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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 634 · 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: Rabindranath Tagore wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) recipes (c) maps (d) animal stories
  3. 3.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Arjuna (c) Rama (d) Bhima
  6. 6.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Premchand (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Thiruvalluvar
  10. 10.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Gitanjali (d) Alice in Wonderland
  12. 12.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  14. 14.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  19. 19.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Godan (c) Tirukkural (d) Ramcharitmanas
  20. 20.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Kalidasa
  22. 22.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  25. 25.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Mowgli (c) Shere Khan (d) Baloo
  26. 26.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) English
  29. 29.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Idgah (d) The Jungle Book
  30. 30.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Premchand (b) Valmiki (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Tulsidas
  32. 32.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Godan (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) The Jungle Book (d) Idgah
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Hindi
  34. 34.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Hanuman (c) Rama (d) Krishna
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Kalidasa (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Valmiki (d) Tulsidas
  37. 37.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  38. 38.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Ved Vyasa

Answer key

  1. False
  2. animal stories
  3. True
  4. True
  5. Rama
  6. Sanskrit
  7. Bengali
  8. Hindi
  9. Rabindranath Tagore
  10. False
  11. Gitanjali
  12. False
  13. 18
  14. True
  15. False
  16. True
  17. True
  18. 5
  19. Ramcharitmanas
  20. True
  21. Kalidasa
  22. True
  23. False
  24. 18
  25. Mowgli
  26. True
  27. False
  28. Sanskrit
  29. Idgah
  30. False
  31. Premchand
  32. The Jungle Book
  33. Sanskrit
  34. False
  35. Krishna
  36. Tulsidas
  37. English
  38. False
  39. False
  40. Lewis Carroll

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