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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 969 · 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.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) animal stories (c) maps (d) recipes
  2. 2.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  4. 4.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) Tirukkural (d) Meghaduta
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Premchand (c) Valmiki (d) Lewis Carroll
  6. 6.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Kalidasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  8. 8.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Kalidasa
  10. 10.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  11. 11.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Tulsidas (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  14. 14.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Meghaduta (d) the Mahabharata
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  16. 16.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Mahabharata (c) Wings of Fire (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  17. 17.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Arjuna (c) Karna (d) Rama
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Kalidasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Valmiki (d) Vishnu Sharma
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  22. 22.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Vishnu Sharma
  24. 24.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Idgah (c) Gitanjali (d) Alice in Wonderland
  26. 26.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Premchand
  28. 28.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Idgah (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Panchatantra
  29. 29.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  31. 31.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Gitanjali (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Panchatantra
  32. 32.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Kalidasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Premchand
  35. 35.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: Kalidasa wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Hindi
  39. 39.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. animal stories
  2. False
  3. 5
  4. Tirukkural
  5. Lewis Carroll
  6. False
  7. Vishnu Sharma
  8. True
  9. Rudyard Kipling
  10. 18
  11. False
  12. False
  13. Tulsidas
  14. Ramcharitmanas
  15. Sanskrit
  16. the Mahabharata
  17. True
  18. Rama
  19. Kalidasa
  20. Valmiki
  21. Ved Vyasa
  22. True
  23. Rabindranath Tagore
  24. False
  25. Gitanjali
  26. False
  27. Thiruvalluvar
  28. Idgah
  29. False
  30. Awadhi
  31. the Ramayana
  32. 18
  33. Sanskrit
  34. Kalidasa
  35. True
  36. False
  37. False
  38. English
  39. True
  40. False

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