Gitanjali MCQ

Gitanjali

1 . When was the original Bengali collection of Gitanjali first published on .

A . 14 August 1910

2 . How many poems has  original Bengali collection of Gitanjali .

A . 156/157

3 . The English Gitanjali or song offering is collection of ….poems

A . 103 English poems of Tagore's own English translations of his Bangali poems first .

4 . When was the English Gitanjali or song offering published on .

A . November 1912 by the India society of London.

5 . How many original Bengali poems translation taken  in English Gitanjali

A . 53 poems

6 . Gitanjali has 50 other poems those are taken from his …….

A . Drama Achalayatan

7 . Gitanjali contains 50 other poems which were from his other books of poetry. Give the name of those books.

A . Gitimalya - 17 poems

     Naivedya - 15 poems

     Kheya    - 11 poems

8 . The word Gitanjali means -

A . Geet - song

     Anjali - offering

     Meaning is “ An offering of song “ or “ Prayer offering    

     Of song “ .

9 . Who is the first non - European won the Nobel prize for literature.

A . Rabindranath Tagore

10 . When was he got the Nobel prize.

A .1913 .

11. Who wrote the first introduction to the first collection of Gitanjali

A . William butler Yeats

12 . Western readers noted similarities between Gitanjali song  offering and ….

A . Biblical song of songs.

13 . Westerners have often called …….. the Indian song of songs .

A . Geet Govind by the Bengali poet Shri jaydev  .( 12 century)

14 . When Tagore got Nobel prize who gave rise to attack from  literary person .

A . D. H. Lawrence argued that Tagore was a fraud and his idolisation was “ disgusting” .

15 . W. B . Yeats wrote the introduction to the first edition of Gitanjali to Whom …….

A . To William Rothenstein

16 . Tagore  recieved the Nobel prize for literature for his book.

A . Gitanjali / song offering

17 . It is part of UNESCO collection of representative work.

18 . Who is author of Gitanjali.

A . Rabindranath Tagore

     W. B . Yeats ( English )

19 . Rabindranath indian ( British Raj )  poet .

20 . Tagore knows ….. languages

A . Bengali and English

21 . Poem Gitanjali's subject is ..

A . Devotion of God

22 . What is genere is …

A . Poem

** Bengali Gitanjali published in 1910

** English Gitanjali published in 1912

**Tagore got Nobel prize in 1913.