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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 365 · 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 Tulsidas write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Wings of Fire (c) The Jungle Book (d) Ramcharitmanas
  2. 2.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Wings of Fire (c) Meghaduta (d) Gitanjali
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  4. 4.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Kalidasa (b) Valmiki (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rudyard Kipling
  7. 7.True or false: Godan was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Kalidasa (d) Tulsidas
  9. 9.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) The Jungle Book (d) Gitanjali
  10. 10.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Rama (c) Hanuman (d) Krishna
  11. 11.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) The Jungle Book (d) the Ramayana
  12. 12.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Premchand (b) Tulsidas (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Kalidasa
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Valmiki
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  16. 16.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Mowgli (c) Baloo (d) Bagheera
  18. 18.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  19. 19.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) English
  21. 21.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) Godan (d) Wings of Fire
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Tulsidas (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Valmiki
  23. 23.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  25. 25.True or false: Premchand wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Gitanjali (c) the Ramayana (d) the Mahabharata
  27. 27.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Premchand
  30. 30.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Kalidasa
  32. 32.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  34. 34.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) maps (c) war songs (d) recipes
  36. 36.True or false: Premchand wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Valmiki (d) Thiruvalluvar
  38. 38.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  40. 40.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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