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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 568 · 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: Meghaduta was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Tulsidas (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Premchand
  3. 3.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  4. 4.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) animal stories (c) maps (d) war songs
  5. 5.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Rama (c) Hanuman (d) Krishna
  6. 6.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  7. 7.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Mahabharata (c) Wings of Fire (d) Tirukkural
  8. 8.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  10. 10.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Kalidasa (b) Tulsidas (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Valmiki
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Kalidasa (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Tulsidas
  13. 13.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: Kalidasa wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  16. 16.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) The Jungle Book (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Ramayana
  19. 19.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  20. 20.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Idgah (c) Gitanjali (d) Tirukkural
  22. 22.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  23. 23.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Tirukkural (c) the Panchatantra (d) Ramcharitmanas
  24. 24.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Kalidasa (d) Valmiki
  28. 28.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Idgah (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Ramayana
  29. 29.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Godan (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) the Mahabharata (d) Tirukkural
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Tulsidas (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Premchand
  33. 33.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Bhima (c) Karna (d) Arjuna
  34. 34.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  38. 38.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) Alice in Wonderland
  40. 40.True or false: Godan was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. False
  2. Premchand
  3. the Panchatantra
  4. animal stories
  5. Krishna
  6. 5
  7. the Mahabharata
  8. False
  9. Hindi
  10. False
  11. Tulsidas
  12. Kalidasa
  13. False
  14. False
  15. Sanskrit
  16. True
  17. True
  18. the Ramayana
  19. 18
  20. True
  21. Meghaduta
  22. 18
  23. Ramcharitmanas
  24. True
  25. True
  26. Bengali
  27. Valmiki
  28. Idgah
  29. True
  30. True
  31. Tirukkural
  32. Thiruvalluvar
  33. Rama
  34. False
  35. True
  36. True
  37. Sanskrit
  38. False
  39. Alice in Wonderland
  40. False

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