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Answer: (d)

Panini a patronymic meaning “descendant of Panini” was a Sanskrit grammarian from Pushkalavati, Gandhara, in modern-day Charsadda District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan (6th century BCE) is known for his Sanskrit grammar, particularly for his formulation of the 3,959 rules of Sanskrit morphology, syntax and semantics in the grammar known as Ashtadhyayi, meaning “eight chapters”), the foundational text of the grammatical branch of the Vedanga, the auxiliary scholarly disciplines of Vedic religion.

Answer: (a)

John Ruskin was the leading English art critic of the Victorian era, also an art patron, draughtsman, water-colourist, a prominent social thinker and philanthropist.

He wrote on subjects ranging from geology to architecture, myth to ornithology, literature to education, and botany to political economy.

His writing styles and literary forms were equally varied. Ruskin’s political ideas, and Unto This Last in particular, later proved highly influential, praised and paraphrased in Gujarati by Gandhi, a wide range of autodidacts, the economist John A. Hobson and many of the founders of the British Labour party.

Answer: (b)

Answer: (a)

Godan and Gaban were written by Premchand. Munshi Premchand was a writer famous for his modern Hindustani literature. He is one of the most celebrated writers of the Indian subcontinent, and is regarded as one of the foremost writers of the early twentieth century.

‘The Company of Women’ was written by Khushwant Singh. Khushwant Singh was a novelist and journalist. An Indo-Anglian novelist, Singh is best known for his trenchant secularism, his humour, and an abiding love of poetry. Untold Story was written by B.M. Kaul.

Answer: (c)

Gaban and Godan were written by Prem Chand. Prem Chand was the first Hindi author to introduce realism in his writings. He pioneered the new form - fiction with a social purpose.

He supplemented Gandhiji’s work in the political and social fields by adopting his revolutionary ideas as themes for his literary writings.

Answer: (b)