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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 795 · 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.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) recipes (c) war songs (d) maps
  2. 2.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Valmiki (b) Tulsidas (c) Premchand (d) Kalidasa
  4. 4.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Valmiki
  8. 8.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Hindi
  10. 10.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Tirukkural (c) Meghaduta (d) the Mahabharata
  11. 11.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) English
  14. 14.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Baloo (c) Bagheera (d) Shere Khan
  15. 15.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Meghaduta (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) The Jungle Book
  16. 16.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  19. 19.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Valmiki (d) Vishnu Sharma
  21. 21.True or false: Premchand wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) English
  26. 26.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Mahabharata (c) Meghaduta (d) Ramcharitmanas
  27. 27.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Tulsidas (c) Kalidasa (d) Premchand
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Tulsidas (b) Premchand (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Kalidasa
  30. 30.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Rama (c) Karna (d) Arjuna
  31. 31.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Godan (b) the Ramayana (c) Wings of Fire (d) Meghaduta
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Tulsidas (d) Kalidasa
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Premchand (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Kalidasa (d) Lewis Carroll
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  35. 35.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Mahabharata
  36. 36.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Ved Vyasa
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Tulsidas

Answer key

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

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