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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 770 · 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: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Valmiki (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  3. 3.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Ramayana (d) Wings of Fire
  4. 4.True or false: Premchand wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Meghaduta (d) Tirukkural
  6. 6.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Wings of Fire (c) Idgah (d) the Panchatantra
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  8. 8.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  10. 10.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  11. 11.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Shere Khan (c) Bagheera (d) Mowgli
  12. 12.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  14. 14.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Valmiki (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Kalidasa
  16. 16.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Ramayana (d) Idgah
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  19. 19.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  20. 20.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) Ramcharitmanas
  21. 21.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) English
  24. 24.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Wings of Fire (c) The Jungle Book (d) Ramcharitmanas
  25. 25.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  29. 29.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  31. 31.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Rama (c) Bhima (d) Arjuna
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  34. 34.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Kalidasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Premchand
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Thiruvalluvar
  38. 38.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rudyard Kipling
  40. 40.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Ramayana (d) the Panchatantra

Answer key

  1. True
  2. Tulsidas
  3. the Ramayana
  4. False
  5. Tirukkural
  6. Wings of Fire
  7. Bengali
  8. True
  9. 18
  10. 5
  11. Mowgli
  12. the Mahabharata
  13. Awadhi
  14. True
  15. Ved Vyasa
  16. False
  17. The Jungle Book
  18. Sanskrit
  19. Hindi
  20. the Mahabharata
  21. True
  22. True
  23. Sanskrit
  24. Gitanjali
  25. False
  26. False
  27. True
  28. Sanskrit
  29. True
  30. 18
  31. False
  32. Rama
  33. Sanskrit
  34. False
  35. False
  36. Premchand
  37. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  38. True
  39. Thiruvalluvar
  40. the Panchatantra

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