← Books, epics and their authors lesson New set →

Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 165 · 40 questions
TalentJR

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.

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

Answer key

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

Free gk lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/gk-worksheets