Quiz on Rabindranath Tagore

1. Who was Rabindranath Tagore? a) A politician b) An artist and writer c) A scientist d) A businessman

Answer: b) An artist and writer

2. What is Rabindranath Tagore known as? a) The father of Indian independence b) The Bard of Bengal c) The first Indian Nobel laureate d) All of the above

Answer: b) The Bard of Bengal

3. What did Rabindranath Tagore compose? a) India's national anthem b) Sri Lanka's national anthem c) Both a and b d) None of the above

Answer: a) India's national anthem

4. What is Tagore's most famous collection of poems? a) Gita Govinda b) Mahabharata c) Gitanjali d) Ramayana

Answer: c) Gitanjali

5. When did Rabindranath Tagore win the Nobel Prize for Literature? a) 1910 b) 1913 c) 1920 d) 1923

Answer: b) 1913

6. What is the name of the Sri Lankan composer who wrote the Sri Lankan national anthem inspired by Tagore? a) Rabindranath Tagore b) Ananda Samarakoon c) Albert Einstein d) Mahatma Gandhi

Answer: b) Ananda Samarakoon

7. How many children did Rabindranath Tagore have? a) Three b) Four c) Five d) Six

Answer: c) Five

8. When did Rabindranath Tagore pass away? a) May 7, 1861 b) August 7, 1941 c) May 25, 1861 d) August 25, 1941

Answer: b) August 7, 1941

9. Who gave Gandhi the title of Mahatma? a) Ananda Samarakoon b) Albert Einstein c) Rabindranath Tagore d) None of the above

Answer: c) Rabindranath Tagore

10. What are some of Rabindranath Tagore's other notable works? a) Gora (Fair-Faced) and Ghare-Baire (The Home and the World) b) Chokher Bali, Kabuliwallah, and The Postmaster c) Shesher Kabita d) All of the above

Answer: d) All of the above