Uttar Pradesh - Study Mode

[#51] The main Urdu Teaching Institute in Uttar Pradesh is situated at which place?
Correct Answer

(C) Lucknow

Explanation

Solution: Uttar Pradesh Urdu Akademi also known as Uttar Pradesh Urdu Academy or Urdu Academy, Uttar Pradesh in the interest of developing the Urdu language and preserving the Urdu tradition and culture it was established in January 1972. It is under control of the Ministry of Minorities affairs. The then Uttar Pradesh government established this academy under registration of society's act with a motto of establishing an Urdu institution to look after the development of the Urdu language, literature, cultural heritage. This institution has compiled many programs in its fold for cultural and educational goals. Office of this academy is situated in Lucknow city.

[#52] Assertion (A): Uttar Pradesh has had a long history of language and literature. Reason (R): It was the state of Hindu twin Sanskrit epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata.
Correct Answer

(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

Explanation

Solution: Uttar Pradesh has had a long history of language and literature because it was the state of Hindu twin Sanskrit epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata.

[#53] The Author of 'Madhushala' was?
Correct Answer

(A) Harivansh Rai Bachchan

Explanation

Solution: Madhushala is a book of 135 "quatrains": verses of four lines (Ruba'i) by Hindi poet and writer Harivansh Rai Bachchan.

[#54] Banabhatta and Vyas are writers of which literature?
Correct Answer

(B) Sanskrit

Explanation

Solution: Banabhatta and Vyas are writers of Sanskrit literature. Baṇabhatta was a 7 th century Sanskrit prose writer and poet of India. He was the Asthana Kavi in the court of King Harsha Vardhana, who reigned c. 606 - 647 CE in north India first from Sthanvishvara (Thanesar), and later Kannauj. Bana's principal works include a biography of Harsha, the Harshacharita (Deeds of Harsha), and one of the world's earliest novels, Kadambari. Baṇa died before finishing the novel and it was completed by his son Bhusanabhatta. Both these works are noted texts of Sanskrit literature. Krishna Dvaipayana, better known as Vyasa or Vedavyasa, is a central and revered sage portrayed in most Hindu traditions. He is traditionally regarded as the author of the Hindu epic Mahabharata. He is also regarded by many Hindus as the compiler of a number of significant scriptures.

[#55] Hindi is written in which script?
Correct Answer

(B) Devanagari

Explanation

Solution: Modern Hindi is written in Devanagari script, which is made of two Sanskrit words: Deva, meaning 'God' and Nagari, meaning 'of urban origin'. Devanagari has its origin in Brahmi script.