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Rabindranath Tagore receives Nobel Prize for Literature
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  • 1. When did Rabindranath Tagore receive the Nobel Prize for Literature?
A) 1925
B) 1913
C) 1901
D) 1939
  • 2. Which country was Rabindranath Tagore from?
A) Japan
B) China
C) India
D) France
  • 3. For which work did Rabindranath Tagore receive the Nobel Prize for Literature?
A) The Post Office
B) Gitanjali
C) The Home and the World
D) Chokher Bali
  • 4. Which language did Rabindranath Tagore primarily write in?
A) Tamil
B) Hindi
C) Bengali
D) English
  • 5. Which Indian state was Rabindranath Tagore born in?
A) Karnataka
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Maharashtra
D) West Bengal
  • 6. In which year did Rabindranath Tagore pass away?
A) 1967
B) 1930
C) 1955
D) 1941
  • 7. What is the name of the university founded by Rabindranath Tagore?
A) Oxford University
B) Harvard University
C) Visva-Bharati University
D) Cambridge University
  • 8. What is the meaning of 'Gitanjali'?
A) Offering of Songs
B) The Poem
C) The Garden
D) Moonlight
  • 9. Who was the first Asian Nobel laureate for Literature?
A) Rabindranath Tagore
B) Yasunari Kawabata
C) Kazuo Ishiguro
D) Kenzaburō Ōe
  • 10. What is the full name of Rabindranath Tagore?
A) Rabindranath Mukherjee
B) Rabindranath Bose
C) Rabindranath Thakur
D) Rabindranath Pal
  • 11. What is the name of Rabindranath Tagore's family estate in Bengal?
A) Shantiniketan
B) Bishnupur
C) Jorasanko
D) Santiniketan
  • 12. What was Rabindranath Tagore's father's name?
A) Ashutosh Tagore
B) Prabhatranath Tagore
C) Surendranath Tagore
D) Debendranath Tagore
  • 13. What was Rabindranath Tagore's profession?
A) Prime Minister
B) Poet
C) Scientist
D) Athlete
  • 14. What is the name of Rabindranath Tagore's most famous story collection?
A) Ghare-Baire
B) Shesher Kobita
C) Noukadubi
D) Gora
  • 15. Which literary genre was Tagore most known for?
A) Memoirs
B) Drama
C) Poetry
D) Science fiction
  • 16. What was Rabindranath Tagore's nickname?
A) Ratan
B) Gurudev
C) Ravi
D) Gopal
  • 17. In which city was the ceremony held when Tagore was awarded the Nobel Prize?
A) Oslo
B) London
C) Stockholm
D) Paris
  • 18. What is the English translation of the title 'Gitanjali'?
A) Divine Comedy
B) Love Poems
C) Song Offerings
D) Spring Songs
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