Kavipriya is a poetic work by Keshav Das. Which of the following statements about it is NOT correct?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Its tenth chapter is titled Ragamala.
Option (1) It is a tale of love. — True of Kavipriya. Kavipriya is described as a tale of love.
Option (2) It was written in the honour of Rai Parbin, a courtesan of Orchha. — True of Kavipriya. Keshav Das wrote it in honour of Rai Parbin, a celebrated courtesan of Orchha.
Option (3) Its tenth chapter is titled Ragamala. — Not true of Kavipriya. Its tenth chapter is titled Baramasa, on the 12 months of the year. Ragamala is a different theme: paintings of ragas and raginis, such as Raga Dipak and Maru Ragini.
Option (4) In it, the nayika prevails upon the nayaka not to leave her. — True of Kavipriya. While describing the seasons, Keshav Das tells how the nayika prevails upon the nayaka not to leave her.
Note: This topic was not named in the CUET 2026 syllabus, but it was part of the NCERT chapter. In 2025 and 2026, NTA also asked questions on topics in NCERT that the CUET syllabus did not name. So our mocks have questions from every part of the NCERT chapter, to give you enough practice. Read the whole chapter, not only the sub-topics named in the syllabus.
NCERT (2026-27): “Themes of Paintings – An Overview …Kavipriya, another poetic work by Keshav Das, was written in the honour of Rai Parbin, a celebrated courtesan of Orchha. It is a tale of love and its tenth chapter evocatively titled Baramasa engages with the most enduring climactic description of the 12 months of the year. While illustrating the daily life of people in different seasons and alluding to festivals falling therein, Keshav Das describes how the nayika prevails upon the nayaka not to leave her and proceed on a journey.” |