True

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