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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 939 · 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.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Ramayana (d) Tirukkural
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Valmiki (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Thiruvalluvar
  3. 3.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  4. 4.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  6. 6.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  7. 7.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Valmiki (d) Ved Vyasa
  9. 9.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Godan (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Ramayana
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  11. 11.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: Godan was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) English
  14. 14.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Premchand (b) Valmiki (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Lewis Carroll
  18. 18.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Ramayana (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Panchatantra
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Valmiki (b) Premchand (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Ved Vyasa
  22. 22.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) war songs (c) animal stories (d) maps
  23. 23.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Godan (b) Gitanjali (c) Meghaduta (d) Ramcharitmanas
  24. 24.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Tulsidas
  26. 26.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Tulsidas
  29. 29.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Tirukkural (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Mahabharata
  30. 30.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Tamil (d) English
  32. 32.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  35. 35.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Godan (b) the Ramayana (c) Gitanjali (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Valmiki (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rudyard Kipling
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Kalidasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Vishnu Sharma
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Premchand (c) Tulsidas (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  39. 39.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Shere Khan (c) Mowgli (d) Bagheera

Answer key

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

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