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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 877 · 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 The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Ramayana
  3. 3.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  6. 6.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) Alice in Wonderland
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Bengali
  8. 8.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Godan (c) the Panchatantra (d) The Jungle Book
  9. 9.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Tirukkural (d) Gitanjali
  10. 10.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) Wings of Fire (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  11. 11.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Mahabharata (d) Tirukkural
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Tulsidas (b) Premchand (c) Ved Vyasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  13. 13.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  14. 14.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Gitanjali
  15. 15.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  18. 18.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Arjuna (c) Karna (d) Rama
  19. 19.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  20. 20.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Valmiki (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Thiruvalluvar
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Premchand (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Valmiki (d) Lewis Carroll
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Hindi
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Kalidasa
  25. 25.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: Premchand wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Tirukkural (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) The Jungle Book
  28. 28.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Premchand (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Kalidasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Kalidasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Premchand
  32. 32.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  35. 35.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Tulsidas (d) Thiruvalluvar
  37. 37.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  39. 39.True or false: Premchand wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) Hindi

Answer key

  1. False
  2. Wings of Fire
  3. True
  4. True
  5. 5
  6. the Ramayana
  7. Sanskrit
  8. the Panchatantra
  9. Gitanjali
  10. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  11. Tirukkural
  12. Premchand
  13. 18
  14. Ramcharitmanas
  15. False
  16. True
  17. Sanskrit
  18. Rama
  19. 18
  20. False
  21. Rudyard Kipling
  22. Lewis Carroll
  23. English
  24. Thiruvalluvar
  25. True
  26. False
  27. The Jungle Book
  28. False
  29. False
  30. Kalidasa
  31. Premchand
  32. True
  33. True
  34. Sanskrit
  35. True
  36. Rabindranath Tagore
  37. Tamil
  38. Sanskrit
  39. False
  40. Bengali

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