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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 766 · 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: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Tulsidas (d) Rudyard Kipling
  3. 3.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  6. 6.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) Tirukkural (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Mahabharata
  7. 7.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Baloo (c) Bagheera (d) Shere Khan
  8. 8.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Karna (c) Rama (d) Arjuna
  9. 9.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Valmiki (b) Premchand (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  11. 11.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Tirukkural (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  13. 13.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Premchand (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Kalidasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Premchand
  18. 18.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Idgah (c) Wings of Fire (d) Gitanjali
  19. 19.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  21. 21.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) recipes (c) animal stories (d) war songs
  22. 22.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Panchatantra (c) Tirukkural (d) Idgah
  23. 23.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Ravana (c) Rama (d) Krishna
  25. 25.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Kalidasa (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Rudyard Kipling
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Kalidasa (b) Premchand (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Valmiki
  30. 30.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Godan (b) the Mahabharata (c) The Jungle Book (d) the Ramayana
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Kalidasa (b) Tulsidas (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Vishnu Sharma
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Vishnu Sharma
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Valmiki (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Kalidasa
  34. 34.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) the Ramayana (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Mahabharata (d) Alice in Wonderland
  35. 35.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Meghaduta (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Panchatantra
  36. 36.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) English
  38. 38.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: Valmiki wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. True
  2. Rudyard Kipling
  3. False
  4. 5
  5. Sanskrit
  6. the Mahabharata
  7. Mowgli
  8. Rama
  9. False
  10. Valmiki
  11. False
  12. the Ramayana
  13. True
  14. False
  15. Tulsidas
  16. Sanskrit
  17. Premchand
  18. Gitanjali
  19. True
  20. 18
  21. animal stories
  22. Tirukkural
  23. False
  24. Krishna
  25. True
  26. Ved Vyasa
  27. Hindi
  28. Sanskrit
  29. Premchand
  30. Godan
  31. Lewis Carroll
  32. Thiruvalluvar
  33. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  34. Alice in Wonderland
  35. the Panchatantra
  36. False
  37. Tamil
  38. False
  39. False
  40. False

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