Whose famous work is "Ramchandrika"?
- (a)Padmakar
- (b)Bhushan
- (c)Keshavdas
- (d)Bhavabhuti
Correct — C, Keshavdas. Ramchandrika is the Braj-Bhasha Mahakavya (epic) on the life of Rama composed by Keshavdas, the celebrated Riti-kaal Hindi poet patronised by the Orchha court under Vir Singh Deo.
- (a)Padmakar — Padmakar was a separate Riti-kaal Hindi poet of a later period, not the author of Ramchandrika.
- (b)Bhushan — Bhushan, another Riti-kaal poet, is famous for Shivrajbhushan (in praise of Shivaji), not Ramchandrika.
- (d)Bhavabhuti — Bhavabhuti was a Sanskrit dramatist (8th century) known for Uttar Ramcharita — a different poet, language and era from the Braj-Bhasha Ramchandrika.
Ramchandrika is a Braj-Bhasha Mahakavya (epic poem) narrating the life of Rama, composed by Keshavdas — a leading poet of the Riti-kaal (ornate/rhetorical) period of Hindi literature, patronised at the Orchha court in Bundelkhand.
MPPSC frequently asks 'whose famous work is X' for Hindi Riti-kaal poets tied to the Bundelkhand region; the trap is confusing Keshavdas's Braj epic with other Rama-themed works composed by different poets in different languages and eras.
- Ramchandrika: Braj-Bhasha epic on Rama's life, by Keshavdas
- Keshavdas was a Riti-kaal poet patronised by the Orchha (Bundelkhand) court
- Not to be confused with Tulsidas's Ramcharitmanas (Awadhi, Bhakti-kaal) or Bhavabhuti's Uttar Ramcharita (Sanskrit drama) — different Rama-themed works by different poets
- Keshavdas also wrote Rasikpriya and Kavipriya, other well-known Riti-kaal works
Several classics retell Rama's story, but Ramchandrika belongs specifically to Keshavdas — don't let the shared subject (Rama) pull the answer toward Tulsidas or Bhavabhuti.
- Confusing Keshavdas (Riti-kaal, Braj, Ramchandrika) with Tulsidas (Bhakti-kaal, Awadhi, Ramcharitmanas) — both wrote Rama epics
- Mixing up which Riti-kaal poet is linked to which signature work among the given options
MPPSC asks 'whose famous work is X' for Riti-kaal Hindi poets — lock the poet-work-patron chain (Keshavdas - Ramchandrika - Orchha).
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Ramcharitmanas, the Awadhi epic on Rama's life, was composed by:
- (a)Keshavdas
- (b)Tulsidas
- (c)Surdas
- (d)Kabir
Answer(b) Tulsidas — a separate Rama epic, in Awadhi (not Braj), from the Bhakti-kaal (not Riti-kaal).
- practice — not a real PYQ
Bhushan, the Riti-kaal Hindi poet famous for the work 'Shivrajbhushan', was the court poet of:
- (a)Chhatrasal
- (b)Shivaji
- (c)Vir Singh Deo
- (d)Jahangir
Answer(b) Shivaji — Shivrajbhushan is Bhushan's celebrated composition in praise of Shivaji.