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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 601 · 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: Kalidasa wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  3. 3.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Mahabharata (d) Idgah
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Valmiki (d) Tulsidas
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  9. 9.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Panchatantra (c) Wings of Fire (d) Alice in Wonderland
  10. 10.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  12. 12.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Mahabharata (c) Tirukkural (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  13. 13.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Valmiki (c) Premchand (d) Tulsidas
  15. 15.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) recipes (c) maps (d) animal stories
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Tamil
  17. 17.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Lewis Carroll
  19. 19.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Awadhi
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Tulsidas (c) Premchand (d) Kalidasa
  21. 21.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Panchatantra (c) Tirukkural (d) Idgah
  23. 23.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  25. 25.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Arjuna (c) Rama (d) Karna
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Kalidasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Valmiki (d) Premchand
  27. 27.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) the Panchatantra
  29. 29.True or false: Premchand wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Godan (c) the Ramayana (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  31. 31.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Idgah (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Godan
  32. 32.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Tamil
  35. 35.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Kalidasa (d) Valmiki
  39. 39.True or false: Premchand wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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