This famous writer wrote in Hindi and Urdu using the pen name 'Premchand'. He is well known for his novels 'Godaan' and 'Gaban'. What is his real name?
A
Rabindranath Tagore
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B
Maithili Sharan Gupta
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C
Dhanpat Rai Srivastava
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D
Aniket Basu
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Solution
The correct option is C Dhanpat Rai Srivastava Dhanpat Rai Srivastava famously known as Premchand was an Indian author of novels and short stories in Hindi and Urdu who pioneered in adapting Indian themes to Western literary styles. He is well known for his novels 'Godaan' and 'Gaban'. His works depict the social evils of arranged marriages, the abuses of the British bureaucracy and exploitation of the rural peasantry by money lenders and officials.