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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 980 · 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: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Kalidasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rudyard Kipling
  3. 3.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) the Ramayana (c) Godan (d) Idgah
  5. 5.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  6. 6.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Idgah (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Mahabharata
  7. 7.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Kalidasa (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Ved Vyasa
  10. 10.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Bagheera (c) Baloo (d) Mowgli
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Kalidasa (d) Valmiki
  13. 13.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  16. 16.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Arjuna (c) Karna (d) Rama
  17. 17.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  19. 19.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) Tirukkural (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Panchatantra
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Premchand (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  21. 21.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  22. 22.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  24. 24.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Kalidasa
  26. 26.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Tirukkural (d) Godan
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  29. 29.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) animal stories (c) war songs (d) recipes
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Kalidasa (b) Tulsidas (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Premchand
  31. 31.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Wings of Fire (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Ramayana
  32. 32.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Mahabharata (d) Idgah
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Valmiki (d) Thiruvalluvar
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Tulsidas (b) Kalidasa (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Valmiki
  35. 35.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Idgah (b) Meghaduta (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Mahabharata
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Tulsidas
  37. 37.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Premchand
  39. 39.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) The Jungle Book (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Ramayana
  40. 40.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Ravana (c) Krishna (d) Rama

Answer key

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

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