Whose famous literary work is "Mukul"?

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Correct — D, Subhadra Kumari Chauhan. Mukul (1930) is her well-known collection of Hindi poems, and it includes her most celebrated composition, the ballad 'Jhansi Ki Rani' (opening line: 'Khoob ladi mardani, woh to Jhansi wali Rani thi'), which commemorates Rani Lakshmibai's role in the 1857 revolt. Chauhan (1904–1948) was herself a freedom fighter — the first woman Satyagrahi to court arrest in Nagpur.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) A noted Hindi poet and freedom fighter of MP in his own right, but Mukul is not his work — he is a separate literary figure of the same era.  (b) A Hindi poet associated with Gandhian themes, but not the author of Mukul.  (c) An early exponent of the Chhayavad school of Hindi poetry from the Chhattisgarh region, but not connected to Mukul.

Concept: Mukul situates Subhadra Kumari Chauhan within the freedom-movement generation of Hindi poets, where literary and political identity fused — her verse, most famously 'Jhansi Ki Rani', was written to stir nationalist sentiment rather than as a purely literary exercise, which is why MPPSC frequently pairs her name with both her poetry and her Satyagraha record.

State PCS 2023 Q95 — Madhya Pradesh GK PYQ with Answer

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