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Who among the following writers was, on August 30, 2017, honoured with the Sarswati Samman for 2016?

 

A) Kedarnath Singh B) Mahabaleshwar Sail
C) Rajen Toijmba D) Autar Krishen Rahbar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Mahabaleshwar Sail

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Who among the following did not receive the 2016 Arjuna award in the field of 'wrestling'?

A) Virender Singh B) Vinesh Phogat
C) Amit Kumar D) Rajat Chauhan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Rajat Chauhan

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Who won the Bharat Ratna on his 100th birthday?

A) Acharya Vinobha bhave B) JRD Tata
C) D.K. Karve D) Zakir Hussain
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) D.K. Karve

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Who was awarded the 2017 Padma Bhushan Award in the field of Art-Music?

A) Devi Prasad Dwivedi B) Anuradha Paudwal
C) Vishwa Mohan Bhatt D) K. J. Yesudas
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Vishwa Mohan Bhatt

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Who among the following is the first Indian to win Pulitzer Prize?

A) Arundhati Roy B) Gobind Behari Lal
C) Vijay Seshadri D) Jhumpa Lahiri
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Gobind Behari Lal

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Gobind BehariLal: He came to study at the University of California in Berkeley in 1912 on the Guru Govind Singh Sahib Scholarship. He later became the science editor of the San Francisco Examiner. He won the Pulitzer Prize for journalism in 1937.

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______ is awarded for outstanding work in the field of literature and journalism.

A) Oscar Award B) Booker Prize
C) Pulitzer Prize D) Sullivan Award
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Pulitzer Prize

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Highest Civilian Honour received by Shabana Azmi is _______.

A) Padma Shri B) Padma Bhushan
C) Padma Vibhushan D) Bharat Ratna
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Padma Bhushan

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Who among the following was NOT one of the recipients of Major Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award for the year 2016?

A) Rajendra Pralhad Shelke B) Sylvanus Dung Dung
C) Sathi Geetha D) Amit Kumar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Amit Kumar

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