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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 668 · 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.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Panchatantra (d) Idgah
  2. 2.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) Godan
  6. 6.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  9. 9.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Godan (c) Wings of Fire (d) The Jungle Book
  10. 10.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Rama (c) Ravana (d) Krishna
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Premchand (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  13. 13.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Bhima (c) Rama (d) Arjuna
  14. 14.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) Tirukkural (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Mahabharata
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Premchand
  16. 16.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  17. 17.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  18. 18.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Premchand (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Thiruvalluvar
  20. 20.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) the Ramayana (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Meghaduta
  21. 21.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: Godan was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Mahabharata (c) Meghaduta (d) Godan
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Hindi
  26. 26.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Premchand (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Thiruvalluvar
  31. 31.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Premchand (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Valmiki (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  33. 33.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Tirukkural (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Mahabharata
  34. 34.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Kalidasa (b) Valmiki (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Tulsidas
  36. 36.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  37. 37.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Tulsidas (c) Kalidasa (d) Thiruvalluvar
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  40. 40.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Gitanjali (c) Tirukkural (d) Wings of Fire

Answer key

  1. the Panchatantra
  2. False
  3. True
  4. False
  5. the Ramayana
  6. True
  7. True
  8. Tamil
  9. Godan
  10. True
  11. Krishna
  12. Rabindranath Tagore
  13. Rama
  14. the Mahabharata
  15. Premchand
  16. 5
  17. Sanskrit
  18. 18
  19. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  20. Alice in Wonderland
  21. False
  22. False
  23. False
  24. Meghaduta
  25. Awadhi
  26. True
  27. True
  28. False
  29. False
  30. Thiruvalluvar
  31. True
  32. Valmiki
  33. the Mahabharata
  34. True
  35. Rudyard Kipling
  36. 18
  37. True
  38. Kalidasa
  39. Sanskrit
  40. Wings of Fire

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