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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 831 · 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 A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Panchatantra (d) Wings of Fire
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Premchand (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Valmiki (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  5. 5.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  6. 6.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: Tulsidas wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Ved Vyasa
  9. 9.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) Tirukkural (d) The Jungle Book
  10. 10.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Idgah (c) Tirukkural (d) Ramcharitmanas
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Kalidasa (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Valmiki
  12. 12.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  13. 13.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Kalidasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  16. 16.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Panchatantra (c) The Jungle Book (d) the Mahabharata
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Tulsidas (d) Vishnu Sharma
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Tulsidas (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Lewis Carroll
  20. 20.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) English
  21. 21.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Gitanjali (c) Wings of Fire (d) Idgah
  22. 22.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Arjuna (c) Rama (d) Karna
  23. 23.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  30. 30.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Rama (c) Krishna (d) Hanuman
  31. 31.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) Meghaduta (d) the Mahabharata
  32. 32.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  33. 33.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Godan (c) Wings of Fire (d) Gitanjali
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Premchand (b) Tulsidas (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Thiruvalluvar
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Kalidasa (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Tulsidas
  36. 36.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) recipes (c) animal stories (d) war songs
  38. 38.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Bagheera (c) Baloo (d) Mowgli
  39. 39.True or false: Valmiki wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) English

Answer key

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

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