Question

What is the name of the book containing English translation of the 100 year old classic Punjabi poem about Jallianwala Bagh massacre?

• A. Drummer Hodge
• B. Poems of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre
• C. Poems about war
• D. Khooni Vaisakhi

Answer 1

The Correct Option is D

The correct option is (D): Khooni Vaisakhi.

Answer 2

The question asks for the name of the book containing the English translation of a 100-year-old Punjabi poem about the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. Let's assess each option:

1. Drummer Hodge: This is a well-known poem by Thomas Hardy about a soldier's death in the Boer War, unrelated to the Jallianwala Bagh tragedy or Punjabi poetry.
2. Poems of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre: This is a generic descriptive phrase rather than the actual published title of the translated work released to mark the massacre's centenary.
3. Poems about war: This is a broad, unrelated theme and not the title of any specific translated work tied to the 1919 massacre.
4. Khooni Vaisakhi: "Khooni Vaisakhi" is the original Punjabi poem written by Nanak Singh shortly after witnessing the Jallianwala Bagh massacre; its English translation, done by his grandson Navdeep Suri, was published under the same title to mark the massacre's centenary in 2019.

Since the translated book retained the original poem's title, the answer is Khooni Vaisakhi.

Therefore, the correct answer is Khooni Vaisakhi.

Answer 3

This question asks for the title under which the English translation of a century-old Punjabi poem on the Jallianwala Bagh massacre was published. Checking which option is an actual book title, rather than a description, narrows it down.

1. Drummer Hodge: This is a real poem, but it was written by Thomas Hardy about a soldier's death in the Boer War, a completely different subject, language, and author than the poem the question is describing.
2. Poems of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre: This reads like a plain description of the subject matter rather than the actual title given to the published English translation.
3. Poems about war: This is too broad a phrase to be any specific book's title and is not connected to this translation project at all.
4. Khooni Vaisakhi: This is the original title Nanak Singh gave his Punjabi poem shortly after witnessing the 1919 massacre, and when his grandson Navdeep Suri translated it into English for its centenary in 2019, the book kept this same original title.

Since the translated edition was published under the poem's own original name rather than a new descriptive title, the answer is Khooni Vaisakhi.

Therefore, the correct answer is Khooni Vaisakhi.