Literary Awards
Literary Awards is a History concept from the MPSC syllabus, tested in 3 past MPSC questions (2015, 2018). Below are those real questions with their correct answers and explanations, plus the concepts worth being comfortable with first.
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ज्ञानपीठ पुरस्कारांची सुरुवात 1961 मध्ये झाली. कोणता वृत्तपत्र गट या पुरस्कारा मागे आहे ?
The Jnanpith Award, India's highest literary honor, was instituted by the Bharatiya Jnanpith trust, which was founded by the Sahu Jain family, promoters of the Times of India / Bennett, Coleman & Co. group.
'ज्ञानपीठ' पुरस्काराबाबत खालील विधने विचारात घ्या : वरीलपैकी कोणती विधाने बरोबर आहेत ? Consider the following statements about 'Jnanpith (Gyanpith) Awards : Which of the above statements are correct?
(a)हा पुरस्कार भारत सरकार द्वारा 1952 पासून प्रायोजित आहे. / Sponsored by the Government of India since 1952.
(b)1982 च्या अगोदर लेखकाच्या एका कृतीबद्दल दिला जात होता. / Prior to 1982 it was given for single work of a writer.
(c)आता लेखकाच्या जीवनातील योगदानाबद्दल दिला जातो. / Now it is given for lifetime contribution of the writer.
(d)2017 चा पुरस्कार कृष्णा सोबती यांना घोषित झाला आहे. / Award for the year 2017 has been declared to Krishna Sobti.
Statement a is false because the Jnanpith Award is sponsored by the Bharatiya Jnanpith trust, not the Government of India. Statements b and c are correct (earlier given for a single work, now for lifetime contribution). Statement d is correct (Krishna Sobti received the 53rd Jnanpith Award for 2017).
जोड्या लावा : (लेखक) / (पुस्तके) - Match the pairs : (Author) / (Books)
(a)शशी थरूर / Shashi Tharoor
(b)रघुराम राजन / Raghuram Rajan
(c)सोमीनी सेनगुप्ता / Somini Sengupta
(d)विवेक शानभाग / Vivek Shanbhag
(I)घाचर घोचर / Ghachar Ghochar
(II)द एण्ड ऑफ कर्मा / The End of Karma
(III)आय डू व्हॉट आय डू / I Do What I Do
(IV)द ईरा ऑफ डार्कनेस / An Era of Darkness
Shashi Tharoor, Raghuram Rajan, Somini Sengupta, and Vivek Shanbhag are prominent contemporary authors mapped correctly to their respective well-known books.