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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 784 · 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: Ved Vyasa wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Bagheera (c) Shere Khan (d) Baloo
  3. 3.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Meghaduta (c) the Mahabharata (d) Ramcharitmanas
  4. 4.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) Tirukkural (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Panchatantra
  5. 5.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  8. 8.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) maps (c) recipes (d) animal stories
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Premchand (d) Rudyard Kipling
  11. 11.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) English
  13. 13.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Hanuman (c) Ravana (d) Krishna
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Ved Vyasa
  16. 16.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Bhima (c) Karna (d) Arjuna
  18. 18.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  19. 19.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Meghaduta (c) the Mahabharata (d) The Jungle Book
  22. 22.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) The Jungle Book
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  24. 24.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Gitanjali (c) the Ramayana (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  27. 27.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Kalidasa
  29. 29.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Tirukkural (c) Gitanjali (d) Alice in Wonderland
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Kalidasa
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Tulsidas (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Ved Vyasa
  32. 32.True or false: Valmiki wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) The Jungle Book (d) the Mahabharata
  36. 36.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  39. 39.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Valmiki (b) Tulsidas (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Ved Vyasa

Answer key

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

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