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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 860 · 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 Kalidasa write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Godan (c) Idgah (d) Meghaduta
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Premchand (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Kalidasa
  3. 3.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: Tulsidas wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Godan (c) Tirukkural (d) The Jungle Book
  6. 6.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Baloo (c) Shere Khan (d) Mowgli
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Kalidasa (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Valmiki (d) Ved Vyasa
  8. 8.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Ved Vyasa
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Kalidasa (c) Valmiki (d) Premchand
  11. 11.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Ramayana
  12. 12.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) English
  14. 14.True or false: Premchand wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  16. 16.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Arjuna (c) Karna (d) Bhima
  20. 20.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Premchand (b) Tulsidas (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Valmiki
  25. 25.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  27. 27.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  30. 30.True or false: Premchand wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Premchand
  37. 37.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  40. 40.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) The Jungle Book (c) Meghaduta (d) Alice in Wonderland

Answer key

  1. Meghaduta
  2. Kalidasa
  3. True
  4. False
  5. The Jungle Book
  6. Mowgli
  7. Valmiki
  8. 18
  9. Ved Vyasa
  10. Kalidasa
  11. Wings of Fire
  12. False
  13. Tamil
  14. False
  15. Sanskrit
  16. False
  17. False
  18. False
  19. Rama
  20. False
  21. True
  22. True
  23. 5
  24. Premchand
  25. True
  26. Rudyard Kipling
  27. False
  28. False
  29. Sanskrit
  30. False
  31. False
  32. True
  33. True
  34. False
  35. False
  36. Thiruvalluvar
  37. False
  38. False
  39. 18
  40. the Panchatantra

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