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SSC Selection Post 2022 PYQ — Question 43

SSC Selection Post - Matriculation Level 2022 - 7 Feb 2022 - Shift 2 • General Awareness • Q43

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Who among the following wrote the book ‘Matoshree’, which is based on the life of the Maratha queen Ahilyabai Holkar?

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Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is option 4 i.e. Sumitra Mahajan.

  • The book 'Matoshree', based on the life of Devi Ahilyabai Holkar, was authored by former Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan.
  •  The book was released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Sumitra Mahajan

  • She was the Speaker of Lok Sabha from 2014 to 2019.
  • She belongs to Bharatiya Janata Party.
  • She represented the Indore constituency of Madhya Pradesh from 1989 to 2019 as the longest serving Woman Member of Parliament.
  • She was awarded India's third highest civilian award the Padma Bhushan in 2021.

Ahilyabai Holkar

  • She was the Rajamata and later the ruling queen of Indore within the Maratha Empire.
  • She established Maheshwar (in Madhya Pradesh) as the seat of the Holkar Dynasty.