books & authors section 9 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (a)

Answer: (a)

Anandmath is a Bengali fiction, written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee and published in 1882. Set in the background of the Sanyasi Rebellion in the late 18th century, it is considered one of the most important novels in the history of Bengali and Indian literature. The national song of India, Vande Mataram, was first published in this novel.

Answer: (b)

Kamala Surayya was a major Indian English poet and littérateur and at the same time a leading Malayalam author from Kerala, India.

Her popularity in Kerala is based chiefly on her short stories and autobiography, while her oeuvre in English, written under the name Kamala Das, is noted for the fiery poems and explicit autobiography. Her open and honest treatment of female sexuality, free from any sense of guilt, infused her writing with power, but also marked her as an iconoclast in her generation.

On 31 May 2009, aged 75, she died at a hospital in Pune but has earned considerable respect in recent years.

Answer: (a)

Answer: (c)

Amar Sonar Banglawas written by Bengali polymath Rabindranath Tagore in 1905. The melody of the hymn derived from the Baul singer Gagan Harkara’s song “Ami Kothay Pabo Tare” set to Dadra Tala. It is an Ode to Mother Bengal. The song was written in 1905 during the first partition of Bengal.

Answer: (c)

The writer of “Geet Govind” is Jayadev. He was the poet of the eleventh century who wrote the Sanskrit poem on the mystic love of Radha and Krishna. Jayadev was born in Kudali Sasan a small village near Puri in Orrisa.

In his poem, he describes the eternal love of Krishna and Radha. He was a great devotee of Lord Krishna and considered both Krishna and Radha as divine.