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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 830 · 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.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  4. 4.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) the Panchatantra
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Kalidasa (b) Tulsidas (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Valmiki
  7. 7.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Tirukkural (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Alice in Wonderland
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Kalidasa (b) Valmiki (c) Ved Vyasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  9. 9.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Rudyard Kipling
  11. 11.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  12. 12.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Tulsidas (d) Lewis Carroll
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Kalidasa (c) Premchand (d) Thiruvalluvar
  15. 15.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Krishna (c) Hanuman (d) Rama
  16. 16.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Godan (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Mahabharata
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Tulsidas (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Ved Vyasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Valmiki (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Thiruvalluvar
  19. 19.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Kalidasa
  21. 21.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Ramayana (c) the Mahabharata (d) Meghaduta
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Lewis Carroll (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Valmiki
  23. 23.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Panchatantra (c) Meghaduta (d) the Ramayana
  24. 24.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  25. 25.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  26. 26.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  28. 28.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Tirukkural (d) The Jungle Book
  29. 29.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Bagheera (c) Baloo (d) Mowgli
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Premchand
  31. 31.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: Godan was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) maps (c) animal stories (d) recipes
  39. 39.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Godan (c) The Jungle Book (d) Meghaduta
  40. 40.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. True
  2. False
  3. Sanskrit
  4. False
  5. the Mahabharata
  6. Valmiki
  7. Tirukkural
  8. Kalidasa
  9. False
  10. Tulsidas
  11. 5
  12. False
  13. Rudyard Kipling
  14. Premchand
  15. Krishna
  16. Wings of Fire
  17. Ved Vyasa
  18. Thiruvalluvar
  19. English
  20. Vishnu Sharma
  21. the Mahabharata
  22. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  23. Meghaduta
  24. 18
  25. 18
  26. False
  27. Sanskrit
  28. Gitanjali
  29. Mowgli
  30. Lewis Carroll
  31. False
  32. True
  33. False
  34. True
  35. False
  36. False
  37. True
  38. animal stories
  39. The Jungle Book
  40. False

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