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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 755 · 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: Tulsidas wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Arjuna (c) Bhima (d) Rama
  3. 3.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Panchatantra (c) Gitanjali (d) the Ramayana
  4. 4.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) English
  5. 5.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Valmiki (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Thiruvalluvar
  7. 7.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Meghaduta (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Godan
  9. 9.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  10. 10.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  11. 11.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  14. 14.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Valmiki (c) Premchand (d) Rudyard Kipling
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Premchand (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  17. 17.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Premchand (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  19. 19.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Panchatantra (d) Meghaduta
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Premchand (d) Tulsidas
  21. 21.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Panchatantra (c) Idgah (d) Meghaduta
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Valmiki (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  23. 23.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Godan (c) Idgah (d) Wings of Fire
  28. 28.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Awadhi
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  31. 31.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Idgah (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Panchatantra
  32. 32.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Ramayana (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) The Jungle Book
  33. 33.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Gitanjali (c) the Mahabharata (d) Ramcharitmanas
  35. 35.True or false: Valmiki wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Ramayana (c) the Panchatantra (d) Tirukkural
  37. 37.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Ramayana (c) Godan (d) the Mahabharata
  39. 39.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) war songs (c) animal stories (d) recipes
  40. 40.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. False
  2. Rama
  3. the Ramayana
  4. English
  5. True
  6. Valmiki
  7. False
  8. Godan
  9. 18
  10. 5
  11. True
  12. Sanskrit
  13. Sanskrit
  14. 18
  15. Rudyard Kipling
  16. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  17. True
  18. Premchand
  19. Ramcharitmanas
  20. Premchand
  21. the Panchatantra
  22. Rabindranath Tagore
  23. True
  24. True
  25. False
  26. True
  27. Wings of Fire
  28. False
  29. English
  30. Bengali
  31. Idgah
  32. The Jungle Book
  33. True
  34. Gitanjali
  35. False
  36. the Mahabharata
  37. False
  38. the Mahabharata
  39. animal stories
  40. False

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