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- Jnanpith Award is conferred to those in the field of
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The Jnanpith Award is a literary award in India. Along with the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, it is one of the two most prestigious literary honours in the country. The award was instituted in 1961. Any Indian citizen who writes in any of the official languages of India is eligible for the honour. Note : The most recent Jnanpith award recipient is Bengali poet and critic Shankha Ghosh who was awarded for the year 2016.
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The Jnanpith Award is a literary award in India. Along with the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, it is one of the two most prestigious literary honours in the country. The award was instituted in 1961. Any Indian citizen who writes in any of the official languages of India is eligible for the honour. Note : The most recent Jnanpith award recipient is Bengali poet and critic Shankha Ghosh who was awarded for the year 2016.
- Who among the following had got the Bharat Ratna Award before becoming the President of India?
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Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was became the second President of India from 1962 to 1967. He received the Bharat Ratna in 1954.
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Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was became the second President of India from 1962 to 1967. He received the Bharat Ratna in 1954.
- Who was (is) the first lady recipient of Dada Saheb Phalke Award?
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Devika Rani Chaudhuri Roerich was an early Indian movie star who won the first Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1969. Dadasaheb Phalke Award was instituted in 1969. In 1958, the President of India honoured Devika Rani with a Padma Shri.
Note : 2016 Dadasaheb phalke award recipient of the award is filmmaker Kasinathuni Viswanath who will be honoured at the 64th National Film Awards ceremony.Correct Option: C
Devika Rani Chaudhuri Roerich was an early Indian movie star who won the first Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1969. Dadasaheb Phalke Award was instituted in 1969. In 1958, the President of India honoured Devika Rani with a Padma Shri.
Note : 2016 Dadasaheb phalke award recipient of the award is filmmaker Kasinathuni Viswanath who will be honoured at the 64th National Film Awards ceremony.
- Who was the first actress to be conferred the honour of Padmashree ?
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Nargis Dutt was the first film actress to conferred by the Government of India with the Padma Shri title, the fourth highest civilian award in 1958. In early 1970s, she became the first patron of Spastics Society of India, and her subsequent work with the organization brought her recognition as a social worker, and later a Rajya Sabha nomination in 1980.
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Nargis Dutt was the first film actress to conferred by the Government of India with the Padma Shri title, the fourth highest civilian award in 1958. In early 1970s, she became the first patron of Spastics Society of India, and her subsequent work with the organization brought her recognition as a social worker, and later a Rajya Sabha nomination in 1980.
- Nobel Prize in which field is not paid out of the endowment set up by Dr. Alfred Nobel ?
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The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences is not one of the Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895. The Prize in Economics, as it is referred to by the Nobel Foundation, was established and endowed by Sweden's central bank Sveriges Riksbank, in 1968 on the occasion of the bank's 300th anniversary, in memory of Alfred Nobel.
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The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences is not one of the Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895. The Prize in Economics, as it is referred to by the Nobel Foundation, was established and endowed by Sweden's central bank Sveriges Riksbank, in 1968 on the occasion of the bank's 300th anniversary, in memory of Alfred Nobel.