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Buddha & Tagore Special (by vijay singh)

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Rabindranath Tagore wrote

a)

Poems and plays

b)

Novels and short stories

c)

All of the above

2.

What prominent literary prize did Tagore win?

a)

National Book Award

b)

Noble Prize in literature

c)

Man Booker Prize

d)

Pulitzer Prize for poetry

3.

In what language did Rabindranath Tagore write?

a)

Tamil

b)

Arabic

c)

Bengali

d)

Hindi

4.

Which of Tagore's short stories is about a little girl and a man from a distant land?

a)

The Post Office

b)

The Kabuliwallah

c)

Gora

5.

When did Rabindranath Tagore born?

a)

7 May 1861

b)

10 May 1861

c)

17 May 1861

d)

7 August 1861

6.

Which among the following books was not written by Tagore?

a)
b)
c)
d)
7.

Who composed the National Anthem ' Jana Gana Mana

a)

Rabindranath Tagore

b)

R.D.Dinkar

c)

Bakim Chandra Chatterjee

d)

Sarojini Naidu

8.

In which place Gautama Buddha delivered his first sermon?

a)

Kushinagar

b)

Sarnath (Banaras)

c)

Patliputra

d)

Rajgir

9.

What is the literal meaning of "Buddha"?

a)

Awakened One & The Enlightenment One

b)

Sanyasi

10.

The two sects of Buddhism are known as

a)

Mahayana and Hinayana

b)

Hindu and Brahmo

c)

Shia and Sinni

d)

Svetambra and Digambara

11.

The Pipal tree beneath which Lord Buddha meditated and recieved his enlightenment is located in

a)

Kapilvastu, Nepal

b)

Sarnath India

c)

Bodh Gaya , India

d)

Udaigiri, India

12.

Lord Buddha was born in

a)

Nalanda

b)

Vijayanagram

c)

Patliputra

d)

Lumbini

13.

As an infant, Lord Buddha was named as

a)

Devaka

b)

Siddhartha

c)

Ashoka

d)

Suddhodhana

14.
Where did Siddhartha begin his meditation?
a)
On the biggest hill in the land
b)
In his back garden
c)
Under the Bodhi tree
d)
In a river
15.

What made Tagore refuse his knighthood?

a)

his involvement with the Independence movement

b)

the Jalianwallabagh massacre

c)

his feeling about the british rule