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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 566 · 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: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Kalidasa (d) Ved Vyasa
  3. 3.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  4. 4.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Lewis Carroll
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Tamil
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Valmiki (c) Premchand (d) Vishnu Sharma
  10. 10.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  14. 14.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Tirukkural (c) Godan (d) Wings of Fire
  15. 15.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Bagheera (c) Mowgli (d) Shere Khan
  16. 16.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Rama (c) Ravana (d) Krishna
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Kalidasa (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Premchand
  18. 18.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  19. 19.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  20. 20.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Godan (d) Wings of Fire
  21. 21.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Premchand (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Ved Vyasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  23. 23.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Premchand (c) Tulsidas (d) Rudyard Kipling
  26. 26.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Wings of Fire (c) The Jungle Book (d) Gitanjali
  27. 27.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Awadhi
  30. 30.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  35. 35.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) animal stories (c) war songs (d) recipes
  37. 37.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Mahabharata (d) Gitanjali
  39. 39.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali

Answer key

  1. True
  2. Thiruvalluvar
  3. 18
  4. False
  5. False
  6. Vishnu Sharma
  7. Tamil
  8. Sanskrit
  9. Valmiki
  10. True
  11. False
  12. True
  13. Sanskrit
  14. Ramcharitmanas
  15. Mowgli
  16. Krishna
  17. Kalidasa
  18. 5
  19. 18
  20. Godan
  21. False
  22. Ved Vyasa
  23. False
  24. False
  25. Lewis Carroll
  26. The Jungle Book
  27. True
  28. Sanskrit
  29. English
  30. True
  31. False
  32. True
  33. True
  34. Sanskrit
  35. False
  36. animal stories
  37. False
  38. Gitanjali
  39. False
  40. English

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