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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 772 · 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: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) recipes (c) maps (d) animal stories
  3. 3.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Valmiki (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Thiruvalluvar
  5. 5.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  6. 6.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Bhima (c) Rama (d) Arjuna
  8. 8.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Godan (b) Idgah (c) the Panchatantra (d) The Jungle Book
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Valmiki (b) Tulsidas (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Vishnu Sharma
  11. 11.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Idgah (d) Meghaduta
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  13. 13.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Ramayana (c) Meghaduta (d) Gitanjali
  14. 14.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  15. 15.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  17. 17.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Kalidasa (c) Tulsidas (d) Valmiki
  20. 20.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Valmiki (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Tulsidas
  22. 22.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) Tirukkural (d) the Mahabharata
  24. 24.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Tulsidas (c) Valmiki (d) Premchand
  26. 26.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) Hindi
  27. 27.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Baloo (c) Mowgli (d) Shere Khan
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Kalidasa (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  32. 32.True or false: Godan was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Wings of Fire (c) The Jungle Book (d) Meghaduta
  35. 35.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Meghaduta (c) Idgah (d) the Panchatantra
  36. 36.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) English
  39. 39.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Godan (d) Tirukkural
  40. 40.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. True
  2. animal stories
  3. True
  4. Vishnu Sharma
  5. 18
  6. False
  7. Rama
  8. The Jungle Book
  9. Sanskrit
  10. Rudyard Kipling
  11. Meghaduta
  12. Sanskrit
  13. Gitanjali
  14. 5
  15. True
  16. Sanskrit
  17. False
  18. 18
  19. Rabindranath Tagore
  20. False
  21. Ved Vyasa
  22. False
  23. the Mahabharata
  24. False
  25. Premchand
  26. English
  27. True
  28. False
  29. False
  30. Mowgli
  31. Thiruvalluvar
  32. False
  33. False
  34. Tirukkural
  35. Ramcharitmanas
  36. True
  37. True
  38. Bengali
  39. Alice in Wonderland
  40. True

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