diff --git a/tests/core/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/core/CMakeLists.txt
index 67efb6494..595b70f93 100644
--- a/tests/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 find_package(Qt5 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Test)
 
 include_directories(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR} "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src/core/")
 
 set(CORE_TEST_LIBRARIES
     gcompris_core
     Qt5::Core
     Qt5::Test
 )
 
 ecm_add_tests(ActivityInfoTest.cpp
               ApplicationSettingsTest.cpp
               DirectoryTest.cpp
+              FileTest.cpp
               # add new test file here
               NAME_PREFIX Core
               LINK_LIBRARIES ${CORE_TEST_LIBRARIES})
diff --git a/tests/core/FileTest.cpp b/tests/core/FileTest.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1d7aed82f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/core/FileTest.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/* GCompris - FileTest.cpp
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 Himanshu Vishwakarma <himvish997@gmail.com>
+ * GCompris  (C) 2018 GCompris Developers  <gcompris-devel@kde.org>
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *   Himanshu Vishwakarma <himvish997@gmail.com>
+ *
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ *   (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *   GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *   along with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+/* This file is used for the unit tests */
+
+#include <QtTest>
+#include <QObject>
+
+#include "src/core/File.h"
+
+class CoreFileTest : public QObject
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+private slots:
+    void FileTest();
+    void ReadWriteTest();
+};
+
+void CoreFileTest::FileTest()
+{
+    File file;
+    QSignalSpy spyName(&file, &File::nameChanged);
+
+    QVERIFY(spyName.count() == 0);
+
+    QString name = QStringLiteral("./dummy_test_files.txt");
+    file.setName(name);
+    QVERIFY(File::exists(name));
+    QVERIFY(File::mkpath(QStringLiteral("./make/dummy/path")));
+    QVERIFY(spyName.count() == 1);
+    QCOMPARE(file.write(QStringLiteral("How are you??")), true);
+    QCOMPARE(file.read(), QStringLiteral("How are you??"));
+}
+
+void CoreFileTest::ReadWriteTest()
+{
+    File file;
+
+    QString fileContaint = QStringLiteral("this is going to test the class File in the core");
+    QSignalSpy spyError(&file, &File::error);
+    QVERIFY(spyError.count() == 0);
+    // File object does not having file name
+    QVERIFY(!file.write(fileContaint));
+    QVERIFY(spyError.count() == 1);
+    QVERIFY(file.write(fileContaint, "./dummy_test_files.txt"));
+    QCOMPARE(file.read(), fileContaint);
+    QVERIFY(file.exists("./dummy_test_files.txt"));
+
+}
+
+QTEST_MAIN(CoreFileTest)
+#include "FileTest.moc"
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