Q2: MPPSC Mains 2021 2021 Mains-V: Mains Question

(a) Śabda-Alaṅkār (sound figures) – answer the following: (1) Which alaṅkār is found in “कहे कवि बेनी चेनि व्यास की सुहाइ लीन”? (2) In the line “युगति महिपति मंदिर आये” which alaṅkār is present? (3) Write the alaṅkār in “को घटि ये भृभमाणु ते हलधर के वीर”. (4) Fill in the blank – Repetition of letters that sound similar but differ in meaning is called ______ alaṅkār. (5) In the couplet “धरर धरर रक्त झरर, भावन नींद न भोर / सुदरन को ढूँढ़त फिरत कवि, व्यक्तिरिति, चोर” does it contain ‘Samasṛddha Śleṣa’ or ‘Amasṛddha Śleṣa’?

(b) Artha-Alaṅkār (sense figures): (1) In Upamā alaṅkār, the object that is compared is called ‘prastut’ or ‘upamān’? (2) When all four elements of an upamā are present, what type of upamā is it called? (3) In “नील घन घटवाली, शरद दान मधु नीर/ मन्द-मन्द आवत चली कुञ्जरू कुञ्जन समीरे” which kind of rūpak is it? (4) In “अगन चन्द समान उज्वल, यदु मनु हँसी यदु जोर छटा है”, the word ‘यदु’ denotes which alaṅkār? (5) In “मोहत औधे पीत पट स्वाम सताने गाव/ मनी नीलमणि शैल पर आतप पृष्ठ प्रभाव” which alaṅkār will be there?