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Rabindranath Tagore | National Anthem | Indian history


  • Started school - Shanti Niketan . Now known as Viswa Bharati University
  • Work - Githanjali (got nobel prize for literature), Purabi(collection of poems) , The Hungry Stones
  • Novels- Gora, Chaturanga, Ghare Baire
  • Gitanjali translated to Malayalam by G. Sankara Kurup
  • He wrote the National Anthem ‘ Jana Gana Mana’ in Bengali language.
  • Official time to sing National Anthem is 52 sec.
  • He also wrote National Anthem for Bangladesh ‘ Amar Sonar Bengla’
  • Gandhiji called him as Gurudev



Questions
1.ദേശീയ ഗാനം ആലപിക്കാൻ വേണ്ട സമയം - 52 സെക്കന്റ് (Process Server - Judicial 2018)

 2.Out of the following which is not a novel of Tagore? (Assistant Professor in Neurosurgery 2018) (A)Gora (B)Chaturanga (C)Ghare Baire (D)Purobi
Answer : D

 3.ഇന്ത്യയുടെ ദേശീയഗാനമായ ജനഗണമന ഏതു ഭാഷയിലാണ് - ബംഗാളി (LGS Exserviceman-NCC 2018)

 4.Who translated Rabindranath Tagor's Gitanjali into Malayalam - G. Sankara Kurup (Lecturer in Commercial Practice NCA 2018)

 5.The author of 'Hungry Stones' - Rabindranath Tagore (Assistant Professor in Surgical Gasteroenterology 2018)


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