Personalities: Tagore ( UPSC Mains)

  1. UPSC. ‘If Aurobindo was the high priest, Rabindranath was the great poet of the Swadeshi Movement.’ Elucidate. (UPSC 1990, 10 Marks )
  2. UPSC. ‘Tagore's poetry is a written record of his religious experience.’ Elucidate. (UPSC 1999, 10 Marks )
  3. UPSC. ‘Tagore’s humanism is a blending of his faith in god and man.’ Comment. (About 50 words each) (UPSC 1989, 10 Marks )
  4. UPSC. Discuss Tagore's concept on education. How far was it a departure from conventional system of education? (About 50 words each) (UPSC 1992, 10 Marks )
  5. UPSC. Examine the ideas of Rabindranath Tagore on democracy. (UPSC 1998, 10 Marks )
  6. UPSC. Explain Rabindranath Tagore’s Plan of village reconstruction. (About 50 words each) (UPSC 1993, 10 Marks )
  7. UPSC. How far was Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore’s concept of religion wedded to his love of nature? (UPSC 1995, 10 Marks )
  8. UPSC. How far was Rabindranath Tagore a poet of Mankind? (UPSC 1991, 10 Marks )
  9. UPSC. Tagore's emphasis on internationalism and humanism was ahead of his times. Explain. (UPSC 1996, 10 Marks )
  10. UPSC. What were the basic differences between Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru's Internationalism and Rabindranath Tagore's Internationalism? Why was Tagore called ‘a Spiritual Ambassador’? (UPSC 1986, 25 Marks )
  11. UPSC. Why did Tagore emphasize on the primacy of the social over the political order? (About 75 words each) (UPSC 1994, 10 Marks )