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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 335 · 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.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Ramayana (c) Idgah (d) the Panchatantra
  2. 2.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Idgah (c) Tirukkural (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  4. 4.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  6. 6.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Tulsidas (c) Premchand (d) Rudyard Kipling
  8. 8.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Tulsidas (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  10. 10.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) recipes (c) animal stories (d) maps
  11. 11.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  12. 12.True or false: Kalidasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Valmiki (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Lewis Carroll
  15. 15.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) Tirukkural (d) the Mahabharata
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Tulsidas
  18. 18.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Karna (c) Arjuna (d) Rama
  19. 19.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  20. 20.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Baloo (c) Bagheera (d) Mowgli
  21. 21.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Ravana (c) Rama (d) Hanuman
  22. 22.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Ramayana (d) The Jungle Book
  23. 23.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Hindi
  26. 26.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Tulsidas
  30. 30.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Awadhi
  32. 32.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Tulsidas (b) Kalidasa (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Premchand
  36. 36.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Idgah (c) the Mahabharata (d) Godan
  38. 38.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Meghaduta (b) The Jungle Book (c) Gitanjali (d) Idgah
  39. 39.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. the Panchatantra
  2. False
  3. Tirukkural
  4. False
  5. English
  6. True
  7. Premchand
  8. True
  9. Thiruvalluvar
  10. animal stories
  11. 18
  12. False
  13. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  14. Rabindranath Tagore
  15. the Mahabharata
  16. English
  17. Vishnu Sharma
  18. Rama
  19. 18
  20. Mowgli
  21. Krishna
  22. the Ramayana
  23. True
  24. 5
  25. Tamil
  26. True
  27. Hindi
  28. English
  29. Tulsidas
  30. True
  31. Sanskrit
  32. True
  33. True
  34. True
  35. Premchand
  36. False
  37. the Mahabharata
  38. Meghaduta
  39. False
  40. False

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