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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 294 · 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 the Ramayana first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Tamil
  3. 3.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: Premchand wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) the Panchatantra (d) Ramcharitmanas
  8. 8.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Ramayana (d) Tirukkural
  9. 9.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Awadhi
  11. 11.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Premchand (b) Kalidasa (c) Valmiki (d) Lewis Carroll
  13. 13.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Idgah (d) Godan
  14. 14.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Baloo (c) Shere Khan (d) Mowgli
  15. 15.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Premchand (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Rudyard Kipling
  18. 18.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  19. 19.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  20. 20.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Bengali
  22. 22.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Idgah (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Ramayana (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  23. 23.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Meghaduta (c) The Jungle Book (d) the Panchatantra
  24. 24.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Premchand (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Valmiki (d) Ved Vyasa
  28. 28.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Idgah (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Panchatantra
  29. 29.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) the Mahabharata (c) Godan (d) Tirukkural
  31. 31.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Gitanjali (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Panchatantra
  33. 33.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Awadhi
  35. 35.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Bhima (c) Rama (d) Karna
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Valmiki (c) Kalidasa (d) Premchand
  37. 37.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  39. 39.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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