Where the Mind is Without Fear…
Short Questions
1. Who is the poet of the poem “Where the Mind is Without Fear”?
→ Rabindranath Tagore.
2.What is the poem a part of?
→ It is a part of the book Gitanjali.
3. What kind of poem is this?
→ It is a prayer.
4. What does the poet want to remove from people’s minds?
→ Fear.
5.What does “head is held high” mean?
→ Living with self-respect and dignity.
6.What is meant by “knowledge is free”?
→ Education should be available to all.
7.What breaks the world into fragments?
→ Narrow domestic walls like caste, religion, and class.
8. What should words come from?
→ The depth of truth.
9. What does “tireless striving” mean?
→ Continuous effort to improve.
10.What is compared to the “clear stream of reason”?
→ Logical thinking.
11. What does “dead habit” refer to?
→ Old harmful customs and traditions.
12.What does the poet want the mind to be led into
→ Ever-widening thought and action.
13.What is the “heaven of freedom”?
→ A state where people live freely with good thoughts and actions.
14.Who is the poet praying to?
→ God (referred to as “Thee”).
15. What does the poet dream for his country?
→ A place of freedom, truth, and reason.
Long Questions
1. What kind of freedom does Tagore pray for in the poem?
→ Tagore prays for complete freedom-social, educational, and spiritual-not just political freedom.
2.Why does the poet dislike ‘narrow domestic walls’?
→ Because they divide people based on caste, religion, and class, harming unity.
3. What does the poet want people to strive for?
→ He wants people to work hard towards achieving perfection.
4. What is the significance of ‘clear stream of reason’?
→ It means people should use logical and clear thinking in life.
5. Why does the poet use the word ‘where’ repeatedly?
→ To express his vision of an ideal country through a series of hopes.
6. How is the poem a prayer?
→ The poet directly speaks to God, asking for a better future for his country.
7. What kind of country does Tagore want India to become?
→ A country where people live without fear, with truth, knowledge, and freedom.
8.Why does Tagore call it the ‘heaven of freedom’?
→ Because such a country will be like paradise, full of peace and good values.
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