Hindi Sahitya ka Itihas, the book that divided Hindi literature into four periods, was written by:
- A.Hazari Prasad Dwivedi
- B.Acharya Ramchandra Shukla
- C.Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi
- D.Shyam Sundar Das
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The correct answer is B, Acharya Ramchandra Shukla. His Hindi Sahitya ka Itihas set out the division into Adikal or Veergatha Kal, Purva Madhyakal or Bhaktikal, Uttar Madhyakal or Ritikal and Adhunik Kal, and examinations still follow that scheme; he was also a critic of standing, whose essays and work on Surdas are widely read. Option A, Hazari Prasad Dwivedi, wrote criticism and the novel Banbhatta ki Atmakatha but not this history. Option C, Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi, edited the journal Saraswati and gave his name to an age of Hindi literature, without writing its history. Option D, Shyam Sundar Das, was a scholar and lexicographer associated with the Hindi Shabdsagar. When a question names the four periods, the name wanted is Ramchandra Shukla. Shukla also wrote Chintamani, a collection of critical essays, and his history remains the standard source for the period names that examinations use.
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