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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 560 · 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.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  2. 2.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Rama (c) Arjuna (d) Karna
  3. 3.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Tirukkural (c) the Mahabharata (d) Meghaduta
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Kalidasa (b) Tulsidas (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Vishnu Sharma
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Awadhi
  6. 6.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) maps (c) recipes (d) animal stories
  7. 7.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  9. 9.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  10. 10.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Idgah (c) Gitanjali (d) the Ramayana
  11. 11.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Kalidasa (b) Valmiki (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Rudyard Kipling
  13. 13.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Valmiki (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Thiruvalluvar
  15. 15.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: Valmiki wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Premchand (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Vishnu Sharma
  18. 18.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Godan (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  19. 19.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Ramayana (c) Meghaduta (d) the Panchatantra
  22. 22.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Mahabharata (c) Tirukkural (d) the Ramayana
  23. 23.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Wings of Fire (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Tulsidas (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Rudyard Kipling
  25. 25.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  31. 31.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Tulsidas (c) Valmiki (d) Vishnu Sharma
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  34. 34.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Godan (d) Meghaduta
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Tulsidas (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Ved Vyasa
  38. 38.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Mahabharata (c) Wings of Fire (d) Idgah
  39. 39.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Tamil
  2. Rama
  3. Tirukkural
  4. Thiruvalluvar
  5. Awadhi
  6. animal stories
  7. True
  8. English
  9. 18
  10. Gitanjali
  11. False
  12. Kalidasa
  13. 5
  14. Rabindranath Tagore
  15. True
  16. False
  17. Premchand
  18. the Ramayana
  19. False
  20. False
  21. the Panchatantra
  22. the Mahabharata
  23. Alice in Wonderland
  24. Lewis Carroll
  25. False
  26. False
  27. False
  28. False
  29. True
  30. Bengali
  31. False
  32. Ved Vyasa
  33. Sanskrit
  34. False
  35. False
  36. Godan
  37. Tulsidas
  38. Idgah
  39. True
  40. False

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