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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 869 · 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 Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) The Jungle Book (c) Meghaduta (d) the Panchatantra
  2. 2.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  4. 4.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  5. 5.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Idgah (d) Meghaduta
  6. 6.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) Bengali
  8. 8.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  9. 9.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Valmiki (b) Kalidasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Vishnu Sharma
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Premchand (d) Vishnu Sharma
  13. 13.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Premchand (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Valmiki
  15. 15.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Ramayana (d) Tirukkural
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Kalidasa (c) Tulsidas (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  18. 18.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Bagheera (c) Shere Khan (d) Baloo
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Kalidasa (d) Ved Vyasa
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Kalidasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Rudyard Kipling
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Kalidasa (d) Tulsidas
  25. 25.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Meghaduta (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Ramayana
  26. 26.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Ved Vyasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  28. 28.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) the Panchatantra
  29. 29.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Panchatantra (d) Gitanjali
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  31. 31.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Gitanjali (d) Idgah
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Tulsidas (c) Valmiki (d) Thiruvalluvar
  33. 33.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) recipes (c) animal stories (d) war songs
  34. 34.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) The Jungle Book (c) Wings of Fire (d) Alice in Wonderland
  36. 36.True or false: Premchand wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  38. 38.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Ravana (c) Hanuman (d) Krishna
  39. 39.True or false: Godan was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Panchatantra (c) Godan (d) The Jungle Book

Answer key

  1. the Mahabharata
  2. False
  3. Awadhi
  4. 18
  5. Meghaduta
  6. False
  7. English
  8. 5
  9. True
  10. True
  11. Kalidasa
  12. Premchand
  13. 18
  14. Premchand
  15. False
  16. Tirukkural
  17. Tulsidas
  18. True
  19. False
  20. Mowgli
  21. Rudyard Kipling
  22. Thiruvalluvar
  23. Bengali
  24. Kalidasa
  25. Wings of Fire
  26. Tamil
  27. Ved Vyasa
  28. the Mahabharata
  29. Gitanjali
  30. Sanskrit
  31. Ramcharitmanas
  32. Valmiki
  33. animal stories
  34. True
  35. Alice in Wonderland
  36. False
  37. English
  38. Krishna
  39. False
  40. The Jungle Book

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