RAS question
Kanhaiyalal Sethia is famous for which poem?
Correct answer: (C) Pathal aur Pithal.
Kanhaiyalal Sethia is famous for the Rajasthani poem Pathal aur Pithal.
Explanation
Kanhaiyalal Sethia is identified with Pathal aur Pithal because the Business Standard / Press Trust of India report on Sahitya Akademi's birth-centenary event calls him the author of famous poems such as Dharti Dhoran Ri and Pathal Pithal. Sethia's fame in Rajasthan's literary culture rests especially on Pathal aur Pithal and Dharti Dhoran Ri, and he also received the Padma Shri. His stature as a Rajasthani poet is also reflected in discussions on his life, his contribution to poetry, and his work for Rajasthani language recognition. So, among the listed works, Pathal aur Pithal is the poem directly tied to Sethia's public literary identity.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Padmini is not named as a famous work associated with Kanhaiyalal Sethia in the Business Standard / Press Trust of India report.
- (B) Meerabai ke Pad points to devotional compositions associated with Meera herself, while Sethia is identified with Pathal aur Pithal and Dharti Dhoran Ri.
- (D) Rajputani is not presented as Sethia's primary famous poem; the Business Standard / Press Trust of India report specifically names Pathal Pithal.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan History, Art and Culture through the matching of a major regional literary figure with his best-known work. RAS repeats such questions because poems, authors and honours are compact markers of Rajasthan's cultural history.