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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 79 · 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) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Valmiki (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Thiruvalluvar
  4. 4.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  6. 6.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Tirukkural (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Ramayana
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) English
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) English
  10. 10.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Bhima (c) Rama (d) Arjuna
  11. 11.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) English
  14. 14.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  17. 17.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) Tirukkural (d) the Mahabharata
  18. 18.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) The Jungle Book (d) Alice in Wonderland
  19. 19.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Idgah (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) The Jungle Book (d) the Mahabharata
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Tulsidas (b) Valmiki (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Kalidasa
  22. 22.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) English
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Valmiki (b) Tulsidas (c) Kalidasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  25. 25.True or false: Godan was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  27. 27.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  28. 28.True or false: Kalidasa wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  31. 31.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Gitanjali (c) the Ramayana (d) the Panchatantra
  32. 32.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Premchand (c) Kalidasa (d) Tulsidas
  34. 34.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Valmiki (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Kalidasa
  36. 36.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Gitanjali (c) the Mahabharata (d) Tirukkural
  37. 37.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Ramayana (c) Tirukkural (d) Ramcharitmanas
  38. 38.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  39. 39.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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