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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 907 · 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: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Godan (c) Tirukkural (d) Meghaduta
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Kalidasa (d) Thiruvalluvar
  4. 4.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  6. 6.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) the Panchatantra
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Awadhi
  8. 8.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Premchand (b) Valmiki (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Tulsidas (d) Kalidasa
  11. 11.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  12. 12.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Tirukkural (c) Godan (d) Meghaduta
  13. 13.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Idgah (b) Tirukkural (c) the Panchatantra (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  16. 16.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Bhima (c) Karna (d) Rama
  17. 17.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Kalidasa (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  19. 19.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Idgah (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) Ramcharitmanas
  20. 20.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Meghaduta (c) the Mahabharata (d) Gitanjali
  22. 22.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Tirukkural (c) Gitanjali (d) Ramcharitmanas
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  24. 24.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  27. 27.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  28. 28.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Wings of Fire (c) The Jungle Book (d) the Panchatantra
  29. 29.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) The Jungle Book (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Ramayana
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Premchand (c) Tulsidas (d) Valmiki
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Tulsidas
  33. 33.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Premchand (d) Kalidasa
  35. 35.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  37. 37.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) maps (c) war songs (d) recipes
  39. 39.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit

Answer key

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

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