The Ramcharitmanas of Tulsidas is composed in which dialect?

The correct answer is B, Awadhi. Tulsidas wrote the Ramcharitmanas in Awadhi, the Eastern Hindi speech of the Awadh region around Ayodhya, and began the work at Ayodhya in 1574. Awadhi descends from Ardhamagadhi Apabhramsha, and the other great Awadhi work is the Padmavat of Malik Muhammad Jayasi.

Option A, Braj Bhasha, is the Western Hindi speech of Mathura and Agra and is the language of Surdas, Nandadas and Raskhan, that is of the Krishna bhakti poets rather than of Tulsidas. Option C, Bundeli, is the speech of Jhansi, Jalaun and Banda in Bundelkhand and is linked with the Riti poets of that tract. Option D, Khari Boli, is the Kauravi speech of the upper Doab from which standard Hindi developed in the nineteenth century, long after Tulsidas. Note also that his Vinay Patrika and Kavitavali are in Braj, so the question must be read for the specific work named.