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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 99 · 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.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Kalidasa (c) Tulsidas (d) Premchand
  2. 2.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  4. 4.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Meghaduta (b) The Jungle Book (c) Tirukkural (d) Alice in Wonderland
  5. 5.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Mahabharata (c) Tirukkural (d) the Ramayana
  6. 6.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Tulsidas (d) Lewis Carroll
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  10. 10.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Rama (c) Bhima (d) Arjuna
  12. 12.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) maps (c) war songs (d) recipes
  14. 14.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) English
  16. 16.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  18. 18.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  21. 21.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Baloo (c) Shere Khan (d) Bagheera
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Kalidasa (d) Valmiki
  23. 23.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Tulsidas (b) Premchand (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Kalidasa
  28. 28.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Kalidasa (d) Premchand
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Valmiki (b) Kalidasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Vishnu Sharma
  31. 31.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Godan (c) the Ramayana (d) Tirukkural
  32. 32.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  34. 34.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Ved Vyasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Valmiki
  37. 37.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Ramayana (c) the Panchatantra (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  38. 38.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Kalidasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Lewis Carroll

Answer key

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

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