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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 145 · 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: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Ramayana
  3. 3.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Mahabharata (c) Meghaduta (d) The Jungle Book
  4. 4.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) war songs (c) animal stories (d) recipes
  5. 5.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Wings of Fire (c) Idgah (d) the Ramayana
  7. 7.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  8. 8.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Tulsidas (d) Vishnu Sharma
  10. 10.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  14. 14.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  16. 16.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Godan (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Ramayana (d) the Panchatantra
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Tulsidas (b) Premchand (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Vishnu Sharma
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Kalidasa (d) Lewis Carroll
  19. 19.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Wings of Fire (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Godan
  21. 21.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Lewis Carroll
  23. 23.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Arjuna (c) Rama (d) Bhima
  24. 24.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Valmiki (c) Premchand (d) Ved Vyasa
  26. 26.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Kalidasa (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Ved Vyasa
  31. 31.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) English
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  34. 34.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Premchand (b) Kalidasa (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Tulsidas
  37. 37.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  40. 40.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Hanuman (c) Rama (d) Ravana

Answer key

  1. True
  2. the Ramayana
  3. Tirukkural
  4. animal stories
  5. False
  6. Gitanjali
  7. 5
  8. 18
  9. Thiruvalluvar
  10. True
  11. True
  12. 18
  13. Sanskrit
  14. False
  15. English
  16. the Panchatantra
  17. Rabindranath Tagore
  18. Ved Vyasa
  19. True
  20. Godan
  21. the Mahabharata
  22. Vishnu Sharma
  23. Rama
  24. True
  25. Premchand
  26. False
  27. True
  28. False
  29. False
  30. Kalidasa
  31. False
  32. Sanskrit
  33. Sanskrit
  34. False
  35. True
  36. Tulsidas
  37. True
  38. Awadhi
  39. Tamil
  40. Krishna

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