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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 960 · 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: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Kalidasa (c) Premchand (d) Lewis Carroll
  3. 3.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  9. 9.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Idgah (b) the Ramayana (c) Godan (d) Ramcharitmanas
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Premchand (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Kalidasa
  11. 11.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  12. 12.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Mahabharata (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Meghaduta
  13. 13.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  14. 14.True or false: Premchand wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Kalidasa (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Tulsidas
  17. 17.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) the Ramayana (d) Wings of Fire
  18. 18.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  21. 21.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) war songs (c) recipes (d) animal stories
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Premchand (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Tulsidas
  24. 24.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Rama (c) Bhima (d) Arjuna
  25. 25.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Gitanjali (c) The Jungle Book (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  26. 26.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Ramayana
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Kalidasa (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Valmiki (d) Rudyard Kipling
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Valmiki (d) Ved Vyasa
  33. 33.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) The Jungle Book (d) Gitanjali
  34. 34.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Idgah (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Panchatantra (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Premchand (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Vishnu Sharma
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  37. 37.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Tulsidas (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Vishnu Sharma
  39. 39.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Krishna (c) Rama (d) Ravana
  40. 40.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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