Question

Who was the writer of Ramcharitmanas?
A) Ramdas
B) Kabir
C) Tulsidas
D) Surdas

Answer 1

Hint: Writer is someone or a writer is a person who has written something or it is a written word in different styles and techniques to communicate ideas and interest to the others. So, in this question we have to tell who was the writer of Ramcharitmanas.

Complete answer:
Option A) Ramdas – His complete name is Samarth Ramdas is also known as Sant Ramdas. Ramdas was an Indian Hindu saint, philosopher, poet, writer and spiritual master. He was the devotee of the Hindu deities Rama and Hanuman. Thus, he is not a writer of Ramcharitmanas and this is an incorrect answer.

Option B) Kabir – Kabir Das was born in the month Jyestha on Purnima in the year 1440 and died in the year 1518. He was a mystical poet and great saint also known as Saint Kabir Das. It is considered that he got his spiritual training from the Ramananda, guru of the saint Kabir. Thus, this is an incorrect answer because he is not the writer of Ramcharitmanas.

Option C) Tulsidas – Tulsidas, also known as Goswami Tulsidas, was a Ramanandi Vaishnavi saint and poet. He wrote several popular works in Sanskrit and Awadhi, he is best known as the author of the epic Ramcharitmanas, a retelling of the Sanskrit Ramayana based on Rama's life in the vernacular Awadhi. Tulsidas spent most of his life in the city of Varanasi and Faizabad. Thus, this is the correct answer as he is the writer of the Ramcharitmanas.

Option D) Surdas – Surdas was the 16th century blind Hindu devotional poet and singer, who was known for the lyrics written of Krishna and they are written in Braj Bhasha. Thus, surdas is an incorrect answer because he was not the writer of Ramcharitmanas and this is an incorrect answer.

Therefore the correct answer is C

Note:
Students should not get confused between Ramayana and Ramcharitmanas as Ramayana was written by Sage Valmiki, who was a contemporary of Lord Rama. Ramcharitmanas was written by Tulsidas. Ramayana was written in the Sanskrit Language. Ramcharitmanas is composed of seven chapters with just one difference that Tulsidas changed Yuddha kandam to Lanka Kand