Assistant Superintendent Quiz-10

An “افسانہ” is a short story presenting a single aspect of life.

“نشیب” means downhill; its direct opposite is “چڑھانی” (uphill).

Mir Anis is celebrated as the master of Urdu elegiac poetry (marsiya).

The line was penned by Maulana Zafar Ali Khan.

This is the literal equivalent of the proverb.

Ghulam Abbas wrote the celebrated Urdu short story “Guzar Gaya.”

The complete proverb is: “نہ دس من تیل ہوگا، نہ رادھا ناچے گی.”

Miranji Shamsul Ushaq authored the earliest known Urdu masnavi in the 16th century.

“Asrar-e-Khudi” (Secrets of the Self) is Iqbal’s first Persian philosophical work.

Akbar Allahabadi is famous for his satirical and humorous poetry.