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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 466 · 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: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Awadhi
  3. 3.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) Tirukkural (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Panchatantra
  8. 8.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Wings of Fire (c) The Jungle Book (d) Meghaduta
  9. 9.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Idgah (d) The Jungle Book
  10. 10.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Kalidasa (c) Valmiki (d) Vishnu Sharma
  12. 12.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Ravana (c) Hanuman (d) Krishna
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Kalidasa
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  15. 15.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  17. 17.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Tulsidas (d) Ved Vyasa
  19. 19.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Tamil
  20. 20.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Tirukkural (d) Meghaduta
  23. 23.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  24. 24.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Mahabharata
  25. 25.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Bhima (c) Rama (d) Arjuna
  26. 26.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  28. 28.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) the Panchatantra (d) Gitanjali
  31. 31.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Valmiki (d) Ved Vyasa
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Valmiki (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  37. 37.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  39. 39.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Mahabharata (d) Idgah
  40. 40.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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