← Books, epics and their authors lesson New set →

Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 297 · 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.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  2. 2.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Arjuna (c) Bhima (d) Rama
  3. 3.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Mahabharata (c) Tirukkural (d) the Panchatantra
  4. 4.True or false: Kalidasa wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  6. 6.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Godan (b) The Jungle Book (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Tirukkural
  7. 7.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Krishna (c) Ravana (d) Rama
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  10. 10.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  12. 12.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  14. 14.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Mowgli (c) Bagheera (d) Baloo
  15. 15.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Idgah (b) the Ramayana (c) Meghaduta (d) the Mahabharata
  16. 16.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  20. 20.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Bengali
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  23. 23.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Wings of Fire (c) Tirukkural (d) Godan
  25. 25.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Idgah (b) the Ramayana (c) Gitanjali (d) Meghaduta
  29. 29.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Tirukkural (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Panchatantra
  30. 30.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Kalidasa (c) Tulsidas (d) Premchand
  32. 32.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Mahabharata
  34. 34.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Tulsidas (b) Valmiki (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Premchand
  37. 37.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) recipes (c) maps (d) animal stories
  40. 40.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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