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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 902 · 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) the Panchatantra (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Gitanjali
  2. 2.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Wings of Fire (d) Ramcharitmanas
  3. 3.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Kalidasa (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Valmiki
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Tulsidas (c) Valmiki (d) Thiruvalluvar
  6. 6.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Kalidasa (b) Premchand (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  9. 9.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) war songs (c) recipes (d) animal stories
  10. 10.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Ramayana (c) Idgah (d) Alice in Wonderland
  11. 11.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) Bengali
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Tulsidas (c) Valmiki (d) Premchand
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Premchand (c) Valmiki (d) Tulsidas
  14. 14.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  15. 15.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Premchand (c) Kalidasa (d) Valmiki
  18. 18.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) Tirukkural (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Mahabharata
  19. 19.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Ramayana (c) Tirukkural (d) Ramcharitmanas
  21. 21.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Panchatantra (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Mahabharata
  24. 24.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  25. 25.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) English
  28. 28.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Karna (c) Arjuna (d) Bhima
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Bengali
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Premchand (c) Kalidasa (d) Thiruvalluvar
  31. 31.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Kalidasa
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Tulsidas (d) Premchand
  34. 34.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Godan (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Mahabharata
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  36. 36.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Shere Khan (c) Mowgli (d) Bagheera
  37. 37.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  2. Ramcharitmanas
  3. True
  4. Kalidasa
  5. Rabindranath Tagore
  6. False
  7. False
  8. Premchand
  9. animal stories
  10. Idgah
  11. Bengali
  12. Tulsidas
  13. Thiruvalluvar
  14. 5
  15. False
  16. True
  17. Premchand
  18. the Mahabharata
  19. False
  20. Alice in Wonderland
  21. False
  22. True
  23. Wings of Fire
  24. 18
  25. True
  26. False
  27. Awadhi
  28. Rama
  29. Sanskrit
  30. Kalidasa
  31. 18
  32. Vishnu Sharma
  33. Lewis Carroll
  34. the Mahabharata
  35. Tamil
  36. Mowgli
  37. True
  38. True
  39. False
  40. False

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