Awards (Part-III)

31. Who among the following has been selected for the 33rd Jnanpith Award, 1997? [R.A.S./R.T.S. (Pre) 1997]

(a) Ali Sardar Jafri
(b) Abdul Qadir Badauni
(c) Faizi
(d) Abul Fazl

Correct Answer: (a) Ali Sardar Jafri

Solution:Ali Sardar Jafri has been selected for the 33rd Jnanpith Award, 1997. Hence, option (a) is correct.

32. 1990 Jnanpith Award winner Prof. Vinayaka Krishna Gokak is a noted scholar of one of the following languages: [R.A.S./R.T.S. (Pre) 1992]

(a) Kannada
(b) Marathi
(c) Gujarati
(d) Konkani

Correct Answer: (a) Kannada

Solution:1990 Jnanpith Award winner Prof. Vinayaka Krishna Gokak is a noted scholar of Kannada language. Hence, option (a) is correct.

33. Who has conferred the Jnanpith Award for the year 1991? [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1992]

(a) Kurtul N. Hyder
(b) Gokak
(c) Subhash Mukhopadhyay
(d) Harivanshrai Bachchan

Correct Answer: (c) Subhash Mukhopadhyay

Solution:Subhash Mukhopadhyay has conferred the Jnanpith Award for the year 1991. Hence, option (c) is correct.

34. Gyanpith Puraskar has been conferred (6th November 2008) to: [R.A.S./R.T.S. (Pre) 2008]

(a) Vineet Narayan
(b) Rahman Rahi
(c) Kamleshwar
(d) Gyan Chaturvedi

Correct Answer: (b) Rahman Rahi

Solution:Gyanpith Puraskar has been conferred (6th November 2008) to Rahman Rahi. Hence, option (b) is correct.

35. Jnanpith Award for the year 2010 was given to : [U.P.P.C.S (Mains) 2011]

(a) Amarkant
(b) Chandrashekhar Kambar
(c) Mannu Bhandari
(d) Shri Lal Shukla

Correct Answer: (b) Chandrashekhar Kambar

Solution:Jnanpith Award for the year 2010 was given to Chandrashekhar Kambar. Hence, option (b) is correct.

36. In which language did Pratibha Rai, the winner of 47th Jnanpith Award, write? [Jharkhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2013]

(a) English
(b) Hindi
(c) Bangla
(d) Oriya

Correct Answer: (d) Oriya

Solution:Pratibha Rai, the winner of 47th Jnanpith Award, write in Oriya language. Hence, option (d) is correct.

37. Who among the following has been awarded the Saraswati Samman of 2016? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2017]

(a) Padma Sachdev
(b) Govind Mishra
(c) Surjeet Patar
(d) Mahabaleshwar Sail

Correct Answer: (d) Mahabaleshwar Sail

Solution:The K.K Birla Foundation honoured the 26th Saraswati Samman of the year 2016 to the renowned Konkani litterateur Mahabaleshwar Sail. Sivasankari (a Tamil writer) was hounored with the "32" Saraswati Samman" for the year 2022.

38. Who among the following has been awarded the Saraswati Samman, 2013 in February 2014? [U.P. Lower Sub. (Mains) 2013]

(a) Govind Mishra
(b) Ashok Vajpayee
(c) Dr. Namwar Singh
(d) Mrinal Pandey

Correct Answer: (a) Govind Mishra

Solution:On 24th March 2014, the Hindi writer Govind Mishra was announced by the Birla Foundation to confer the Saraswati Samman of the Year 2013 for his novel "Dhool Paudho Par"and was awarded this honour in September 2014. The award for the year 2014 was conferred on former Union Minister M. Veerappa Moily for his Kannada poetry collection "Ramayana Mahanveshanam".

39. The Saraswati Award for the year 2003 was given to : [Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Mains) 2002]

(a) Amrita Pritam
(b) Govind Chandra Pandey
(c) Manoj Das
(d) Vijay Tendulkar

Correct Answer: (b) Govind Chandra Pandey

Solution:The Saraswati Award for the year 2003 was given to Govind Chandra Pandey. Hence, option (b) is correct.

40. Saraswati Samman 2005 was conferred on : [U.P.P.C.S. (Spl.) (Mains) 2004]

(a) Ayyappa Panikar
(b) Khushwant Singh
(c) Namvar Singh
(d) Rajiv Shukla

Correct Answer: (a) Ayyappa Panikar

Solution:Saraswati Samman 2005 was conferred on Ayyappa Panikar. Hence, option (a) is correct.