← Books, epics and their authors lesson New set →

Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 967 · 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 is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Karna (c) Bhima (d) Rama
  2. 2.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  3. 3.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  4. 4.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Godan (b) the Ramayana (c) Idgah (d) Ramcharitmanas
  5. 5.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: Kalidasa wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  8. 8.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Gitanjali (d) Tirukkural
  9. 9.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Tulsidas (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Premchand
  11. 11.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  12. 12.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  13. 13.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Rama (c) Ravana (d) Krishna
  17. 17.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Wings of Fire (c) Meghaduta (d) Tirukkural
  18. 18.True or false: Godan was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Gitanjali (b) The Jungle Book (c) Idgah (d) Ramcharitmanas
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Tulsidas (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Premchand
  21. 21.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Wings of Fire (d) Meghaduta
  24. 24.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Tulsidas (d) Kalidasa
  28. 28.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Ramayana (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Kalidasa (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Tulsidas (d) Premchand
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Premchand (c) Tulsidas (d) Kalidasa
  32. 32.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Tulsidas (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  35. 35.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Meghaduta (c) Godan (d) the Mahabharata
  37. 37.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Panchatantra (c) Tirukkural (d) Gitanjali
  38. 38.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Tulsidas (d) Kalidasa
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Sanskrit

Answer key

  1. Rama
  2. 18
  3. 18
  4. the Ramayana
  5. True
  6. False
  7. Sanskrit
  8. Gitanjali
  9. False
  10. Premchand
  11. Bengali
  12. the Panchatantra
  13. False
  14. False
  15. True
  16. Krishna
  17. Wings of Fire
  18. False
  19. Ramcharitmanas
  20. Thiruvalluvar
  21. False
  22. False
  23. Alice in Wonderland
  24. True
  25. True
  26. True
  27. Kalidasa
  28. False
  29. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  30. Kalidasa
  31. Premchand
  32. True
  33. Rabindranath Tagore
  34. Hindi
  35. False
  36. Tirukkural
  37. The Jungle Book
  38. True
  39. Tulsidas
  40. English

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