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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 163 · 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 Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) the Mahabharata
  2. 2.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  3. 3.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Meghaduta (c) Idgah (d) Ramcharitmanas
  4. 4.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Tirukkural (d) Gitanjali
  6. 6.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Idgah (c) Wings of Fire (d) The Jungle Book
  10. 10.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Godan (b) the Mahabharata (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Wings of Fire
  11. 11.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  14. 14.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Kalidasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Ved Vyasa
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Kalidasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Tulsidas (d) Vishnu Sharma
  17. 17.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Meghaduta (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Wings of Fire
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Valmiki (c) Kalidasa (d) Tulsidas
  19. 19.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  20. 20.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  23. 23.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Shere Khan (c) Mowgli (d) Baloo
  25. 25.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Ved Vyasa
  28. 28.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  29. 29.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Mahabharata (c) Tirukkural (d) the Panchatantra
  32. 32.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Premchand (d) Tulsidas
  34. 34.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Idgah (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Ramayana
  35. 35.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Valmiki (c) Ved Vyasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  37. 37.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Kalidasa (c) Tulsidas (d) Thiruvalluvar

Answer key

  1. Gitanjali
  2. 18
  3. Ramcharitmanas
  4. False
  5. Tirukkural
  6. False
  7. False
  8. True
  9. Meghaduta
  10. Wings of Fire
  11. False
  12. True
  13. English
  14. True
  15. Thiruvalluvar
  16. Tulsidas
  17. the Ramayana
  18. Kalidasa
  19. 18
  20. False
  21. False
  22. Sanskrit
  23. True
  24. Mowgli
  25. True
  26. False
  27. Rudyard Kipling
  28. 5
  29. True
  30. True
  31. the Mahabharata
  32. True
  33. Premchand
  34. the Panchatantra
  35. True
  36. Ved Vyasa
  37. False
  38. True
  39. False
  40. Kalidasa

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