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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 768 · 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: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Premchand (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Tulsidas
  3. 3.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Panchatantra (d) Idgah
  4. 4.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Tulsidas
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  8. 8.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Godan (d) Gitanjali
  11. 11.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Meghaduta (d) the Panchatantra
  12. 12.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Thiruvalluvar
  14. 14.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Rama (c) Arjuna (d) Bhima
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  16. 16.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) English
  19. 19.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Valmiki
  22. 22.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Mahabharata (c) Tirukkural (d) the Panchatantra
  24. 24.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) English
  26. 26.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Awadhi
  27. 27.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Idgah (c) The Jungle Book (d) Tirukkural
  29. 29.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Ravana (c) Rama (d) Krishna
  30. 30.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Premchand (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Kalidasa (d) Ved Vyasa
  32. 32.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  34. 34.True or false: Premchand wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Meghaduta (c) Wings of Fire (d) Tirukkural
  36. 36.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Wings of Fire (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Godan
  37. 37.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Shere Khan (c) Mowgli (d) Bagheera
  38. 38.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Valmiki (b) Kalidasa (c) Premchand (d) Tulsidas
  40. 40.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. True
  2. Premchand
  3. Idgah
  4. False
  5. False
  6. Vishnu Sharma
  7. Bengali
  8. False
  9. False
  10. Godan
  11. the Panchatantra
  12. 5
  13. Thiruvalluvar
  14. Rama
  15. Sanskrit
  16. False
  17. True
  18. Hindi
  19. False
  20. False
  21. Valmiki
  22. False
  23. the Mahabharata
  24. Ramcharitmanas
  25. English
  26. Awadhi
  27. True
  28. Tirukkural
  29. Krishna
  30. 18
  31. Ved Vyasa
  32. True
  33. 18
  34. False
  35. the Ramayana
  36. Alice in Wonderland
  37. Mowgli
  38. True
  39. Kalidasa
  40. False

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