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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 276 · 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.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Premchand (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  4. 4.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) war songs (c) maps (d) recipes
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Kalidasa (d) Valmiki
  6. 6.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) the Panchatantra
  8. 8.True or false: Godan was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: Godan was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) Hindi
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Kalidasa (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Premchand
  12. 12.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Mahabharata (c) Idgah (d) Gitanjali
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Valmiki (c) Lewis Carroll (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  15. 15.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Kalidasa (c) Tulsidas (d) Valmiki
  17. 17.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  18. 18.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: Valmiki wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Kalidasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  21. 21.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Ramayana (c) Gitanjali (d) Meghaduta
  24. 24.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Godan (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Wings of Fire (d) Tirukkural
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Premchand (b) Lewis Carroll (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Kalidasa
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Premchand (c) Tulsidas (d) Rudyard Kipling
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Tamil
  28. 28.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Godan (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Alice in Wonderland
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Kalidasa (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Valmiki
  30. 30.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: Godan was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  33. 33.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  35. 35.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Bagheera (c) Shere Khan (d) Mowgli
  36. 36.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  38. 38.True or false: Valmiki wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  40. 40.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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