UPPSC 2015 General Studies I Solved Paper

Question : 49 of 150

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Bhalchandra Nemade was selected in February 2015 for which one of the following awards?

King Faisal Award
Nayudamma Award
India Harmony Award
Jnanpith Award

Solution:

(d) Eminent Marathi writer Bhalchandra Nemade, whose novel Kosala (Cocoon) changed the dimensions of Marathi novel, was chosen on

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February, 2015 for the Jnanpith Award-2014 by the Jnanpith Selection Board. Nemade is the fourth Marathi writer to win the literary honour after V.S. Khandekar in 1974, V.V. Shirwadkar alias Kusumagraj in 1988, and Govind Karandikar alias Vinda Karandikar in 2003.

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