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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 943 · 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) False (b) True
  2. 2.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Valmiki (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Vishnu Sharma
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Tulsidas (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Premchand (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  5. 5.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  6. 6.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  9. 9.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Tirukkural (c) Idgah (d) Wings of Fire
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Ved Vyasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Kalidasa (d) Premchand
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Premchand (c) Kalidasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  16. 16.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Gitanjali
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Premchand (d) Vishnu Sharma
  20. 20.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Wings of Fire (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Meghaduta
  23. 23.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Bagheera (c) Mowgli (d) Shere Khan
  24. 24.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  25. 25.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Hanuman (c) Ravana (d) Krishna
  26. 26.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) Ramcharitmanas
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Tulsidas (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Thiruvalluvar
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  29. 29.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Rama (c) Arjuna (d) Karna
  31. 31.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Panchatantra (d) Tirukkural
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Valmiki (c) Premchand (d) Tulsidas
  34. 34.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) war songs (c) animal stories (d) maps
  37. 37.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) Godan
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Bengali
  39. 39.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. True
  2. 18
  3. Valmiki
  4. Premchand
  5. 18
  6. True
  7. False
  8. Awadhi
  9. True
  10. False
  11. True
  12. Tirukkural
  13. Thiruvalluvar
  14. Kalidasa
  15. Rudyard Kipling
  16. False
  17. True
  18. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  19. Ved Vyasa
  20. False
  21. True
  22. Wings of Fire
  23. Mowgli
  24. 5
  25. Krishna
  26. Ramcharitmanas
  27. Lewis Carroll
  28. Hindi
  29. True
  30. Rama
  31. False
  32. the Ramayana
  33. Premchand
  34. False
  35. False
  36. animal stories
  37. Alice in Wonderland
  38. Sanskrit
  39. False
  40. False

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