About the Literature question bank
Literature questions concentrating on Gujarati poets and writers, their major works, and the devotional tradition that runs through much of the canon.
What the questions cover
- Std 1-4
- Well-known poems, rhymes and their authors
- Std 5-7
- Mirabai, major poets, and the journals of Gujarati literature
- Std 8-12
- Literary movements, major works and their authors, and critical vocabulary
Questions from this bank
50 literature questions are available. A few, so you can judge the level before putting it in front of a class:
Class 1-4 · 10 questions
Who wrote the national anthem 'Jana Gana Mana'?
Answer: Rabindranath Tagore
Who wrote the national song 'Vande Mataram'?
Answer: Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Who is known as the creator of 'Mickey Mouse'?
Answer: Walt Disney
Class 5-7 · 15 questions
Who is known as the Shakespeare of India?
Answer: Kalidasa
Who wrote the epic 'Ramayana'?
Answer: Sage Valmiki
Who wrote the epic 'Mahabharata'?
Answer: Sage Ved Vyasa
Class 8-12 · 25 questions
Who won the Nobel Prize in Literature from India in 1913?
Answer: Rabindranath Tagore
Who wrote the famous novel 'Gitanjali'?
Answer: Rabindranath Tagore
Who wrote 'Godan' and 'Gaban'?
Answer: Munshi Premchand
Using it in class
Best used after reading a text together, so the names attach to something the class has actually read rather than to a list.
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