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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 955 · 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: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  4. 4.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  5. 5.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Valmiki (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Tulsidas
  7. 7.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  10. 10.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Awadhi
  12. 12.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Rama (c) Karna (d) Arjuna
  13. 13.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Idgah (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Ramayana (d) the Mahabharata
  14. 14.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Tulsidas
  16. 16.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) maps (c) war songs (d) animal stories
  17. 17.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Panchatantra (d) Tirukkural
  18. 18.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Krishna (c) Hanuman (d) Rama
  19. 19.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Valmiki (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Kalidasa (d) Tulsidas
  21. 21.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Mahabharata (d) Meghaduta
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Tulsidas (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Ved Vyasa
  25. 25.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Mowgli (c) Shere Khan (d) Bagheera
  26. 26.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  27. 27.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Panchatantra (c) Tirukkural (d) the Ramayana
  28. 28.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Valmiki (c) Kalidasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Valmiki
  33. 33.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Tirukkural (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Mahabharata
  35. 35.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  37. 37.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) the Ramayana (d) Gitanjali
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Valmiki (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Premchand
  39. 39.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Ramayana (d) Meghaduta
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) Tamil (d) English

Answer key

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

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