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SSC GD 2021 PYQ — Question 37

SSC GD Constable (English) - 2nd December 2021 Shift 3 • General Awareness • Q37

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Who wrote the book 'The Golden Boat'?

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is option 3 i.e. Rabindranath Tagore.

  •  “Sonar Tari” or “The Golden Boat”, published in 1894, is one of the most celebrated collection of poems of Rabindranath Tagore.
  • Rabindranath Tagore [1861-1941] was considered the greatest writer in modern Indian literature.
  • A Bengali poet, novelist, educator,  Nobel Laureate for Literature [1913].
  • Tagore was awarded a knighthood in 1915, but he surrendered it in 1919 in protest against the Massacre at Amritsar, where British troops killed around 400 Indian demonstrators.