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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 856 · 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 Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Godan (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) The Jungle Book
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Tulsidas (d) Kalidasa
  3. 3.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Premchand (d) Lewis Carroll
  5. 5.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Lewis Carroll
  7. 7.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  9. 9.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Rama (c) Karna (d) Bhima
  11. 11.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Vishnu Sharma
  13. 13.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Idgah (d) Alice in Wonderland
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Kalidasa (d) Premchand
  17. 17.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  19. 19.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  21. 21.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: Godan was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Ramayana (d) Tirukkural
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  26. 26.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Tirukkural (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  27. 27.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Ramcharitmanas
  28. 28.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Gitanjali (b) The Jungle Book (c) Meghaduta (d) Idgah
  30. 30.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Bagheera (c) Shere Khan (d) Mowgli
  31. 31.True or false: Valmiki wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Idgah (b) The Jungle Book (c) Tirukkural (d) Wings of Fire
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Premchand
  34. 34.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Godan (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Valmiki (d) Vishnu Sharma
  36. 36.True or false: Premchand wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  39. 39.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. The Jungle Book
  2. Tulsidas
  3. True
  4. Premchand
  5. 5
  6. Rabindranath Tagore
  7. False
  8. 18
  9. True
  10. Rama
  11. True
  12. Thiruvalluvar
  13. False
  14. True
  15. Idgah
  16. Kalidasa
  17. True
  18. English
  19. False
  20. Bengali
  21. True
  22. True
  23. False
  24. the Mahabharata
  25. Awadhi
  26. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  27. the Ramayana
  28. True
  29. Gitanjali
  30. Mowgli
  31. False
  32. Wings of Fire
  33. Premchand
  34. Godan
  35. Valmiki
  36. False
  37. 18
  38. Rudyard Kipling
  39. True
  40. True

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