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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 812 · 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: Vishnu Sharma wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  4. 4.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) The Jungle Book (d) Idgah
  5. 5.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) the Panchatantra
  6. 6.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) war songs (c) animal stories (d) recipes
  9. 9.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  11. 11.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  12. 12.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Premchand (c) Valmiki (d) Ved Vyasa
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  16. 16.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Godan (c) Tirukkural (d) the Panchatantra
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Tulsidas (d) Premchand
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Valmiki
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Tulsidas (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Tulsidas (b) Valmiki (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Kalidasa
  21. 21.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Tulsidas (b) Premchand (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Thiruvalluvar
  25. 25.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Ramayana
  26. 26.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  27. 27.True or false: Godan was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Tamil (d) English
  30. 30.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Meghaduta (d) the Ramayana
  31. 31.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Ravana (c) Rama (d) Krishna
  33. 33.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Baloo (c) Mowgli (d) Shere Khan
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  35. 35.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Idgah (b) Gitanjali (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Mahabharata
  36. 36.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Bhima (c) Rama (d) Karna
  38. 38.True or false: Godan was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. True
  2. False
  3. Vishnu Sharma
  4. Idgah
  5. the Mahabharata
  6. False
  7. True
  8. animal stories
  9. False
  10. 18
  11. 5
  12. False
  13. Sanskrit
  14. Ved Vyasa
  15. Sanskrit
  16. the Panchatantra
  17. Tulsidas
  18. Valmiki
  19. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  20. Kalidasa
  21. False
  22. True
  23. 18
  24. Premchand
  25. the Ramayana
  26. Sanskrit
  27. False
  28. False
  29. English
  30. Ramcharitmanas
  31. True
  32. Krishna
  33. Mowgli
  34. Tamil
  35. Alice in Wonderland
  36. False
  37. Rama
  38. False
  39. True
  40. True

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