Who is the author of the Ramcharitmanas?
- A.Surdas
- B.Tulsidas
- C.Kabir
- D.Malik Muhammad Jayasi
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The correct answer is B, Tulsidas. He composed the Ramcharitmanas in Awadhi in the sixteenth century, retelling the story of Rama in seven books, and it remains the most widely read work of Hindi devotional poetry. His other works are the Vinay Patrika, the Kavitavali, the Gitavali and the Dohavali, and he belongs to the Rambhakti branch of the Sagun stream. Option A, Surdas, is of the Krishnabhakti branch and wrote the Sursagar, the Sur Saravali and the Sahitya Lahari; papers put him here because both poets belong to the same age. Option C, Kabir, is of the Nirgun stream, and his sayings survive in the Bijak. Option D, Malik Muhammad Jayasi, wrote the Padmavat and leads the Sufi or Premmargi branch. All four are Bhaktikal poets, which is exactly why the work, not the age, must be remembered.
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View allThe Padmavat, the chief work of the Sufi or Premmargi branch of Hindi poetry, was written by:
- A.Keshavdas
- B.Bihari
- C.Malik Muhammad Jayasi
- D.Raskhan
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The Padmavat, written in Awadhi, tells of Ratnasen of Chittor and Padmavati of Singhal and carries a Sufi meaning under the love story; Jayasi also wrote the Akhrawat.
Read the full explanation →What was the real name of the Hindi writer known as Munshi Premchand?
- A.Dhanpat Rai Srivastava
- B.Suryakant Tripathi
- C.Sachchidanand Hiranand Vatsyayan
- D.Ayodhya Singh Upadhyay
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He first published under the name Nawab Rai and then took the pen name Premchand, under which he wrote Godan, Gaban, Nirmala, Sevasadan, Rangbhoomi and Karmabhoomi, and stories such as Kafan, Panch Parmeshwar and Bade Ghar ki Beti.
Read the full explanation →Kamayani, counted the finest work of the Chhayavad movement, was written by:
- A.Suryakant Tripathi ‘Nirala’
- B.Sumitranandan Pant
- C.Mahadevi Verma
- D.Jaishankar Prasad
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Kamayani is his long poem built on the figures of Manu, Shraddha and Ida, and it is held to be the highest achievement of Chhayavad; Prasad also wrote the plays Skandagupta and Chandragupta and the collection Ansu.
Read the full explanation →Who is called the father of modern Hindi literature?
- A.Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi
- B.Bhartendu Harishchandra
- C.Acharya Ramchandra Shukla
- D.Munshi Premchand
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He gave Hindi prose its modern shape through plays such as Andher Nagari and Bharat Durdasha and through journals such as Kavi Vachan Sudha, and the first age of modern Hindi literature is named the Bhartendu Yug after him.
Read the full explanation →The Bihari Satsai, a collection of about seven hundred couplets, belongs to which period of Hindi literature?
- A.Adikal
- B.Bhaktikal
- C.Ritikal
- D.Adhunik Kal
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Bihari was a court poet of Jaipur, and his Satsai, praised for holding much meaning in few words, is the most quoted book of the Ritikal, the age of ornament and courtly love that Ramchandra Shukla placed between Samvat 1700 and 1900.
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