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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 97 · 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.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) The Jungle Book (c) Gitanjali (d) Tirukkural
  2. 2.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Tulsidas (d) Lewis Carroll
  4. 4.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Ramayana (d) Tirukkural
  5. 5.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Mahabharata (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Tirukkural
  6. 6.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Valmiki (c) Premchand (d) Tulsidas
  8. 8.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) animal stories (c) war songs (d) recipes
  9. 9.True or false: Godan was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Rama (c) Hanuman (d) Krishna
  11. 11.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  13. 13.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Idgah (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Ramayana
  15. 15.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Awadhi
  19. 19.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Godan
  20. 20.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Mahabharata (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Meghaduta
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Tulsidas (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Premchand
  23. 23.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  24. 24.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Bhima (c) Rama (d) Arjuna
  25. 25.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: Valmiki wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: Premchand wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Godan (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Ramayana
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  33. 33.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Tulsidas (c) Premchand (d) Valmiki
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Kalidasa
  38. 38.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Gitanjali
  2. True
  3. Tulsidas
  4. the Mahabharata
  5. Tirukkural
  6. Sanskrit
  7. Premchand
  8. animal stories
  9. False
  10. Krishna
  11. False
  12. Tamil
  13. True
  14. the Ramayana
  15. False
  16. False
  17. 18
  18. English
  19. Ramcharitmanas
  20. True
  21. Alice in Wonderland
  22. Premchand
  23. the Panchatantra
  24. Rama
  25. True
  26. True
  27. False
  28. False
  29. False
  30. False
  31. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  32. Vishnu Sharma
  33. True
  34. True
  35. False
  36. Valmiki
  37. Kalidasa
  38. False
  39. False
  40. False

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