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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 275 · 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: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  3. 3.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Mahabharata (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) English
  6. 6.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) English
  7. 7.True or false: Godan was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Premchand (d) Valmiki
  9. 9.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  11. 11.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Idgah (b) Wings of Fire (c) Tirukkural (d) the Panchatantra
  12. 12.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) war songs (c) animal stories (d) maps
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Premchand (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Tulsidas
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) Hindi
  15. 15.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  17. 17.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Valmiki (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Vishnu Sharma
  19. 19.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Idgah (d) Tirukkural
  20. 20.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Krishna (c) Hanuman (d) Ravana
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  24. 24.True or false: Premchand wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Tulsidas (b) Valmiki (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Premchand
  27. 27.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: Kalidasa wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Idgah (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Tirukkural
  32. 32.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  34. 34.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rudyard Kipling
  36. 36.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Karna (c) Arjuna (d) Bhima
  37. 37.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Mahabharata
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  40. 40.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. True
  2. 5
  3. False
  4. the Mahabharata
  5. Tamil
  6. English
  7. False
  8. Premchand
  9. True
  10. 18
  11. Wings of Fire
  12. animal stories
  13. Ved Vyasa
  14. Bengali
  15. True
  16. Awadhi
  17. False
  18. Valmiki
  19. Tirukkural
  20. True
  21. False
  22. Krishna
  23. Sanskrit
  24. False
  25. True
  26. Premchand
  27. True
  28. False
  29. True
  30. False
  31. Idgah
  32. False
  33. 18
  34. False
  35. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  36. Rama
  37. Alice in Wonderland
  38. Sanskrit
  39. Sanskrit
  40. False

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