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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 506 · 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.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Tulsidas (b) Valmiki (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Thiruvalluvar
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Tulsidas (d) Valmiki
  3. 3.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Gitanjali
  4. 4.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Krishna (c) Rama (d) Hanuman
  6. 6.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Ramayana (b) The Jungle Book (c) Idgah (d) Tirukkural
  7. 7.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Premchand (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Kalidasa
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Kalidasa (b) Tulsidas (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Vishnu Sharma
  11. 11.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  12. 12.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Panchatantra (d) Meghaduta
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Tulsidas
  14. 14.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) The Jungle Book (c) Tirukkural (d) the Ramayana
  16. 16.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Tamil
  19. 19.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Tulsidas (c) Lewis Carroll (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  21. 21.True or false: Valmiki wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) English
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Valmiki (c) Kalidasa (d) Ved Vyasa
  25. 25.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) The Jungle Book (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Ramayana
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Premchand (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Lewis Carroll
  27. 27.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  28. 28.True or false: Godan was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) war songs (c) maps (d) recipes
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Tamil
  32. 32.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  33. 33.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Bhima (c) Rama (d) Arjuna
  34. 34.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Valmiki (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Premchand (d) Ved Vyasa
  36. 36.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  37. 37.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  39. 39.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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