Anant Nag Chosen for Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2024

The correct answer is Anant Nag. The Government of India announced on 16 September 2026, acting on the recommendation of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award Selection Committee, that the veteran actor would receive the country's highest cinema honour for the year 2024. The citation recognises a screen career running beyond five decades and more than 300 films in Kannada, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil and Marathi. Options A, C and D name other distinguished figures of Indian cinema, and each has been honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in a different year, which is exactly why they work as distractors here. None of them is the recipient for 2024. Aspirants should pair the year with the name, because papers often ask for the award year rather than simply for the latest winner. Note also that the honour is announced by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

The correct answer is Kevadia in Gujarat. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting stated that Anant Nag would be handed the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2024 at the 72nd National Film Awards ceremony, and that the ceremony was fixed for 22 September 2026 at Kevadia. Option A is wrong because Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi has hosted National Film Awards ceremonies in earlier years, which makes it a natural but incorrect guess for this edition. Option D is wrong for the same reason: Bharat Mandapam hosts many national events but was not the venue chosen here. Option C is wrong because Mumbai, despite being the centre of the film industry, was not selected. Candidates should tie three things together for this story, the edition number of 72, the date of 22 September 2026 and the venue of Kevadia.

The correct answer is that he made his acting debut in the Kannada feature Sankalp. Option A is the closest trap, because Ankur was indeed his debut, but specifically his Hindi debut, not the first film of his career. Option C is wrong because his work spans Kannada, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil and Marathi cinema, taking in more than 300 films, besides the television series Malgudi Days for which he is widely remembered. Option D is wrong because he did hold elected office in Karnataka: he was a member of the Karnataka Legislative Council from 1988 to 1994 and then a member of the Legislative Assembly from 1994 to 1999, serving as Minister of State for Bangalore City Development in that period. His other honours include five Filmfare Awards, five Karnataka State Best Actor Awards and the Karnataka Rajyotsava Award.