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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 111 · 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: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  4. 4.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Bengali
  6. 6.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: Valmiki wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Hanuman (c) Krishna (d) Rama
  9. 9.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Valmiki
  11. 11.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  12. 12.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Panchatantra (d) Tirukkural
  13. 13.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Bagheera (c) Mowgli (d) Baloo
  16. 16.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Tulsidas (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  20. 20.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Panchatantra (c) Meghaduta (d) the Mahabharata
  21. 21.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Gitanjali (c) Idgah (d) Wings of Fire
  22. 22.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  23. 23.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Idgah (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Panchatantra (d) Tirukkural
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  26. 26.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Godan (b) Wings of Fire (c) Tirukkural (d) the Ramayana
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Premchand (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Kalidasa (d) Thiruvalluvar
  28. 28.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  30. 30.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) The Jungle Book (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Mahabharata
  31. 31.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) animal stories (c) war songs (d) maps
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Kalidasa
  33. 33.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Wings of Fire (c) Gitanjali (d) the Mahabharata
  35. 35.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Panchatantra (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Ramayana
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  37. 37.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  39. 39.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Karna (c) Arjuna (d) Rama
  40. 40.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. False
  2. True
  3. Awadhi
  4. 18
  5. Tamil
  6. False
  7. False
  8. Krishna
  9. True
  10. Vishnu Sharma
  11. 18
  12. the Mahabharata
  13. False
  14. True
  15. Mowgli
  16. True
  17. False
  18. Sanskrit
  19. Thiruvalluvar
  20. Alice in Wonderland
  21. The Jungle Book
  22. 5
  23. True
  24. Idgah
  25. English
  26. Tirukkural
  27. Kalidasa
  28. False
  29. Hindi
  30. Wings of Fire
  31. animal stories
  32. Kalidasa
  33. True
  34. the Mahabharata
  35. the Ramayana
  36. English
  37. True
  38. Sanskrit
  39. Rama
  40. False

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