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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 470 · 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: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Kalidasa (c) Tulsidas (d) Ved Vyasa
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Tulsidas (d) Premchand
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Kalidasa
  6. 6.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Bhima (c) Karna (d) Rama
  8. 8.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  9. 9.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Bengali
  11. 11.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Ramayana (d) the Panchatantra
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  15. 15.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Hindi
  17. 17.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Tirukkural (c) Wings of Fire (d) Godan
  19. 19.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Ramayana (c) Godan (d) Tirukkural
  24. 24.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Ramayana (d) Gitanjali
  25. 25.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Tulsidas (d) Kalidasa
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  28. 28.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Godan (b) the Ramayana (c) Gitanjali (d) the Panchatantra
  29. 29.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Baloo (c) Mowgli (d) Shere Khan
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Awadhi
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Kalidasa (d) Thiruvalluvar
  33. 33.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Premchand (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Kalidasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Valmiki (d) Thiruvalluvar
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Hindi
  37. 37.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Mahabharata (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Ramcharitmanas
  40. 40.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Godan (d) Meghaduta

Answer key

  1. True
  2. True
  3. Kalidasa
  4. Tulsidas
  5. Kalidasa
  6. True
  7. Rama
  8. 18
  9. 18
  10. Awadhi
  11. False
  12. True
  13. the Mahabharata
  14. Sanskrit
  15. False
  16. Sanskrit
  17. False
  18. Tirukkural
  19. False
  20. True
  21. False
  22. False
  23. The Jungle Book
  24. Gitanjali
  25. 5
  26. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  27. Tamil
  28. the Ramayana
  29. True
  30. Mowgli
  31. English
  32. Rabindranath Tagore
  33. False
  34. Ved Vyasa
  35. Valmiki
  36. Sanskrit
  37. False
  38. True
  39. the Mahabharata
  40. Meghaduta

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