Rabindranath Tagore
Zainul Abedin
Kazi Nazrul Islam
Syed Alaol
Begum Rokeya
100

What significant honor was Rabindranath Tagore given in 1913?

He won a Noble Prize in literature

100

What is the subject of Zainul Abedin’s painted scroll Manpura?

The devastation of the cyclone of 1970

100

Kazi Nazrul Islam was arrested in 1922 and imprisoned for a year. How did he protest about this?

By a hunger strike

100

What was the name of the Hindi poem translated by Alaol? 

Padmavat

100

What did Begum Rokeya challenge?

The tradition of childhood marriages

200

Why did Rabindranath Tagore give up his knighthood in 1919?

Because of events at Amritsar

200

What had a major effect on the work of Zainul Abedin in 1943?

The Great Bengal Famine

200

What was written in the famous telegram sent to Kazi Nazrul Islam from Rabindranath Tagore during his hunger strike?

'Give up the hunger strike, our literature claims you'

200

What was the most significant contribution to Bangla literature made by Syed Alaol?

His translations

200

Begum Rokeya’s first story was written in 1905 and published in 1908. What was it called?

Sultana’s Dream

300

How many short stories and volumes of poems did Rabindranath Tagore write?

7 volumes of poems and 44 short stories

300

What were the dimensions of Zainul Abedin's famous scroll, 'Nabanna'

65 feet long and 6 feet wide

300

In which city did Kazi Nazrul Islam begin his career in literature and journalism after the First World War?

Kolkata

300

Which book written by Syed Alaol reflected his attention toward Religion and Morality

Tohfa

300

What did Begum Rokeya start in 1916?

An assosciation for Bengali Muslim women

400

What was the name of Tagore's first poem and where was it published?

Abhilash, and in a magazine named Tattobodhini.

400

What was Zainul's way of showing the world what the starving and dying people of Bengal were going through?

He drew on cheap brown packing paper using Chinese ink and a flat brush used for oil paintings

400

What was Kazi Nazrul Islam influenced by?

The socialist revolution in Russia that took place in 1917

400

When and where did Syed Alaol take his last breath?

In 1973, Hat Hazari, Chittagong

400

When did Begum Rokeya die? (Answer with date AND year)

9th December 1932

500

When was Shantiniketan established? (Answer with date AND year)

22nd December 1901

500

When did Zainul Abedin die, and how? (Answer with date AND year)

Because of cancer, on 28th May 1976

500

What was Kazi Nazrul Islam's book 'Dolon Champa' inspired by? 

his relationship with his wife, Pramila

500

Which prestigious literary award was named after him?

Alaol Sahitya Purashkar

500

Why was it difficult for Rokeya to obtain an English education?

English was seen as a language that would expose girls to new ideas. which people thought was not correct for them. Therefore, it was mostly boys who were taught English.