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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 829 · 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.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  2. 2.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Idgah (b) Wings of Fire (c) Godan (d) Gitanjali
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Ved Vyasa
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Ved Vyasa
  5. 5.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Panchatantra (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Wings of Fire
  6. 6.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  7. 7.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: Godan was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Tulsidas (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Valmiki (d) Kalidasa
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Tulsidas (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  13. 13.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Rama (c) Arjuna (d) Bhima
  15. 15.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  17. 17.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Ramayana (d) Ramcharitmanas
  18. 18.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) The Jungle Book (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Ramayana
  19. 19.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Mahabharata (c) Meghaduta (d) Tirukkural
  20. 20.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  21. 21.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) war songs (c) recipes (d) maps
  22. 22.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Bagheera (c) Baloo (d) Shere Khan
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Vishnu Sharma
  24. 24.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Valmiki
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Valmiki (b) Premchand (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Tulsidas
  27. 27.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Mahabharata (c) Tirukkural (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Valmiki (b) Kalidasa (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  30. 30.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Valmiki (b) Kalidasa (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Thiruvalluvar
  32. 32.True or false: Godan was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Premchand (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Kalidasa (d) Lewis Carroll
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Premchand (b) Kalidasa (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  36. 36.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Godan (c) Tirukkural (d) the Ramayana
  39. 39.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Mahabharata
  40. 40.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. 5
  2. Wings of Fire
  3. Tulsidas
  4. Ved Vyasa
  5. the Panchatantra
  6. Sanskrit
  7. False
  8. False
  9. False
  10. Bengali
  11. Valmiki
  12. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  13. True
  14. Rama
  15. True
  16. Awadhi
  17. Alice in Wonderland
  18. The Jungle Book
  19. Tirukkural
  20. Sanskrit
  21. animal stories
  22. Mowgli
  23. Vishnu Sharma
  24. True
  25. Rudyard Kipling
  26. Premchand
  27. the Ramayana
  28. Kalidasa
  29. Hindi
  30. False
  31. Thiruvalluvar
  32. False
  33. Sanskrit
  34. Premchand
  35. Kalidasa
  36. False
  37. False
  38. Godan
  39. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  40. True

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