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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 986 · 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.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Kalidasa (d) Tulsidas
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Awadhi
  3. 3.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Tulsidas (d) Kalidasa
  5. 5.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  6. 6.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Idgah (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Ramayana (d) Wings of Fire
  7. 7.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Meghaduta (c) the Ramayana (d) Idgah
  9. 9.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Bhima (c) Karna (d) Rama
  12. 12.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Shere Khan (c) Bagheera (d) Mowgli
  13. 13.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Ramayana
  16. 16.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Ravana (c) Krishna (d) Hanuman
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Tulsidas (c) Kalidasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  18. 18.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Mahabharata (c) Tirukkural (d) the Ramayana
  21. 21.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Idgah (c) the Ramayana (d) Tirukkural
  22. 22.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  23. 23.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) Bengali
  28. 28.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Godan (b) Gitanjali (c) The Jungle Book (d) Tirukkural
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) English
  30. 30.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  32. 32.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Tirukkural (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Ramayana
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Premchand (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Kalidasa (d) Valmiki
  34. 34.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Tirukkural (b) The Jungle Book (c) Idgah (d) Alice in Wonderland
  35. 35.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) recipes (c) war songs (d) animal stories
  37. 37.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Ramayana (d) the Panchatantra
  38. 38.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Bengali

Answer key

  1. Tulsidas
  2. Tamil
  3. True
  4. Thiruvalluvar
  5. 18
  6. Wings of Fire
  7. False
  8. the Mahabharata
  9. True
  10. False
  11. Rama
  12. Mowgli
  13. True
  14. True
  15. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  16. Krishna
  17. Vishnu Sharma
  18. True
  19. False
  20. the Mahabharata
  21. Idgah
  22. 5
  23. False
  24. False
  25. True
  26. True
  27. Awadhi
  28. Godan
  29. English
  30. True
  31. Sanskrit
  32. the Panchatantra
  33. Valmiki
  34. The Jungle Book
  35. True
  36. animal stories
  37. Ramcharitmanas
  38. False
  39. 18
  40. Bengali

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