What may be the motivation for writing this poem?
  • Patriotism is the motivation for Tagore to write this poem.
  • Tagore wanted to win the Nobel Prize.
  • Tagore's publisher wanted him to write the poem.
  • The British forced Tagore to write this poem.
What type of a poem is 'Where The Mind Is Without Fear'?
  • Epic
  • Ballad
  • Limerick
  • Free Verse
Which among the following is a metaphor?
  • 'Where the mind is without fear'
  • 'clear stream of reason’
  • 'Where knowledge is free'
  • 'Where tireless striving stretches'
What figure of speech is “a tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection”?
  • Situational irony
  • Idiom
  • Personification
  • Euphemism
Which of the following is not alliteration?
  • ‘head held high’
  • ‘where the world’
  • ‘dreary desert sand of dead habit’
  • 'By narrow domestic walls'
What do Line 7, 'Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way' and Line 8, 'Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit' mean?
  • Tagore wishes the power of reason to be granted to his countrymen so that they can oust the outdated customs and traditions.
  • Tagore wanted national highways to be built.
  • Tagore wanted to link up all the rivers flowing in India.
  • Tagore wanted deserts in India to be made hospitable.
What figure of speech is 'dreary desert sand of dead habit’?
  • Idiom
  • Personification
  • Metaphor
  • Verbal irony
What do Line 3 of the poem, 'Where the world has not been broken up into fragments' and Line 4 of the poem, 'By narrow domestic walls' mean?
  • The country should not be divided into administrative sub-divisions.
  • Tagore wishes for a country that is not broken up on the basis of prejudices of caste, creed, colour, religion or other needless superstitions domestically.
  • The country should not be divided on the basis of rivers flowing within the country.
  • The country should not be divided into sub-divisions based on food habits.
What does the last line, 'Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake' convey?
  • That India was a lazy country and should be made more active.
  • That Indians were sleeping a lot and he wants Indians to be awakened.
  • That Indians were a lying lot and wanted them to come out with the truth.
  • That India should be rid of British Rule and also rid of its innumerable domestic social evils.
What sentiment does the poem convey?
  • It conveys that Indians have been suppressed by the oppression of British Rule and Tagore wants India to walk into freedom.
  • It conveys that Indians are cowards.
  • It conveys that Indians are mired in tradition.
  • It conveys that India is consumed by strife.
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