Mahadevi Verma received the Jnanpith Award in 1982 for which work?
- A.Neerja
- B.Yama
- C.Deepshikha
- D.Sandhyageet
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Yama. Mahadevi Verma, born at Farrukhabad in 1907, was given the Jnanpith Award in 1982 for Yama, a collection that brings together her lyric poetry. She headed the Prayag Mahila Vidyapeeth, is called the modern Meera for the pain and devotion in her verse, and wrote the prose sketches Atit ke Chalchitra, Smriti ki Rekhayen and the essays Shrinkhala ki Kadiyan.
Options A, C and D, Neerja, Deepshikha and Sandhyageet, are all genuine collections of hers, which is what makes the question difficult, but none of them is the work cited for the Jnanpith. Neerja won her the Seksaria Award in the 1930s and Deepshikha is the illustrated collection of her later years. Remember two pairs for this topic: Mahadevi Verma with Yama in 1982, and Firaq Gorakhpuri with Gul-e-Naghma in 1969.
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- A.Punjabi
- B.Urdu
- C.Bhojpuri
- D.Sanskrit
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- A.Braj Bhasha
- B.Awadhi
- C.Bundeli
- D.Khari Boli
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- A.Kabir
- B.Malik Muhammad Jayasi
- C.Raskhan
- D.Ghananand
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- A.Purvanchal around Varanasi and Gorakhpur
- B.The Mathura, Agra and Aligarh region
- C.Bundelkhand around Jhansi
- D.Awadh around Lucknow
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- A.Western Hindi
- B.Eastern Hindi
- C.Bihari group
- D.Pahari group
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