Which of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?
- (a)Harishankar Parsai – “Hansate Hain Rotey Hain”, “Rani Nagfani Ki Kahani”
- (b)Bhavani Prasad – “Geet Farosh”, “Satpura Ke Ghane Jangal”, “Himatarangini”
- (c)Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh – “Chand Ka Munh Tedha Hai”, “Kaath Ka Sapna”
- (d)Keshavdas – “Rasikpriya”, “Kavi Priya”
Correct — B, Bhavani Prasad (Bhawani Prasad Mishra). Two of his listed works are genuinely his — 'Geet Farosh' (his debut poetry collection) and 'Satpura Ke Ghane Jangal' (one of his best-known poems, about the Satpura forests of his native region) — but 'Himatarangini' is NOT his work. Himtarangini is the Sahitya Akademi Award-winning (1955) poetry collection of Makhanlal Chaturvedi, a different celebrated Hindi poet also from Madhya Pradesh. Attaching Chaturvedi's book to Bhawani Prasad Mishra's name is what makes this pair incorrectly matched.
- (a)Harishankar Parsai – “Hansate Hain Rotey Hain”, “Rani Nagfani Ki Kahani” — This pairing is CORRECT, so it is not the answer — both titles are genuine works of Harishankar Parsai, the Hindi satirist from Madhya Pradesh known for his sharp vyangya (satire) writing.
- (c)Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh – “Chand Ka Munh Tedha Hai”, “Kaath Ka Sapna” — This pairing is CORRECT, so it is not the answer — 'Chand Ka Munh Tedha Hai' (1964) is Muktibodh's landmark poetry collection and 'Kaath Ka Sapna' is among his prose/fiction works; both are genuinely his.
- (d)Keshavdas – “Rasikpriya”, “Kavi Priya” — This pairing is CORRECT, so it is not the answer — Rasikpriya (1591) and Kavipriya (1601) are Keshavdas's foundational Brajbhasha works of the Riti-kaal school of Hindi poetry, alongside Ramchandrika.
This question tests recognition of major Hindi litterateurs connected to Madhya Pradesh and their signature works — Harishankar Parsai (satire), Bhawani Prasad Mishra and Makhanlal Chaturvedi (Gandhian/nationalist-era poetry, both natives of Hoshangabad district), Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh (Nayi Kavita/modernist poetry), and Keshavdas (medieval Riti-kaal court poet of Orchha).
The mismatched option deliberately attaches a real, well-known, award-winning book (Himtarangini) to the wrong poet (Bhawani Prasad Mishra instead of its actual author, Makhanlal Chaturvedi) — both are genuine MP-linked Hindi poets of a similar era, which makes the swap easy to miss unless a student knows both authors' bibliographies precisely.
- Harishankar Parsai: 'Hansate Hain Rotey Hain', 'Rani Nagfani Ki Kahani' — Hindi satire (vyangya)
- Bhawani Prasad Mishra: 'Geet Farosh', 'Satpura Ke Ghane Jangal', 'Buni Hui Rassi' (Sahitya Akademi Award 1972) — NOT 'Himtarangini'
- 'Himtarangini' (Sahitya Akademi Award 1955) belongs to Makhanlal Chaturvedi, not Bhawani Prasad Mishra
- Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh: 'Chand Ka Munh Tedha Hai', 'Kaath Ka Sapna' — modernist Hindi poetry/prose
- Keshavdas: 'Rasikpriya', 'Kavipriya' (also 'Ramchandrika') — Riti-kaal Brajbhasha poet of the Orchha court
- Assuming every title in a pairing belongs to the named author just because both are plausible MP-linked Hindi writers
- Mixing up Bhawani Prasad Mishra and Makhanlal Chaturvedi — both from Hoshangabad district, both associated with patriotic/nature poetry
MPPSC's literature questions often list 2-3 works per author across four pairs and ask which pair is wrong — the error is usually one swapped title between two similar authors, not a wholly invented book.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Which Sahitya Akademi Award-winning (1955) Hindi poetry collection was authored by Makhanlal Chaturvedi?
- (a)Himtarangini
- (b)Geet Farosh
- (c)Kavipriya
- (d)Chand Ka Munh Tedha Hai
Answer(a) Himtarangini — awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1955.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Harishankar Parsai, the Hindi satirist from Madhya Pradesh, is the author of which of the following works?
- (a)Rasikpriya
- (b)Rani Nagfani Ki Kahani
- (c)Chand Ka Munh Tedha Hai
- (d)Himtarangini
Answer(b) Rani Nagfani Ki Kahani — a well-known satirical work by Harishankar Parsai.