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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 532 · 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 the Panchatantra first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  3. 3.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Godan (c) the Mahabharata (d) Tirukkural
  4. 4.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  5. 5.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) recipes (c) war songs (d) animal stories
  6. 6.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: Godan was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Valmiki (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  9. 9.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Hindi
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Premchand (d) Lewis Carroll
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Valmiki
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  14. 14.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: Valmiki wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Valmiki (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Premchand
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  19. 19.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  21. 21.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) Tirukkural (d) the Mahabharata
  23. 23.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) The Jungle Book (c) Meghaduta (d) Idgah
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Tulsidas
  25. 25.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  27. 27.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Premchand
  29. 29.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Idgah (b) the Ramayana (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Godan
  31. 31.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Hanuman (c) Ravana (d) Rama
  32. 32.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) the Ramayana (d) The Jungle Book
  35. 35.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  40. 40.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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