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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 997 · 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 Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Idgah (d) the Panchatantra
  2. 2.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Mowgli (c) Baloo (d) Bagheera
  3. 3.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Ramayana
  4. 4.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) English
  6. 6.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) English
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Premchand (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Kalidasa
  8. 8.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  12. 12.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) English
  14. 14.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  16. 16.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Ramayana (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Mahabharata
  17. 17.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Hanuman (c) Ravana (d) Krishna
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Premchand (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Valmiki (d) Thiruvalluvar
  21. 21.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Ramayana (b) The Jungle Book (c) Godan (d) Gitanjali
  22. 22.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Tirukkural (d) the Panchatantra
  24. 24.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Gitanjali (b) The Jungle Book (c) Meghaduta (d) Wings of Fire
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Valmiki (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Lewis Carroll
  26. 26.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Kalidasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Premchand
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Tulsidas (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Valmiki (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  31. 31.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Ramayana (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Wings of Fire
  33. 33.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Lewis Carroll
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Valmiki
  36. 36.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Godan (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Mahabharata
  37. 37.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Godan (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) Alice in Wonderland
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Premchand (b) Ved Vyasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rudyard Kipling
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Kalidasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  40. 40.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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