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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 773 · 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: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Valmiki (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Tulsidas
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Valmiki (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Tulsidas (d) Kalidasa
  4. 4.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Gitanjali (c) Idgah (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  7. 7.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  8. 8.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  9. 9.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  14. 14.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Idgah (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Meghaduta (d) Gitanjali
  16. 16.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Idgah (c) The Jungle Book (d) Alice in Wonderland
  17. 17.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  19. 19.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Idgah (d) Godan
  21. 21.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Godan (c) Tirukkural (d) the Mahabharata
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Kalidasa (c) Valmiki (d) Premchand
  23. 23.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Hindi
  25. 25.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Krishna (c) Rama (d) Hanuman
  28. 28.True or false: Premchand wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) animal stories (c) war songs (d) maps
  30. 30.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Panchatantra (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Ramayana
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Premchand (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Premchand (b) Kalidasa (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Lewis Carroll
  33. 33.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Wings of Fire (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Meghaduta
  35. 35.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Kalidasa (d) Ved Vyasa
  37. 37.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  39. 39.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Kalidasa (d) Vishnu Sharma

Answer key

  1. True
  2. Tulsidas
  3. Kalidasa
  4. False
  5. True
  6. Tirukkural
  7. 18
  8. 18
  9. True
  10. False
  11. False
  12. True
  13. the Mahabharata
  14. True
  15. Gitanjali
  16. Alice in Wonderland
  17. Sanskrit
  18. Sanskrit
  19. False
  20. Wings of Fire
  21. the Mahabharata
  22. Kalidasa
  23. True
  24. Hindi
  25. True
  26. False
  27. Krishna
  28. False
  29. animal stories
  30. the Panchatantra
  31. Lewis Carroll
  32. Premchand
  33. False
  34. Ramcharitmanas
  35. False
  36. Rabindranath Tagore
  37. False
  38. English
  39. False
  40. Vishnu Sharma

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