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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 442 · 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: Tirukkural was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  4. 4.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  5. 5.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Mahabharata
  6. 6.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) The Jungle Book (c) Godan (d) Wings of Fire
  7. 7.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Meghaduta (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  9. 9.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) Idgah
  11. 11.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  12. 12.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Baloo (c) Shere Khan (d) Mowgli
  13. 13.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) war songs (c) maps (d) recipes
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Premchand
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Valmiki (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Premchand (d) Tulsidas
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Valmiki
  18. 18.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Rama (c) Karna (d) Bhima
  19. 19.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Premchand (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  21. 21.True or false: Premchand wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Tulsidas (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Premchand
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Tulsidas (d) Rudyard Kipling
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Hindi
  26. 26.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  27. 27.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Ramayana (d) Wings of Fire
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Kalidasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Valmiki
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Kalidasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Premchand
  30. 30.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Panchatantra (d) Tirukkural
  32. 32.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  33. 33.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Valmiki
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) Bengali
  37. 37.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Gitanjali (c) the Ramayana (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  39. 39.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Wings of Fire (d) Gitanjali
  40. 40.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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