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Santiniketan embodies Rabindranath Tagore’s vision of a place of learning that is unfettered by religious and regional barriers. Established in 1863 with the aim of helping education go beyond the confines of the classroom, Santiniketan grew into the Visva Bharati University in 1921, attracting some of the most creative minds in the country.

He developed a curriculum that was a unique blend of art, human values and cultural interchange. Even today, in every step, in every brick and in every tree at Santiniketan, one can still feel his presence, his passion, his dedication and his pride in the institution. In 1862, Maharishi Debendranath Tagore, father of Rabindranath, was taking a boat ride through Birbhum, the westernmost corner of Bengal, when he came across a landscape that struck him as the perfect place for meditation. He bought the large tract of land and built a small house and planted some saplings around it. Debendranath Tagore decided to call the place Santiniketan, or the ‘abode of peace’, because of the serenity it brought to his soul. In 1863, he turned it into a spiritual centre where people from all religions, castes and creeds came and participated in meditation.

In the years that followed, Debendranath’s son Rabindranath went on to become one of the most formidable literary forces India has ever produced. He wrote in all literary genres but he was first and foremost a poet. As one of the earliest educators to think in terms of the global village, he envisioned an education that was deeply rooted in one’s immediate surroundings but connected to the cultures of the wider world.

Located in the heart of nature, the school aimed to combine education with a sense of obligation towards the larger civic community. Blending the best of western and traditional eastern systems of education, the curriculum revolved organically around nature with classes being held in the open air. Tagore wanted his students to feel free despite being in the formal learning environment of a school, because he himself had dropped out of school when he found himself unable to think and felt claustrophobic within the four walls of a classroom. Nature walks and excursions were a part of the curriculum, special attention was paid to natural phenomena and students were encouraged to follow the life cycles of insects, birds and plants.

The rural paradise of Santiniketan, Tagore’s erstwhile home, has become a thriving centre of art, education and internationalism over the years.

With what aim was Santiniketan established?

निम्नलिखित में से कौन सी पहली मिसाइल है जिसे भारत में विकसित किया गया है?

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

ACTIVE

16 सेमी व 12 सेमी भुजाओं वाले किसी आयत के परितः एक वृत्त खींचा गया है। वृत्त का क्षेत्रफल क्या है?

निम्न में से कौन सा पद दी गई श्रृंखला में प्रश्नचिन्ह (?)के स्थान पर आएगा?
FOX  ?   JSX  LUX  NWX

दिए गए दो चिन्हों और संख्याओं को आपस में बदलने पर निम्नलिखित में से कौन सा समीकरण सही होगा?
 × तथा +, 9 तथा 6

यदि A ÷ B का अर्थ है कि A, B का पिता है, A × B का अर्थ है कि A, B की माता है, A + B का अर्थ है कि A, B का भाई है, तो निम्नलिखित में से कौन सा व्यंजक निरूपित करता है,  कि Q, P की पुत्री है? 

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.

The first human beings to control fire gradually learned (1)______ many uses. Not only did they (2)______ fire to keep warm and cook their food; they (3)______ learned to use it in hunting or warfare, to kill insects, to (4)______ berries, and to clear forests of underbrush so that game (5)______ be better seen and hunted. Eventually they learned that the burning of brush produced better grasslands and therefore more game.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.