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Which of the following poets is NOT associated with the Chhayavad (Romantic) movement of Hindi poetry?
Explanation
Explanation
Step 1: Chhayavad (about 1918–1936) has four main pillars: Jaishankar Prasad, Suryakant Tripathi "Nirala", Sumitranandan Pant and Mahadevi Verma.
Step 2: So Prasad, Pant and Mahadevi Verma are Chhayavadi poets.
Step 3: Maithilisharan Gupt belongs to the Dwivedi Yug and the nationalist poetic tradition (famous for "Bharat-Bharati" and "Saket"), and is known as "Rashtrakavi".
Answer: Maithilisharan Gupt.
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