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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 655 · 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: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Bhima (c) Rama (d) Arjuna
  4. 4.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Bengali
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Valmiki (b) Tulsidas (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Thiruvalluvar
  7. 7.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Premchand (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Valmiki (d) Lewis Carroll
  9. 9.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Gitanjali (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Idgah
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Kalidasa (c) Valmiki (d) Thiruvalluvar
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) English
  13. 13.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  15. 15.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  16. 16.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Valmiki (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Rudyard Kipling
  18. 18.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Gitanjali (c) the Mahabharata (d) Godan
  22. 22.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) the Ramayana (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Gitanjali
  23. 23.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Valmiki (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  25. 25.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Ramayana (d) Tirukkural
  27. 27.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Godan (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Tirukkural
  28. 28.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Valmiki (d) Vishnu Sharma
  30. 30.True or false: Godan was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Ravana (c) Hanuman (d) Krishna
  32. 32.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) animal stories (c) war songs (d) maps
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) English
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  35. 35.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Ramayana (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Ramcharitmanas
  36. 36.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Tulsidas (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Kalidasa (d) Premchand
  39. 39.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Wings of Fire (c) Tirukkural (d) the Ramayana
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Premchand (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Rabindranath Tagore

Answer key

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

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