50 MCQs on Rabindranath Tagore with answers
Multiple Choice Questions on Rabindranath Tagore
1. When was Rabindranath Tagore born?
7 May 1861
2. Where was Rabindranath Tagore born?
Kolkata (Calcutta)
3. What was Rabindranath Tagore’s father’s name?
Debendranath Tagore
4. What was Tagore’s mother’s name?
Sarada Devi
5. What was Tagore’s wife's name?
Mrinalini Devi
6. What was the Tagore's children's name?
Madhurilata, Renuka, Mira,Rathindranath and Shamindranath
7. Tagore's songs are popularly known as:
Rabindra Sangeet
8. Who translated Gitanjali of Rabindranath?
W. B. Yeats
9. Which university was founded by Rabindranath Tagore ?
Vishwa Bharati University
10. In which year was Visva-Bharati established?
23 December 1921
11. Who was called Kavi Guru?
Or
Who is known as the brand of Bengal?
Rabindranath Tagore
12. Who wrote Gitanjali?
Or
Who is the king of Bengali literature?
Rabindranath Tagore
13. Which language did Rabindranath Tagore write in?
Bengali
14. What is the Bengali name of Gitanjali?
Song offering
15. What is the first poem of Gitanjali?
Thou hast made me endless
16. Who got the first Nobel Prize in India?
Rabindranath Tagore
17. Which year Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel Prize?
1913
18. What is Tagore's most famous work?
Gitanjali (Song Offerings)
19. Who named the school Shantiniketan?
Rabindranath Tagore
20. What is the old name of Shantiniketan?
Bhubandanga
Rabindranath Tagore early life, work and achievements
21. Which is the longest poem of Rabindranath Tagore?
The Mahabharata
22. How many poems are collected in Gitanjali?
157 poem
23. What is the collection of Rabindranath Tagore songs called?
Gitabitan ("Garden of songs")
24. What is the pen name of Rabindranath Tagore?
Bhanu Singha Thakur
25. Which festival is famously celebrated at Shantiniketan?
Holi Utsav
26. Which Indian national anthem was written by Tagore?
Jana Gana Mana
27. What is the name of Bangladesh’s national anthem written by Tagore?
Amar Sonar Bangla
28. Which was the first poem published by Rabindranath Tagore?
Abhilas' in the tattvabodhini patrika in Agrahayan 1281 (1874)
29. Which was the first play written by Rabindranath Tagore?
Chitra
30. Which was the first drama written by Rabindranath Tagore?
Valmiki Pratibha
32. What was the last novel written by Rabindranath Tagore?
The Laboratory
33. Which was the last poem of Tagore?
Shesher Kavita
34. Which is the only poem written in English by Rabindranath Tagore?
The child, 1930
35. Who was the first recipient of Tagore Award for Culture Harmony?
Pandit Ravi Shankar
36. What is the name of Rabindranath Tagore's first poem?
Abhilash
37. Why did Rabindranath Tagore refuse the Nobel Prize?
Protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar in 1919
38. What are the three plays of Rabindranath Tagore?
Red Oleanders, Tapati and Formless Jewel
39. How many plays did Tagore write?
4
40. How many dramas were written by Rabindranath Tagore?
More than 40
41. How many short stories did Rabindranath Tagore write?
100
42. In which place Tagore died?
Jorasanko Thakur Bari, Kolkata
43. Which sister of Rabindranath tagore became novelist?
Swranakumari
44. How many poems are there in English Gitanjali?
103
45. Who was Rabindranath Tagore's contemporary writer in Bengal?
Bankimchandra Chatterjee
46. In which year did Rabindranath Tagore die?
7 August, 1941
47. When did Shantiniketan got added in the UNESCO World Heritage sites list ?
2023
48. When was Rabindranath Tagore honoured with Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire?
1915
49. Rabindranath Tagore’s play "The Post Office " was written in?
4 days
50. Autobiography of Rabindranath Tagore is?
My Reriniscences
Song-1 ( Thou Hast Made Me Endless)
Song- 2 (When Thou Commandest Me to Sing)
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