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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 973 · 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: Tulsidas wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  4. 4.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  5. 5.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Ramayana (d) Ramcharitmanas
  6. 6.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Kalidasa (d) Tulsidas
  8. 8.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Bhima (c) Karna (d) Arjuna
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Tulsidas (b) Kalidasa (c) Premchand (d) Thiruvalluvar
  10. 10.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Godan (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) The Jungle Book
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) English
  14. 14.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Mowgli (c) Bagheera (d) Baloo
  15. 15.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Godan (c) the Mahabharata (d) Ramcharitmanas
  16. 16.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Ramcharitmanas
  20. 20.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  21. 21.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Idgah (d) Wings of Fire
  22. 22.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  26. 26.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Krishna (c) Hanuman (d) Rama
  28. 28.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Tulsidas (d) Kalidasa
  31. 31.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Ramayana (d) Tirukkural
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Kalidasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  34. 34.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Ramayana (d) Wings of Fire
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Tamil
  36. 36.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) animal stories (c) maps (d) war songs
  38. 38.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Premchand (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Vishnu Sharma
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Awadhi

Answer key

  1. False
  2. False
  3. Sanskrit
  4. 18
  5. the Ramayana
  6. True
  7. Kalidasa
  8. Rama
  9. Premchand
  10. False
  11. Godan
  12. English
  13. English
  14. Mowgli
  15. Ramcharitmanas
  16. True
  17. False
  18. True
  19. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  20. 18
  21. Wings of Fire
  22. False
  23. True
  24. False
  25. Sanskrit
  26. False
  27. Krishna
  28. True
  29. False
  30. Ved Vyasa
  31. False
  32. Tirukkural
  33. Rabindranath Tagore
  34. The Jungle Book
  35. English
  36. False
  37. animal stories
  38. True
  39. Premchand
  40. Awadhi

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