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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 866 · 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: the Ramayana was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Tulsidas (d) Premchand
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Ved Vyasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Premchand
  6. 6.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Godan (c) Tirukkural (d) Alice in Wonderland
  7. 7.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Tirukkural (c) Meghaduta (d) the Panchatantra
  8. 8.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  9. 9.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  11. 11.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Rama (c) Bhima (d) Arjuna
  12. 12.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Hanuman (c) Ravana (d) Krishna
  13. 13.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Meghaduta (c) Idgah (d) Ramcharitmanas
  15. 15.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Ramayana (d) Tirukkural
  16. 16.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) maps (c) war songs (d) animal stories
  17. 17.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Wings of Fire (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Ramayana
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  19. 19.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Tulsidas (c) Valmiki (d) Ved Vyasa
  21. 21.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Tulsidas (b) Valmiki (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Kalidasa
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  25. 25.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  27. 27.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Valmiki (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Kalidasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  29. 29.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Idgah (c) The Jungle Book (d) the Mahabharata
  30. 30.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Shere Khan (c) Mowgli (d) Baloo
  31. 31.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Godan (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Idgah
  32. 32.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Idgah (d) Meghaduta
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Tulsidas
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Bengali
  35. 35.True or false: Premchand wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Idgah (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Mahabharata (d) Meghaduta
  37. 37.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Idgah (d) Tirukkural
  39. 39.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in English. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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