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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 913 · 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 is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Rama (c) Arjuna (d) Bhima
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Lewis Carroll
  3. 3.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  4. 4.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  5. 5.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Tulsidas (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Ved Vyasa
  7. 7.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Valmiki (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Kalidasa (d) Premchand
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Kalidasa (c) Lewis Carroll (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  12. 12.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Panchatantra (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Meghaduta
  13. 13.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Ramcharitmanas
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Premchand
  16. 16.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  17. 17.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Idgah (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) Meghaduta
  18. 18.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) recipes (c) animal stories (d) maps
  20. 20.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Rama (c) Hanuman (d) Krishna
  21. 21.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Baloo (c) Bagheera (d) Mowgli
  22. 22.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  23. 23.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: Premchand wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Kalidasa
  26. 26.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) Tirukkural (d) the Mahabharata
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Premchand
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Lewis Carroll
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Premchand (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Kalidasa
  33. 33.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  35. 35.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  37. 37.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Ramayana (c) Tirukkural (d) the Panchatantra
  38. 38.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Ramayana (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Ramcharitmanas
  39. 39.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Panchatantra (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam

Answer key

  1. Rama
  2. Rudyard Kipling
  3. 5
  4. Sanskrit
  5. False
  6. Tulsidas
  7. False
  8. True
  9. False
  10. Premchand
  11. Lewis Carroll
  12. Wings of Fire
  13. False
  14. the Mahabharata
  15. Thiruvalluvar
  16. 18
  17. the Ramayana
  18. False
  19. animal stories
  20. Krishna
  21. Mowgli
  22. 18
  23. True
  24. False
  25. Ved Vyasa
  26. the Mahabharata
  27. Bengali
  28. Hindi
  29. Vishnu Sharma
  30. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  31. Premchand
  32. Kalidasa
  33. False
  34. Sanskrit
  35. False
  36. Sanskrit
  37. Gitanjali
  38. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  39. False
  40. Ramcharitmanas

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