The Satsai is a work of 700 verses composed as aphorisms. Who authored it?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Bihari Lal
Option (1) Bihari Lal — Correct. Bihari Lal authored the Bihari Satsai, 700 verses written as aphorisms and moralising witticism.
Option (2) Keshav Das — Incorrect. Keshav Das, court poet of Orchha, wrote Rasikapriya and Kavipriya.
Option (3) Bhanu Datta — Incorrect. Bhanu Datta composed Rasamanjari, a Sanskrit treatise on rasa.
Option (4) Jayadeva — Incorrect. Jayadeva composed the Gita Govinda, a lyrical poem in Sanskrit.
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. … Bihari Satsai, authored by Bihari Lal, constituting 700 verses (satsai), is composed in the form of aphorisms and moralising witticism.” |