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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 998 · 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) the Panchatantra (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Godan (d) Tirukkural
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Tulsidas (d) Premchand
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Kalidasa (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Premchand (d) Ved Vyasa
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  6. 6.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Shere Khan (c) Baloo (d) Mowgli
  7. 7.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Kalidasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Lewis Carroll
  10. 10.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Wings of Fire (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Gitanjali
  11. 11.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Kalidasa (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Ved Vyasa
  13. 13.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Idgah (b) the Mahabharata (c) Wings of Fire (d) Gitanjali
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  16. 16.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  17. 17.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Rudyard Kipling
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Valmiki (b) Premchand (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Thiruvalluvar
  21. 21.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Idgah (b) the Panchatantra (c) Tirukkural (d) Wings of Fire
  23. 23.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Karna (c) Arjuna (d) Bhima
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Kalidasa (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Valmiki (d) Thiruvalluvar
  25. 25.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Tamil
  29. 29.True or false: Premchand wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) English
  31. 31.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) Ramcharitmanas
  32. 32.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Gitanjali (b) The Jungle Book (c) Meghaduta (d) Godan
  33. 33.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Ramayana
  34. 34.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Tirukkural (c) the Mahabharata (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  36. 36.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Godan (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Idgah (d) Alice in Wonderland
  38. 38.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  40. 40.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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