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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 777 · 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 Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Baloo (c) Shere Khan (d) Mowgli
  3. 3.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Godan (c) Tirukkural (d) Alice in Wonderland
  5. 5.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Mahabharata
  6. 6.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Bhima (c) Rama (d) Arjuna
  8. 8.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Rama (c) Krishna (d) Hanuman
  11. 11.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Premchand (b) Valmiki (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Tulsidas
  13. 13.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Ramayana (c) the Mahabharata (d) Meghaduta
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Valmiki (b) Kalidasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  16. 16.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) recipes (c) war songs (d) animal stories
  17. 17.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  20. 20.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Premchand (b) Valmiki (c) Kalidasa (d) Lewis Carroll
  22. 22.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) Tirukkural (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Panchatantra
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  24. 24.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Ramayana (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Gitanjali
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Tulsidas (b) Kalidasa (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Premchand
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  28. 28.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Kalidasa (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Tulsidas (d) Thiruvalluvar
  30. 30.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Panchatantra (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Wings of Fire
  31. 31.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  35. 35.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Tulsidas (d) Premchand
  37. 37.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) English
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Valmiki (d) Rudyard Kipling
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Tulsidas (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Thiruvalluvar

Answer key

  1. True
  2. Mowgli
  3. False
  4. Tirukkural
  5. the Panchatantra
  6. False
  7. Rama
  8. True
  9. True
  10. Krishna
  11. True
  12. Lewis Carroll
  13. the Mahabharata
  14. Kalidasa
  15. English
  16. animal stories
  17. False
  18. True
  19. 18
  20. False
  21. Premchand
  22. the Mahabharata
  23. Awadhi
  24. Gitanjali
  25. Ved Vyasa
  26. Premchand
  27. Tamil
  28. False
  29. Tulsidas
  30. Wings of Fire
  31. True
  32. True
  33. False
  34. Sanskrit
  35. True
  36. Rabindranath Tagore
  37. False
  38. English
  39. Rudyard Kipling
  40. Thiruvalluvar

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