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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 48 · 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.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Mahabharata (c) Idgah (d) Gitanjali
  2. 2.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Kalidasa (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Premchand (d) Thiruvalluvar
  4. 4.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  6. 6.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) war songs (c) animal stories (d) recipes
  7. 7.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Idgah (c) the Panchatantra (d) Meghaduta
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Premchand (d) Kalidasa
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Premchand (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Tulsidas (d) Valmiki
  10. 10.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: Kalidasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  16. 16.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Idgah (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Wings of Fire
  18. 18.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Arjuna (c) Rama (d) Karna
  20. 20.True or false: Valmiki wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Tirukkural (d) Idgah
  22. 22.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Mahabharata (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Godan
  23. 23.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Godan (b) the Ramayana (c) Meghaduta (d) the Panchatantra
  26. 26.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Tamil
  29. 29.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  32. 32.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Kalidasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Lewis Carroll
  34. 34.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Gitanjali
  2. True
  3. Thiruvalluvar
  4. False
  5. Sanskrit
  6. animal stories
  7. Meghaduta
  8. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  9. Lewis Carroll
  10. False
  11. True
  12. False
  13. 5
  14. Sanskrit
  15. English
  16. True
  17. Wings of Fire
  18. True
  19. Rama
  20. False
  21. Tirukkural
  22. the Mahabharata
  23. False
  24. False
  25. the Panchatantra
  26. True
  27. False
  28. English
  29. False
  30. True
  31. Tamil
  32. 18
  33. Rudyard Kipling
  34. False
  35. False
  36. False
  37. False
  38. False
  39. False
  40. True

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