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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 783 · 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.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Tirukkural (b) The Jungle Book (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Mahabharata
  2. 2.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  5. 5.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) war songs (c) maps (d) animal stories
  6. 6.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  7. 7.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Bagheera (c) Baloo (d) Mowgli
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Valmiki (b) Premchand (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Kalidasa
  10. 10.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Wings of Fire (d) Idgah
  11. 11.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Kalidasa (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Thiruvalluvar
  13. 13.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Wings of Fire (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Ramayana
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  15. 15.True or false: Godan was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Mahabharata (d) Gitanjali
  17. 17.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Wings of Fire (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Gitanjali
  18. 18.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  19. 19.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  20. 20.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Tulsidas (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Valmiki
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Premchand (d) Vishnu Sharma
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Kalidasa
  24. 24.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Rama (c) Ravana (d) Hanuman
  26. 26.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: Godan was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Ramayana (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Mahabharata
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Valmiki
  31. 31.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  34. 34.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) English
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Kalidasa
  38. 38.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Panchatantra (c) Tirukkural (d) the Ramayana
  39. 39.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) English

Answer key

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

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