UPSC CAPF AC 2024 Paper 1 · Question 73

Question 73 of the UPSC CAPF (AC) 2024 Paper I (4 August 2024). Try it first, then open the answer and explanation.

1. CAPF 2024 · P-I · Q73 · History · Art & Culture

   What is Nalayira Divyaprabandham?

   1. Compositions by the Alvars compiled in the form of an anthology
   2. Hymns composed by Nayanars
   3. Eulogies composed for Chola kings
   4. An exposition of the hymns of Rig Veda in Malayalam

   नलयिरा दिव्यप्रबंधम् क्या है?

   1. अलवारों द्वारा रचित पद्यावली के रूप में संकलित रचनाएँ
   2. नयनारों द्वारा रचित भजन (स्तोत्र)
   3. चोल राजाओं के लिए रचित स्तुतियाँ
   4. मलयालम में ऋग्वेद के स्तोत्रों की व्याख्या
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   Answer: (1) Compositions by the Alvars compiled in the form of an anthology

   उत्तर: (1) अलवारों द्वारा रचित पद्यावली के रूप में संकलित रचनाएँ

   The Nalayira Divyaprabandham ("four thousand sacred compositions") is the anthology of about 4,000 Tamil verses of the twelve Vaishnava Alvars, compiled by Nathamuni around the 9th-10th century. The Nayanars were Shaiva saints, whose hymns are collected in the Tevaram.

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