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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 924 · 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: Vishnu Sharma wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Kalidasa
  4. 4.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: Valmiki wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Kalidasa (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Tulsidas
  7. 7.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Idgah (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Panchatantra (d) Gitanjali
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Kalidasa (b) Tulsidas (c) Premchand (d) Thiruvalluvar
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Awadhi
  10. 10.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) the Panchatantra (d) The Jungle Book
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Kalidasa (b) Tulsidas (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Rudyard Kipling
  12. 12.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Mahabharata (c) Tirukkural (d) the Ramayana
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Premchand (d) Lewis Carroll
  14. 14.True or false: Kalidasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) the Mahabharata (d) Tirukkural
  16. 16.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Baloo (c) Shere Khan (d) Mowgli
  18. 18.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Tirukkural (c) Wings of Fire (d) Godan
  20. 20.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Rama (c) Bhima (d) Arjuna
  23. 23.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Tulsidas (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Kalidasa
  26. 26.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  27. 27.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) the Mahabharata (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Wings of Fire
  28. 28.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) Godan (d) Wings of Fire
  32. 32.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  35. 35.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  37. 37.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Godan (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Ramayana (d) Alice in Wonderland
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Tulsidas (c) Kalidasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  39. 39.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Gitanjali (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana

Answer key

  1. False
  2. 18
  3. Vishnu Sharma
  4. False
  5. False
  6. Tulsidas
  7. Gitanjali
  8. Premchand
  9. Awadhi
  10. The Jungle Book
  11. Kalidasa
  12. Tirukkural
  13. Lewis Carroll
  14. False
  15. the Mahabharata
  16. False
  17. Mowgli
  18. True
  19. Wings of Fire
  20. False
  21. False
  22. Rama
  23. False
  24. True
  25. Ved Vyasa
  26. 5
  27. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  28. False
  29. False
  30. True
  31. the Ramayana
  32. True
  33. True
  34. 18
  35. True
  36. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  37. Alice in Wonderland
  38. Kalidasa
  39. False
  40. the Mahabharata

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