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Q21. Which among the following is considered as the second oldest work of Bengali literature after Charyapada ?

(A) Krittivasi Ramayan
(B) Vaishnava Padavali
(C) Sri Krishna Kirtana
(D) Sri Krishna Vijay

Answer: Sri Krishna Kirtana

Q22. Vande Mataram appeared in Bankim Chandra’s novel

(A) Anandamath
(B) Raj Singha
(C) Kapal Kundala
(D) None of these

Answer: Anandamath

Q23. The Ramayana under the title of ‘Sri Rama Panchali’, was translated by

(A) Maladhar Basu
(B) Chandidas
(C) Krittibas Ojha
(D) None of these

Answer: Krittibas Ojha

Q24. The name of monthly literary magazine published by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay is

(A) Vande Mataram
(B) Bharatdarshan
(C) Bharatkosh
(D) Bangadarshan

Answer: Bangadarshan

Q25. The most popular hagiography of Chaitanyadev Chaitanyacharitamrita was written by

(A) Krishnadas Kaviraja
(B) Born Chandidas
(C) Murari Gupta
(D) Brindabandas

Answer: Krishnadas Kaviraja

Q26. The first major Bengali poet to write Vaishnava lyrics was

(A) Vidyapati
(B) Chandidas
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) Maladhar Basu

Answer: Chandidas

Q27. The first available evidence of the ancient Bengali literature ‘Charyapada’ was discovered by linguist Harprashad Shastri in the year

(A) 1907
(B) 1901
(C) 1903
(D) 1910

Answer: 1907

Q28. The Bengali language has been originated from which of the following languages ?

(A) Sanskrit
(B) Prakrit
(C) Magadhi
(D) All of these

Answer: All of these

Q29. The Bengali dialect spoken in Santhal Paragana division and Kolhan division in Jharkhand is known as

(A) Rarhi dialect
(B) Jharkhandi dialect
(C) Rajbanshi dialect
(D) None of the above

Answer: Jharkhandi dialect

Q30. The author of Padatik is

(A) Sukanta Bhattacharya
(B) Kazi Nazrul Islam
(C) Arun Mitra
(D) Subhas Mukhopadhyay

Answer: Subhas Mukhopadhyay