← Books, epics and their authors lesson New set →

Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 236 · 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.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Panchatantra (c) Tirukkural (d) the Ramayana
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Premchand (b) Tulsidas (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Lewis Carroll
  3. 3.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Valmiki
  7. 7.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  10. 10.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  11. 11.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Rama (c) Bhima (d) Karna
  14. 14.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Krishna (c) Ravana (d) Rama
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  16. 16.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Godan (d) Meghaduta
  17. 17.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Kalidasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Tulsidas (d) Vishnu Sharma
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Valmiki (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Rudyard Kipling
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Kalidasa (d) Premchand
  21. 21.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Bagheera (c) Baloo (d) Shere Khan
  22. 22.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Valmiki (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Rudyard Kipling
  24. 24.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Meghaduta
  25. 25.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  27. 27.True or false: Godan was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Tulsidas (c) Kalidasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  29. 29.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Godan (c) Tirukkural (d) the Mahabharata
  30. 30.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Ramayana (d) Tirukkural
  31. 31.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Ramayana (c) Godan (d) Gitanjali
  32. 32.True or false: Premchand wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Valmiki (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Premchand (d) Thiruvalluvar
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Premchand (b) Valmiki (c) Tulsidas (d) Kalidasa
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  36. 36.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) the Panchatantra (c) Godan (d) Tirukkural
  38. 38.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Wings of Fire (c) The Jungle Book (d) the Panchatantra
  39. 39.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) Tamil (d) English

Answer key

  1. the Mahabharata
  2. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  3. False
  4. True
  5. Bengali
  6. Rabindranath Tagore
  7. True
  8. 18
  9. Tamil
  10. 18
  11. False
  12. False
  13. Rama
  14. Krishna
  15. Sanskrit
  16. the Mahabharata
  17. True
  18. Thiruvalluvar
  19. Ved Vyasa
  20. Premchand
  21. Mowgli
  22. True
  23. Rudyard Kipling
  24. Tirukkural
  25. True
  26. 5
  27. False
  28. Kalidasa
  29. Godan
  30. the Ramayana
  31. Gitanjali
  32. False
  33. Valmiki
  34. Kalidasa
  35. Awadhi
  36. False
  37. the Panchatantra
  38. Wings of Fire
  39. True
  40. English

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