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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 88 · 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.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  2. 2.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Gitanjali (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Premchand (d) Thiruvalluvar
  5. 5.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Panchatantra (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Tirukkural
  6. 6.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) English
  9. 9.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Gitanjali (c) Idgah (d) Ramcharitmanas
  11. 11.True or false: Valmiki wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  13. 13.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: Godan was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Arjuna (c) Karna (d) Rama
  17. 17.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Premchand (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Tulsidas
  19. 19.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Mahabharata (d) The Jungle Book
  22. 22.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Premchand (d) Kalidasa
  24. 24.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  26. 26.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Premchand (d) Kalidasa
  28. 28.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) Tirukkural (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Mahabharata
  29. 29.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) recipes (c) animal stories (d) maps
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Premchand (c) Kalidasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  32. 32.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  34. 34.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Rama (c) Krishna (d) Hanuman
  35. 35.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Premchand (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Kalidasa
  37. 37.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Mowgli (c) Bagheera (d) Shere Khan
  38. 38.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. 5
  2. Ramcharitmanas
  3. Awadhi
  4. Ved Vyasa
  5. Tirukkural
  6. True
  7. False
  8. English
  9. True
  10. Gitanjali
  11. False
  12. Hindi
  13. False
  14. False
  15. True
  16. Rama
  17. False
  18. Thiruvalluvar
  19. True
  20. False
  21. Meghaduta
  22. False
  23. Premchand
  24. False
  25. 18
  26. True
  27. Kalidasa
  28. the Mahabharata
  29. animal stories
  30. Sanskrit
  31. Premchand
  32. False
  33. 18
  34. Krishna
  35. False
  36. Kalidasa
  37. Mowgli
  38. True
  39. False
  40. False

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