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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 287 · 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.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  2. 2.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) maps (c) animal stories (d) recipes
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  4. 4.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Tirukkural (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Mahabharata
  5. 5.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Tulsidas (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Lewis Carroll
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Valmiki (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Tulsidas
  9. 9.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Mahabharata (c) Wings of Fire (d) Tirukkural
  11. 11.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  12. 12.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Mahabharata (d) Tirukkural
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Premchand (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Kalidasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  14. 14.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Panchatantra (c) Gitanjali (d) The Jungle Book
  17. 17.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Rama (c) Arjuna (d) Karna
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  19. 19.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Ramayana (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Mahabharata
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Premchand (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Valmiki
  22. 22.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) the Mahabharata (c) The Jungle Book (d) Meghaduta
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Premchand (d) Kalidasa
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) English
  26. 26.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  27. 27.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Panchatantra (d) Meghaduta
  28. 28.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: Godan was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Valmiki (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Thiruvalluvar
  31. 31.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Ramayana (c) Tirukkural (d) Ramcharitmanas
  35. 35.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) The Jungle Book (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Godan
  36. 36.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Ramayana (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Idgah
  37. 37.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Valmiki (c) Kalidasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  40. 40.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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