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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 754 · 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: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Rama (c) Karna (d) Bhima
  5. 5.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  7. 7.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) the Ramayana (d) Ramcharitmanas
  8. 8.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) Wings of Fire
  9. 9.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Kalidasa (d) Lewis Carroll
  11. 11.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) English
  12. 12.True or false: Kalidasa wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Lewis Carroll (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Ved Vyasa
  14. 14.True or false: Godan was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  16. 16.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Tirukkural (c) Godan (d) Ramcharitmanas
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Premchand (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Valmiki
  20. 20.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  21. 21.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) animal stories (c) war songs (d) maps
  22. 22.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  24. 24.True or false: Godan was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Gitanjali (c) Idgah (d) the Mahabharata
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Valmiki (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Lewis Carroll
  27. 27.True or false: Valmiki wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Tulsidas
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Premchand (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Valmiki (d) Tulsidas
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) English
  31. 31.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Tirukkural (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Ramayana
  32. 32.True or false: Premchand wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Panchatantra (c) Tirukkural (d) the Ramayana
  34. 34.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Valmiki
  37. 37.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Godan (b) Gitanjali (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Tirukkural
  38. 38.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Tulsidas (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Kalidasa
  40. 40.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Ravana (c) Rama (d) Krishna

Answer key

  1. True
  2. True
  3. False
  4. Rama
  5. True
  6. English
  7. the Ramayana
  8. Wings of Fire
  9. 18
  10. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  11. Hindi
  12. False
  13. Lewis Carroll
  14. False
  15. Bengali
  16. True
  17. False
  18. Tirukkural
  19. Valmiki
  20. 18
  21. animal stories
  22. False
  23. 5
  24. False
  25. Gitanjali
  26. Ved Vyasa
  27. False
  28. Thiruvalluvar
  29. Premchand
  30. Tamil
  31. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  32. False
  33. Alice in Wonderland
  34. False
  35. True
  36. Rabindranath Tagore
  37. Ramcharitmanas
  38. False
  39. Kalidasa
  40. Krishna

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