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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 963 · 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 Valmiki write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) The Jungle Book
  2. 2.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Tulsidas (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Kalidasa
  6. 6.True or false: Valmiki wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Kalidasa (c) Tulsidas (d) Premchand
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rudyard Kipling
  9. 9.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Tirukkural (c) the Mahabharata (d) Ramcharitmanas
  10. 10.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Meghaduta (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Wings of Fire
  11. 11.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Gitanjali (c) Wings of Fire (d) The Jungle Book
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Valmiki (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Premchand
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Tulsidas
  14. 14.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Tirukkural (c) Wings of Fire (d) Meghaduta
  15. 15.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Arjuna (c) Bhima (d) Rama
  17. 17.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  18. 18.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) the Mahabharata (d) Meghaduta
  20. 20.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: Premchand wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Gitanjali (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Idgah
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Premchand (b) Ved Vyasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rudyard Kipling
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  26. 26.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Panchatantra (d) Tirukkural
  27. 27.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: Godan was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Kalidasa (d) Ved Vyasa
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  34. 34.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) recipes (c) animal stories (d) war songs
  35. 35.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  37. 37.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Valmiki (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Lewis Carroll
  39. 39.True or false: Godan was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil

Answer key

  1. the Ramayana
  2. True
  3. False
  4. 5
  5. Kalidasa
  6. False
  7. Premchand
  8. Rabindranath Tagore
  9. Tirukkural
  10. Meghaduta
  11. The Jungle Book
  12. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  13. Tulsidas
  14. Ramcharitmanas
  15. False
  16. Rama
  17. 18
  18. False
  19. Gitanjali
  20. True
  21. True
  22. False
  23. Idgah
  24. Premchand
  25. Bengali
  26. the Mahabharata
  27. True
  28. False
  29. True
  30. False
  31. False
  32. Kalidasa
  33. Hindi
  34. animal stories
  35. True
  36. 18
  37. Sanskrit
  38. Lewis Carroll
  39. False
  40. Tamil

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