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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 101 · 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: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Tulsidas (d) Valmiki
  3. 3.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Premchand (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Tulsidas (d) Kalidasa
  6. 6.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  7. 7.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Idgah (b) The Jungle Book (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  8. 8.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  9. 9.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Ramayana (d) the Panchatantra
  11. 11.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Godan (b) the Ramayana (c) the Mahabharata (d) Alice in Wonderland
  13. 13.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  14. 14.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Krishna (c) Hanuman (d) Rama
  15. 15.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Tirukkural (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Mahabharata
  17. 17.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  18. 18.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  20. 20.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Bagheera (c) Mowgli (d) Shere Khan
  21. 21.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) The Jungle Book (d) Tirukkural
  22. 22.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Premchand (b) Kalidasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  26. 26.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Wings of Fire (d) Gitanjali
  27. 27.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Premchand (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Ved Vyasa
  29. 29.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Mahabharata
  30. 30.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Idgah (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Gitanjali (d) The Jungle Book
  32. 32.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  34. 34.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: Premchand wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Arjuna (c) Karna (d) Bhima

Answer key

  1. True
  2. Vishnu Sharma
  3. False
  4. Sanskrit
  5. Tulsidas
  6. Bengali
  7. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  8. 18
  9. False
  10. the Panchatantra
  11. True
  12. Alice in Wonderland
  13. 5
  14. Krishna
  15. False
  16. the Mahabharata
  17. Hindi
  18. True
  19. Tamil
  20. Mowgli
  21. The Jungle Book
  22. False
  23. False
  24. True
  25. Premchand
  26. Ramcharitmanas
  27. True
  28. Ved Vyasa
  29. Tirukkural
  30. True
  31. Gitanjali
  32. False
  33. 18
  34. True
  35. False
  36. True
  37. True
  38. False
  39. False
  40. Rama

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