← Books, epics and their authors lesson New set →

Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 930 · 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: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  3. 3.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Gitanjali (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Meghaduta
  4. 4.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Hindi
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Premchand (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Valmiki
  7. 7.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Tirukkural (c) Wings of Fire (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  8. 8.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Kalidasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Tulsidas
  10. 10.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Ramayana (c) Gitanjali (d) Tirukkural
  11. 11.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Godan (c) the Mahabharata (d) The Jungle Book
  13. 13.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Panchatantra (d) Alice in Wonderland
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  15. 15.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) animal stories (c) war songs (d) maps
  16. 16.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Hanuman (c) Krishna (d) Rama
  17. 17.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  18. 18.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Arjuna (c) Rama (d) Karna
  19. 19.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Ved Vyasa
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Kalidasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  26. 26.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Tirukkural (c) Gitanjali (d) the Mahabharata
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) English
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  29. 29.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Premchand (b) Tulsidas (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Tamil (d) English
  32. 32.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  33. 33.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Valmiki (d) Premchand
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  37. 37.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Idgah (c) Gitanjali (d) Meghaduta
  39. 39.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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