← Books, epics and their authors lesson New set →

Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 274 · 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.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Kalidasa (c) Premchand (d) Vishnu Sharma
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  4. 4.True or false: Godan was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Bagheera (c) Mowgli (d) Baloo
  6. 6.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) English
  7. 7.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Rama (c) Arjuna (d) Bhima
  12. 12.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: Kalidasa wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Awadhi
  15. 15.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Gitanjali (c) The Jungle Book (d) the Panchatantra
  16. 16.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Gitanjali (c) the Ramayana (d) the Panchatantra
  18. 18.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  19. 19.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  20. 20.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Valmiki (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Tulsidas (d) Thiruvalluvar
  22. 22.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Idgah (c) the Ramayana (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  23. 23.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Ramayana (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Mahabharata
  24. 24.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Tulsidas (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Premchand (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  26. 26.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Ravana (c) Rama (d) Krishna
  28. 28.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  30. 30.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Valmiki (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  33. 33.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Tulsidas (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  35. 35.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) maps (c) recipes (d) animal stories
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Bengali
  39. 39.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. True
  2. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  3. Sanskrit
  4. False
  5. Mowgli
  6. Sanskrit
  7. False
  8. False
  9. False
  10. False
  11. Rama
  12. True
  13. False
  14. English
  15. the Mahabharata
  16. True
  17. the Ramayana
  18. 18
  19. English
  20. False
  21. Tulsidas
  22. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  23. the Mahabharata
  24. True
  25. Premchand
  26. False
  27. Krishna
  28. True
  29. 5
  30. False
  31. True
  32. Rabindranath Tagore
  33. 18
  34. Rudyard Kipling
  35. True
  36. True
  37. animal stories
  38. English
  39. False
  40. False

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