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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 800 · 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: Kalidasa wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  3. 3.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) maps (c) recipes (d) war songs
  4. 4.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Godan (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  7. 7.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Idgah (b) Meghaduta (c) Godan (d) Wings of Fire
  8. 8.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  9. 9.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Mahabharata (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Wings of Fire
  12. 12.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  13. 13.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Baloo (c) Bagheera (d) Mowgli
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  15. 15.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) The Jungle Book (c) Meghaduta (d) Gitanjali
  16. 16.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Premchand (c) Tulsidas (d) Ved Vyasa
  18. 18.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Krishna (c) Hanuman (d) Rama
  19. 19.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Tulsidas (c) Premchand (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  21. 21.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Mahabharata
  23. 23.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Wings of Fire (c) Tirukkural (d) The Jungle Book
  24. 24.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  26. 26.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Rama (c) Bhima (d) Karna
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Valmiki (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Tulsidas (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  28. 28.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: Premchand wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Kalidasa
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Kalidasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  36. 36.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) the Mahabharata (d) Tirukkural
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  40. 40.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. False
  2. 5
  3. animal stories
  4. True
  5. False
  6. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  7. Wings of Fire
  8. 18
  9. False
  10. True
  11. Ramcharitmanas
  12. 18
  13. Mowgli
  14. Hindi
  15. Meghaduta
  16. True
  17. Tulsidas
  18. Krishna
  19. True
  20. Premchand
  21. True
  22. the Mahabharata
  23. Tirukkural
  24. False
  25. Sanskrit
  26. Rama
  27. Rabindranath Tagore
  28. False
  29. False
  30. True
  31. False
  32. False
  33. False
  34. Ved Vyasa
  35. Thiruvalluvar
  36. False
  37. False
  38. the Mahabharata
  39. Bengali
  40. True

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