GK
INDIAN HISTORY
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Tulsidas, the author of Ramcharitmanas, was a contemporary of which of the following rulers?
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Akbar
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Humayun
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Shahjahan
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Sher Shah Suri
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -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.
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.
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