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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 405 · 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: Rabindranath Tagore wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Kalidasa (d) Premchand
  3. 3.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Godan (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Ramayana (d) the Panchatantra
  6. 6.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Idgah (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Gitanjali
  7. 7.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  8. 8.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Hanuman (c) Ravana (d) Krishna
  9. 9.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) Tirukkural (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Panchatantra
  11. 11.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Valmiki (b) Premchand (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  13. 13.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Ramayana (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Mahabharata
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  16. 16.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) English
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Valmiki (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Ved Vyasa
  20. 20.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Godan (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Mahabharata
  21. 21.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  23. 23.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Bagheera (c) Shere Khan (d) Baloo
  25. 25.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Meghaduta (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Panchatantra
  26. 26.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  29. 29.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) maps (c) recipes (d) animal stories
  30. 30.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  32. 32.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Ramayana (d) Ramcharitmanas
  34. 34.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Tulsidas (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Premchand
  36. 36.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  38. 38.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Idgah (b) Godan (c) Wings of Fire (d) Tirukkural
  39. 39.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. False
  2. Kalidasa
  3. True
  4. True
  5. the Ramayana
  6. Gitanjali
  7. 18
  8. Krishna
  9. True
  10. the Mahabharata
  11. False
  12. Vishnu Sharma
  13. False
  14. The Jungle Book
  15. Sanskrit
  16. True
  17. True
  18. English
  19. Rabindranath Tagore
  20. the Mahabharata
  21. False
  22. 5
  23. False
  24. Mowgli
  25. Alice in Wonderland
  26. Bengali
  27. Hindi
  28. Sanskrit
  29. animal stories
  30. False
  31. Sanskrit
  32. True
  33. Ramcharitmanas
  34. True
  35. Premchand
  36. False
  37. Sanskrit
  38. Tirukkural
  39. False
  40. False

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