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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 444 · 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 Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  3. 3.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rudyard Kipling
  5. 5.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  6. 6.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) The Jungle Book (d) Wings of Fire
  7. 7.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  9. 9.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  10. 10.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Ravana (c) Hanuman (d) Rama
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Valmiki (b) Ved Vyasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Vishnu Sharma
  12. 12.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Premchand (d) Rudyard Kipling
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) English
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Valmiki (d) Thiruvalluvar
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Kalidasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Lewis Carroll
  18. 18.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Mahabharata (c) The Jungle Book (d) the Panchatantra
  19. 19.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Bhima (c) Arjuna (d) Karna
  20. 20.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Godan (b) the Mahabharata (c) Tirukkural (d) the Ramayana
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Awadhi
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Awadhi
  26. 26.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Tulsidas (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Valmiki
  28. 28.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Kalidasa (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Premchand
  33. 33.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Meghaduta (b) The Jungle Book (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Wings of Fire
  34. 34.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: Valmiki wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) maps (c) animal stories (d) recipes
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Valmiki (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Vishnu Sharma
  40. 40.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Mahabharata (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Tirukkural

Answer key

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

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