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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 808 · 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.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Premchand (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Kalidasa (d) Tulsidas
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Tulsidas
  3. 3.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  6. 6.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Ramayana (d) Wings of Fire
  8. 8.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  9. 9.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Bhima (c) Arjuna (d) Rama
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Premchand (d) Lewis Carroll
  12. 12.True or false: Valmiki wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Mahabharata (d) Wings of Fire
  14. 14.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Idgah
  17. 17.True or false: Godan was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Tirukkural (c) The Jungle Book (d) Ramcharitmanas
  19. 19.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Ramayana (d) Alice in Wonderland
  21. 21.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Valmiki
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Tulsidas (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  24. 24.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Bagheera (c) Baloo (d) Mowgli
  25. 25.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  27. 27.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Godan (d) Tirukkural
  28. 28.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Wings of Fire (c) Idgah (d) Gitanjali
  30. 30.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) maps (c) war songs (d) animal stories
  32. 32.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  34. 34.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) The Jungle Book
  37. 37.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Valmiki (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Ved Vyasa
  39. 39.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Wings of Fire (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Ramcharitmanas
  40. 40.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Premchand
  2. Vishnu Sharma
  3. True
  4. False
  5. 18
  6. True
  7. the Mahabharata
  8. 5
  9. Rama
  10. Sanskrit
  11. Premchand
  12. False
  13. Wings of Fire
  14. True
  15. True
  16. the Panchatantra
  17. False
  18. Alice in Wonderland
  19. True
  20. the Ramayana
  21. False
  22. Valmiki
  23. Tulsidas
  24. Mowgli
  25. False
  26. Tamil
  27. Tirukkural
  28. False
  29. Idgah
  30. True
  31. animal stories
  32. 18
  33. Sanskrit
  34. False
  35. True
  36. The Jungle Book
  37. False
  38. Ved Vyasa
  39. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  40. True

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