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PHILOSOPHY — HONOURS Paper : DSE-B-2(b) () Full Marks : 65 Candidates are required to give their answers in their own words as far as practicable.

 The Religion of Man H.L.A. Hart Hibbert

The Philosophy of Rabindranath Tagore (Macmillan, London, 1918)

The Religion of Man

Notes on the Nature of Reality

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[ English Version ] The figures in the margin indicate full marks. 1. Choose the correct option from the following questions (any ten) : 1×10 (a) The book The Religion of Man is the collection of the following lectures delivered by Rabindranath Tagore. (i) H.L.A. Hart Memorial Lectures (ii) Hibbert Lectures (iii) Lectures delivered in the Mandir of Santiniketan (iv) None of the above. (b) Which book written by Rabindranath Tagore is considered as his first philosophical work? (i) Manusher Dharma (ii) Santiniketan (iii) Sadhana (iv) Dharma. (c) Who is the author of the book The Philosophy of Rabindranath Tagore (Macmillan, London, 1918)? (i) (ii) (iii) Surendra Nath Dasgupta (iv) None of the above. (d) Who was the President of the first Indian Philosophical Congress in the year 1926? (i) Shri Aurobindo (ii) Rabindranath Tagore (iii) Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (iv) Surendra Nath Dasgupta. (e) The book The Religion of Man written by Rabindranath Tagore was first published in the year. (i) 1918 (ii) 1920 (iii) 1926 (iv) 1931. (f) The Indian philosophical text which Rabindranath Tagore has repeatedly quoted in his philosophical discussion is (i) Ny ya Dar an (ii) S khyak rik (iii) Upani ad (iv) None of these. (g) ‘Notes on the Nature of Reality’ is the dialogue between Rabindranath Tagore and the following personality : (i) (ii) Romain Rolland (iii) Yeats (iv) Einstein. (h) The folk community of Bengal which influenced Tagore’s philosophy was (i) Baul community (ii) Gouriyo Boishnab community (iii) Sakto community (iv) None of these.

(i) According to Tagore, truth is (i) Independent of human being (ii) Dependent of human being (iii) Both dependent and independent of human being (iv) None of the above. Please Turn Over T(6th Sm.)-Philosophy-H/DSE-B-2(b)/CBCS ( 4 )

(j) According to Tagore Mukti is (i) Detachment (Vair gya) (ii) Cittav tti Nirodha (iii) Cessation of the cycle of karma and rebirth (iv) Union of personal man with the universal man.

(k) According to Rabindranath, every man is an artist because man has (i) Soul (ii) Surplus (iii) Morality (iv) None of these.

(l) God, according to Rabindranath, resides in (i) Heaven (ii) Temple (iii) Sacred pilgrimages (iv) None of these.

2. Answer any five of the following questions : 5×5 (a) Can Rabindranath Tagore be called an internationalist? Discuss in brief. (b) Is Rabindranath Tagore an idealist philosopher? Give reasons for your answer. (c) Explain Rabindranath Tagore’s concept of ‘Mukti’. (d) What does Rabindranath Tagore understand by ‘J van-Devat ’? (e) The philosophical outlook towards life of which folk community of Bengal had influenced Tagore’s philosophy and how did it influence? (f) What, according to Tagore, are the two aspects of human existence? Discuss. (g) “We can realize our self or tman only through sorrow or pain– not through pleasure or comfort”. Explain this contention of Tagore. (h) “Relationship is the fundamental truth of this world of appearance” (The Religion of Man, first chapter). Explain, in brief, this contention of Tagore.

3. Answer any two of the following questions : (a) Why does Tagore think that the physiological process of life’s evolution has reached its finality in man? In this connection, explain Tagore’s theory of ‘surplus in man’. 9+6 (b)Explain Tagore’s view of ‘Universal Man’. 15 (c)Discuss Tagore’s humanism. 15 (d) How does Tagore explain the problem of evil? 15