GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

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INDIAN HISTORY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The writer of Ram Charit Manas, Tulsidas, was related to which ruler?
A
Chandragupta Maurya
B
Nawab Vajid Ali Sah
C
Harsha
D
Akbar
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Detailed Solution. The writer of Ram CharitManas, Tulsidas, was related to Akbar. Tulsidas began writing the Ramcharitmanas in Ayodhya in1574 CE. During this period India was under the reign of Mughal emperor Akbar (1556-1605 CE).

Detailed explanation-2: -Ramcharitmanas (Devanagari: Rāmacaritamānasa), is an epic poem in the Awadhi language, based on the Ramayana, and composed by the 16th-century Indian bhakti poet Tulsidas (c. 1532–1623).

Detailed explanation-3: -Tulsidas was a contemporary of Mughal emperor Akbar.

Detailed explanation-4: -Tulsidas wrote a number of famous works in Sanskrit and Awadhi, but he is best known for the epic Ramcharitmanas, a vernacular Hindi retelling of the Sanskrit Ramayana based on Rama’s life. He was Akbar’s contemporary. So, the correct answer is option ‘D’ i.e, Akbar.

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