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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 868 · 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.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Tulsidas (d) Rudyard Kipling
  2. 2.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Rama (c) Karna (d) Arjuna
  3. 3.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Ravana (c) Hanuman (d) Krishna
  4. 4.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) English
  5. 5.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Tulsidas (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Vishnu Sharma
  8. 8.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Tirukkural (c) Godan (d) the Ramayana
  9. 9.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Godan (d) Wings of Fire
  10. 10.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Idgah (b) Tirukkural (c) Meghaduta (d) Gitanjali
  12. 12.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Premchand (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Kalidasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  14. 14.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Gitanjali (c) Godan (d) the Panchatantra
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Valmiki (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Kalidasa (d) Tulsidas
  17. 17.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Panchatantra (d) Tirukkural
  18. 18.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  19. 19.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Godan (b) the Panchatantra (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Gitanjali
  20. 20.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: Valmiki wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: Premchand wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Premchand (b) Tulsidas (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Kalidasa
  24. 24.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) English
  26. 26.True or false: Premchand wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  29. 29.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Kalidasa
  31. 31.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Shere Khan (c) Baloo (d) Bagheera
  32. 32.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  33. 33.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Ramayana (c) Wings of Fire (d) Meghaduta
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Hindi
  35. 35.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Valmiki (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Premchand
  37. 37.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Ramayana (c) The Jungle Book (d) Wings of Fire
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Ved Vyasa
  40. 40.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) animal stories (c) war songs (d) maps

Answer key

  1. Tulsidas
  2. Rama
  3. Krishna
  4. English
  5. True
  6. True
  7. Vishnu Sharma
  8. the Ramayana
  9. The Jungle Book
  10. True
  11. Tirukkural
  12. True
  13. Premchand
  14. False
  15. the Panchatantra
  16. Kalidasa
  17. the Mahabharata
  18. 18
  19. Gitanjali
  20. False
  21. False
  22. False
  23. Premchand
  24. False
  25. Awadhi
  26. False
  27. True
  28. Sanskrit
  29. 5
  30. Thiruvalluvar
  31. Mowgli
  32. Tamil
  33. Meghaduta
  34. Sanskrit
  35. False
  36. Rabindranath Tagore
  37. True
  38. Ramcharitmanas
  39. Ved Vyasa
  40. animal stories

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