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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 917 · 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 A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) Meghaduta (d) Wings of Fire
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) Bengali
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Tamil
  4. 4.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Valmiki
  6. 6.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  8. 8.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Kalidasa (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Rudyard Kipling
  10. 10.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Godan (b) Meghaduta (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Panchatantra
  11. 11.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Panchatantra (d) Godan
  12. 12.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Tulsidas
  15. 15.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Wings of Fire (c) Gitanjali (d) the Mahabharata
  16. 16.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Kalidasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  18. 18.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Valmiki (d) Kalidasa
  21. 21.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Baloo (c) Mowgli (d) Shere Khan
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Kalidasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Rudyard Kipling
  25. 25.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) recipes (c) maps (d) animal stories
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Premchand (c) Valmiki (d) Lewis Carroll
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  30. 30.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Ramayana (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Mahabharata
  32. 32.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: Godan was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  36. 36.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Mahabharata (c) Godan (d) Alice in Wonderland
  38. 38.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) English
  40. 40.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Panchatantra (c) Meghaduta (d) The Jungle Book

Answer key

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

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