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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 925 · 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.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  2. 2.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Premchand (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Kalidasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  4. 4.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  6. 6.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Karna (c) Arjuna (d) Rama
  7. 7.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Valmiki (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Premchand
  9. 9.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Premchand (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Tulsidas
  11. 11.True or false: Godan was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Kalidasa (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Vishnu Sharma
  13. 13.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Mahabharata (c) Meghaduta (d) Godan
  14. 14.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) the Panchatantra (d) Alice in Wonderland
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) English
  16. 16.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Mahabharata (c) Tirukkural (d) the Ramayana
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Premchand (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  19. 19.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Idgah (d) the Panchatantra
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Valmiki (d) Tulsidas
  21. 21.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Valmiki (c) Kalidasa (d) Tulsidas
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  26. 26.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) Hindi
  28. 28.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Valmiki (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Kalidasa
  30. 30.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Bagheera (c) Shere Khan (d) Mowgli
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Premchand (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Thiruvalluvar
  32. 32.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Ramayana (c) Tirukkural (d) Godan
  35. 35.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) The Jungle Book (c) Gitanjali (d) the Ramayana
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  37. 37.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Ramayana (c) Godan (d) Tirukkural
  38. 38.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Awadhi
  2. True
  3. Kalidasa
  4. False
  5. 5
  6. Rama
  7. 18
  8. Rudyard Kipling
  9. False
  10. Tulsidas
  11. False
  12. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  13. Meghaduta
  14. the Panchatantra
  15. Bengali
  16. False
  17. the Mahabharata
  18. Thiruvalluvar
  19. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  20. Valmiki
  21. False
  22. 18
  23. Sanskrit
  24. Lewis Carroll
  25. Ved Vyasa
  26. False
  27. Hindi
  28. False
  29. Rabindranath Tagore
  30. Mowgli
  31. Premchand
  32. False
  33. False
  34. Tirukkural
  35. The Jungle Book
  36. Tamil
  37. Godan
  38. True
  39. True
  40. True

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