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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 903 · 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.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  4. 4.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Premchand (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Kalidasa (d) Thiruvalluvar
  6. 6.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Ramayana (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Mahabharata
  7. 7.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  8. 8.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) The Jungle Book (c) Wings of Fire (d) Meghaduta
  10. 10.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) English
  12. 12.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Hanuman (c) Krishna (d) Rama
  14. 14.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: Godan was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Rama (c) Arjuna (d) Karna
  18. 18.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Gitanjali (b) The Jungle Book (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Panchatantra
  20. 20.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) war songs (c) maps (d) recipes
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Kalidasa (b) Premchand (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Ved Vyasa
  22. 22.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Gitanjali (d) Idgah
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Bengali
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Valmiki (c) Premchand (d) Lewis Carroll
  26. 26.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Valmiki (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  28. 28.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Panchatantra (c) The Jungle Book (d) the Ramayana
  30. 30.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: Valmiki wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Tirukkural (c) Meghaduta (d) the Ramayana
  33. 33.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Shere Khan (c) Bagheera (d) Baloo
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Premchand (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Thiruvalluvar
  36. 36.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Idgah (d) Tirukkural
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Kalidasa (d) Tulsidas
  38. 38.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Panchatantra (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  39. 39.True or false: Valmiki wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Godan (b) Tirukkural (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Gitanjali

Answer key

  1. False
  2. True
  3. 18
  4. False
  5. Kalidasa
  6. the Mahabharata
  7. 5
  8. True
  9. Ramcharitmanas
  10. False
  11. Bengali
  12. False
  13. Krishna
  14. True
  15. False
  16. True
  17. Rama
  18. True
  19. the Panchatantra
  20. animal stories
  21. Thiruvalluvar
  22. the Ramayana
  23. Tamil
  24. English
  25. Premchand
  26. English
  27. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  28. False
  29. The Jungle Book
  30. True
  31. False
  32. Meghaduta
  33. Mowgli
  34. English
  35. Premchand
  36. Alice in Wonderland
  37. Rudyard Kipling
  38. the Mahabharata
  39. False
  40. Godan

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