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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 438 · 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: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Tamil
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Kalidasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Vishnu Sharma
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Premchand (d) Thiruvalluvar
  5. 5.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Meghaduta (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Wings of Fire
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Valmiki
  8. 8.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Panchatantra (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Mahabharata
  9. 9.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  11. 11.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Valmiki (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  13. 13.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Mahabharata (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Panchatantra
  14. 14.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  17. 17.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Kalidasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Tulsidas (d) Valmiki
  19. 19.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  22. 22.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  24. 24.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Kalidasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Tulsidas (d) Vishnu Sharma
  26. 26.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) the Mahabharata
  28. 28.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Rama (c) Arjuna (d) Karna
  29. 29.True or false: Godan was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Wings of Fire (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Tirukkural
  31. 31.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Meghaduta (b) The Jungle Book (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Gitanjali
  32. 32.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: Godan was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Valmiki (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Ved Vyasa
  36. 36.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Krishna (c) Hanuman (d) Ravana
  37. 37.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Premchand (d) Tulsidas
  39. 39.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Gitanjali (d) Idgah
  40. 40.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. True
  2. Sanskrit
  3. Kalidasa
  4. Premchand
  5. True
  6. the Panchatantra
  7. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  8. the Mahabharata
  9. True
  10. 18
  11. False
  12. Thiruvalluvar
  13. Alice in Wonderland
  14. False
  15. False
  16. Awadhi
  17. False
  18. Kalidasa
  19. False
  20. False
  21. 18
  22. Sanskrit
  23. Rudyard Kipling
  24. 5
  25. Vishnu Sharma
  26. False
  27. the Mahabharata
  28. Rama
  29. False
  30. Wings of Fire
  31. Gitanjali
  32. False
  33. False
  34. True
  35. Ved Vyasa
  36. Krishna
  37. False
  38. Tulsidas
  39. Idgah
  40. True

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