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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 137 · 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.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  2. 2.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Rama (c) Arjuna (d) Bhima
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Kalidasa (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Valmiki
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Valmiki (b) Ved Vyasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Kalidasa
  5. 5.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Gitanjali (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Mahabharata (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  6. 6.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: Premchand wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  10. 10.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  13. 13.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  16. 16.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Ramayana
  17. 17.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Tulsidas (b) Premchand (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Valmiki
  20. 20.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: Valmiki wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) English
  26. 26.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) Tirukkural
  27. 27.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Meghaduta (c) Idgah (d) the Panchatantra
  28. 28.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  30. 30.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  31. 31.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Mahabharata (c) Godan (d) the Panchatantra
  32. 32.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) Godan
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Tulsidas (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Kalidasa
  34. 34.True or false: Godan was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Godan (d) Wings of Fire
  36. 36.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Godan (c) Meghaduta (d) Wings of Fire
  38. 38.True or false: Godan was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Ved Vyasa

Answer key

  1. Tamil
  2. Rama
  3. Kalidasa
  4. Valmiki
  5. the Mahabharata
  6. True
  7. False
  8. False
  9. Sanskrit
  10. True
  11. False
  12. 18
  13. True
  14. Awadhi
  15. Sanskrit
  16. the Mahabharata
  17. True
  18. True
  19. Premchand
  20. True
  21. False
  22. False
  23. False
  24. 5
  25. English
  26. Tirukkural
  27. Idgah
  28. False
  29. Sanskrit
  30. 18
  31. the Panchatantra
  32. Godan
  33. Kalidasa
  34. False
  35. Wings of Fire
  36. True
  37. Meghaduta
  38. False
  39. True
  40. Rabindranath Tagore

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