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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 962 · 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: the Ramayana was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  5. 5.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Valmiki (b) Ved Vyasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Thiruvalluvar
  7. 7.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Meghaduta (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  8. 8.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Godan (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Panchatantra
  10. 10.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Rama (c) Karna (d) Arjuna
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) English
  14. 14.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Ramayana (c) the Mahabharata (d) Ramcharitmanas
  15. 15.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Shere Khan (c) Mowgli (d) Bagheera
  16. 16.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  19. 19.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Panchatantra (c) Meghaduta (d) Tirukkural
  20. 20.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Gitanjali (c) the Panchatantra (d) Idgah
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Kalidasa (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Ved Vyasa
  23. 23.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  26. 26.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Premchand (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Tulsidas
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) English
  29. 29.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Godan (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Panchatantra
  31. 31.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) animal stories (c) war songs (d) maps
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  34. 34.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  35. 35.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Panchatantra (c) Wings of Fire (d) Meghaduta
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  37. 37.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Tirukkural (c) Idgah (d) Wings of Fire
  38. 38.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Idgah (b) the Mahabharata (c) Meghaduta (d) Gitanjali
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Tulsidas (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Valmiki

Answer key

  1. False
  2. True
  3. False
  4. Hindi
  5. True
  6. Thiruvalluvar
  7. the Ramayana
  8. False
  9. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  10. False
  11. Rama
  12. Sanskrit
  13. English
  14. Ramcharitmanas
  15. Mowgli
  16. True
  17. Sanskrit
  18. English
  19. Tirukkural
  20. True
  21. Idgah
  22. Kalidasa
  23. False
  24. False
  25. 18
  26. True
  27. Vishnu Sharma
  28. Sanskrit
  29. False
  30. Godan
  31. False
  32. animal stories
  33. Tulsidas
  34. 5
  35. Wings of Fire
  36. Sanskrit
  37. Meghaduta
  38. False
  39. Gitanjali
  40. Rabindranath Tagore

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