Muhnot Nainsi, called the Abul Fazl of Rajasthan, is known for which work?
- A.Marwar Ra Pargana Ri Vigat
- B.Kanhadade Prabandh
- C.Bataan Ri Phulwari
- D.Dharti Dhoran Ri
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The correct answer is A, Marwar Ra Pargana Ri Vigat. Nainsi was the minister of Maharaja Jaswant Singh of Marwar in the seventeenth century, and besides the Nainsi Ri Khyat he compiled this district by district record of the parganas of Marwar, with details of villages, revenue and families, which is why he is called the Abul Fazl of Rajasthan and the first historian of Rajasthani. Option B is wrong because the Kanhadade Prabandh of 1455 was written by Padmanabh. Option C is wrong because Bataan Ri Phulwari is the collection of folk tales by Vijaydan Detha. Option D is wrong because Dharti Dhoran Ri is a modern poem by Kanhaiyalal Sethia. The comparison with Abul Fazl is drawn because the Ain i Akbari is a similar statistical record.
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Practice Questions
View allWho gave currency to the name Rajasthani for the language of the region in the Linguistic Survey of India?
- A.George Abraham Grierson
- B.James Tod
- C.Gaurishankar Hirachand Ojha
- D.Suniti Kumar Chatterji
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In his Linguistic Survey of India he used the name Rajasthani in 1912 for the group of speeches of this region and classified its dialects, replacing older names such as Maru Bhasha and Maru Gurjar.
Read the full explanation →The Wagdi dialect of Rajasthani is spoken mainly in which districts?
- A.Sikar and Jhunjhunu
- B.Dungarpur and Banswara
- C.Alwar and Bharatpur
- D.Kota and Bundi
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The tract formed by these two districts in the far south of Rajasthan is called Wagad, and the Bhil population there speaks Wagdi, which carries features of both Rajasthani and Gujarati because of its position on the border.
Read the full explanation →Hadoti, also called Harauti, is the dialect of which group of districts?
- A.Jaisalmer and Barmer
- B.Kota, Bundi, Baran and Jhalawar
- C.Udaipur, Bhilwara and Chittorgarh
- D.Sri Ganganagar and Hanumangarh
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These four districts of the south east formed the Hada Chauhan country, from which the region takes the name Hadoti and the dialect its name Hadoti or Harauti.
Read the full explanation →Which is the most widely spoken dialect of Rajasthani?
- A.Mewari
- B.Dhundhari
- C.Marwari
- D.Mewati
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It is the speech of Jodhpur, Pali, Nagaur, Barmer and Jalore, that is of the largest region of the state, and the Dingal poetry of the Charan poets was composed in it; its speakers also carried it across India with the trading communities of Marwar.
Read the full explanation →The Dingal style of Rajasthani poetry is associated with which class of poets?
- A.Bhat poets of eastern Rajasthan
- B.Charan poets of western Rajasthan
- C.Jain scholars of Jalore
- D.Court painters of Mewar
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Dingal is the literary style built on Marwari, and the Charans used it for heroic verse on battle, honour and self sacrifice, sung in a loud rolling metre; the Veli Krisan Rukmani Ri of Prithviraj Rathore is a celebrated example.
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