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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 283 · 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: Wings of Fire was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Kalidasa (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Tulsidas
  3. 3.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) Tirukkural (d) the Mahabharata
  4. 4.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Gitanjali (c) the Mahabharata (d) Meghaduta
  5. 5.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Krishna (c) Rama (d) Ravana
  6. 6.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  9. 9.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Bhima (c) Arjuna (d) Karna
  10. 10.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Valmiki (d) Kalidasa
  13. 13.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Mowgli (c) Bagheera (d) Shere Khan
  14. 14.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Tirukkural (c) The Jungle Book (d) the Panchatantra
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  16. 16.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  17. 17.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) English
  18. 18.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Gitanjali (d) Wings of Fire
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  22. 22.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Premchand (d) Tulsidas
  26. 26.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) maps (c) recipes (d) animal stories
  29. 29.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) the Mahabharata (c) Gitanjali (d) Wings of Fire
  33. 33.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Gitanjali (d) Tirukkural
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  36. 36.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Valmiki (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Kalidasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  38. 38.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) English
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Kalidasa (d) Ved Vyasa

Answer key

  1. False
  2. Tulsidas
  3. the Mahabharata
  4. the Mahabharata
  5. Krishna
  6. False
  7. False
  8. 18
  9. Rama
  10. True
  11. True
  12. Valmiki
  13. Mowgli
  14. Ramcharitmanas
  15. Hindi
  16. 5
  17. Awadhi
  18. False
  19. True
  20. Gitanjali
  21. Sanskrit
  22. True
  23. False
  24. 18
  25. Premchand
  26. False
  27. False
  28. animal stories
  29. True
  30. True
  31. False
  32. Wings of Fire
  33. Tirukkural
  34. English
  35. Sanskrit
  36. True
  37. Kalidasa
  38. False
  39. Sanskrit
  40. Kalidasa

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