Where the Mind is Without Fear by Rabindranath Tagore: Multiple Choice Questions With Answers

Q.01. In the poem ‘Where the Mind is Without Fear’, Tagore prays to God for uplifting:

(a) His compatriots
(b) Citizens of the world
(c) The readers of the poem
(d) Freedom fighters of his time
Ans: (a) His compatriots
Q.02. In the poem ‘Where the Mind is Without Fear’ Tagore prays to God for uplifting:
(a) His countrymen
(b) Citizens of the world
(c) The readers of the poem
(d) Freedom fighters of his time
Answer: a. His countrymen
Q.03. The poem ‘Where the mind is Without Fear’ is written by:
(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Sarojini Naidu
(c) William Wordsworth
(d) Toru Dutt
Answer: (a) Rabindranath Tagore
Q.04. Rabindranath Tagore is a well-known poet from:
(a) Odisha
(b) West Bengal
(c) Bihar
(d) Kerala
Answer: (b) West Bengal
Q.05. Rabindranath Tagore was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in the year:
(a) 1931
(b) 1921
(c) 1913
(d) 1945
Answer: (c) 1913
Q.06. Which of the following is an incredibly famous work by Tagore?
(a) Shradhanjali
(b) Gitanjali
(c) Geetmala
(d) Savitri
Answer: (b) Gitanjali
Q.07.What is meant by the sub-clause ‘Where the Mind is without Fear and head is held
high’?
(a) To be fearless and self-respecting
(b) To be proud of one’s elevated position
(c) To stand straight
(d) To be fearless and haughty
Answer: (a) To be fearless and self-respecting
Q.08. According to Tagore what is meant by the sub-clause ‘Where knowledge is free’?
(a) Where people do not have to pay for education
(b) Where people have access to knowledge through internet
(c) Where people are provided education freely irrespective of caste, creed, social status, and nationality
(d) Where right to free education is guaranteed by the constitution
Answer: (c) Where people are provided education freely irrespective of caste, creed, social status, and nationality
Q.09. According to Tagore ‘narrow domestic walls’ refers to:
(a) Small houses with narrow walls
(b) A house divided into rooms by walls
(c) Narrow-minded thinking
(d) Broad minded thinking
Answer: (c) Narrow-minded thinking
Q.010. Tagore compares a ‘clear stream’ to:
(a) Dreary desert sand
(b) Reason
(c) Dead habit
(d) Narrow domestic walls
Answer: (b) Reason
Q.11. In the sentence ‘Where the mind is led forward by thee’ the word ‘thee’ refers to:
(a) Father
(b) Poet
(c) God
(d) You
Answer: (c) God
Q.12. ‘Where the Mind is Without Fear’ is:
(a) A story
(b) A play
(c) A poem
(d) An essay
Answer: (c) A poem
Q.13. Narrow domestic walls means:
(a) Partition
(b) Differences
(c) Social Prejudices
(d) All of the above
Answer: (c) Social Prejudices
Q.14. Antonym of logical is:
(a) Intelligence
(b) Illogical
(c) Inlogical
(d) Dislogical
Answer: (b) Illogical
Q.15. Tagore compares reason with:
(a) River
(b) Stream
(c) Steam
(d) Habit
Answer: (b) Stream
Q.16. The poem ‘Where the Mind is Without Fear’ is addressed to:
(a) God
(b) The poet
(c) The poet's father
(d) The poet's mother
Answer: (a) God
Q.17. According to Tagore the mind should be without:
(a) Ego
(b) Pride
(c) Fear
(d) Wishes
Answer: (c) Fear
Q.18. When was Tagore born?
(a) 1861
(b) 1862
(c) 1863
(d) 1864
Answer: (a) 1861
Q.19. Where was Tagore born?
(a) Patna
(b) Lucknow
(c) Calcutta
(d) Delhi
Answer: (c) Calcutta
Q.20. The national anthem of India 'Jana Gana Mana' has been composed by:
(a) Tagore
(b) Nirala
(c) Sarojini Naidu
(d) Aurobindo
Answer: (a) Tagore
Q.21. In Gitanjali there are:
(a) 103 poems
(b) 110 poems
(c) 120 poems
(d) 130 poems
Answer: (a) 103 poems