MCQ of contributions of Indian thinker Tagore towards education

1. EDU 03 : KNOWLEDGE AND CURRICULUM :
PHILOSOPHICAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL
PERSPECTIVES
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
TOPIC : INDIAN THINKER – TAGORE
NICI.R.S
MATHEMATICS
ROLL NO : 19

2. 1. Who is known as 'vishwakavi'?
a. Sri Aurobindo
b. Rabindranath Tagore
c. Kabir Das
d. Mirza Ghalib
Ans : Rabindranath Tagore
2. Tagore was born on
a. 6 May 1816
b. 7 May 1861
c. 7 May 1961
d. 6 May 1861
Ans : 7 May 1861
3. Where was Tagore born?
a. Dhaka
b. Burdwan
c. Kolkata
d. Cuttack
Ans : Kolkata
4. Who is Asia's first Nobel Laureate?
a. Amartya Sen
b. Mother Teresa
c. C.V.Raman
d. Rabindranath Tagore
Ans : Rabindranath Tagore

3. 5. In which year Tagore got the Nobel prize?
a. 1915
b. 1912
c. 1917
d. 1913
Ans : 1913
7. Which among the following works of Tagore earned him Nobel prize?
a. The home and the world
b. Kabuliwala
c. Geetanjali
d. The broken nest
Ans : Geetanjali
7. When was Vishva Bharati established?
a. 23 December, 1921
b. 21 December, 1921
c. 21 December, 1931
d. 23 December, 1931
Ans : 23 December, 1921
8. "Education diverted from nature has brought untold harm to young children",
whose view was this?
a. Aurobindo
b. Tagore
c. Gandhiji
d. S. Radhakrishnan
Ans : Tagore

4. 9. Whose educational philosophy was a blend of spiritualism of Indian
philosophy and progressive outlook of the western people?
a. Tagore
b. Vivekananda
c. Gandhiji
d. Aurobindo
Ans : Tagore
10. According to Tagore, who is the best teacher to the pupil?
a. Experience
b. Freedom
c. Nature
d. Practice
Ans : Nature
11. According to Tagore, what plays a central role in education?
a. Effective teaching
b. Narration-cum-discussion
c. Creative activities
d. Humanism
Ans : Creative activities
12. Which of the following is correct about Tagore's belief about education?
I. Medium of instruction should be English.
II. Nature is the richest source of knowledge.
III. Creative activities should play a central role in education.

5. a. II and III
b. I and III
c. Only I
d. I and II
Ans : II and III
13. In Tagore's thoughts, the world is the place of
a. Truth
b. Ego
c. Illusion
d. Both truth and illusion
Ans : Both truth and illusion
14. 'A teacher cannot truly teach unless he is learning himself' is a viewpoint
particularly articulated by
a. Gandhi
b. Tagore
c. Aurobindo
d. Vivekananda
Ans : Tagore
15. Which among the following is the correct set of four fundamental principles
of Rabindranath Tagore's educational philosophy ?
a. Naturalism, Humanism, Internationalism, Idealism
b. Humanism, Commercialisation, Urbanisation, Hinduism
c. Socialism, Spiritualism, tourism, Commercialism
d. Globalisation, Localisation, Transformation, Capitalism
Ans : Naturalism, Humanism, Internationalism, Idealism

6. 16. Who said that the aim of education should be to develop in children feelings
of international brotherhood and attitude of international understanding?
a. Tagore
b. Gandhiji
c. Rousseau
d. Dewey
Ans : Tagore