How many young artists will receive the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar for the years 2024 and 2025?
- A.72
- B.84
- C.106
- D.128
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Explanation
The correct answer is 106 young artists, drawn from music, dance and drama, who will be given the award for the two years taken together at the New Delhi ceremony. Options A, B and D are wrong because no such count appears in the announcement; they are plausible-looking numbers of the kind set as distractors where a candidate recalls that the figure was around a hundred but not the exact value. The selection was made unanimously by the General Council of the Sangeet Natak Akademi, the highest decision-making body of the academy, at a meeting held in New Delhi from 22 to 26 March 2026. Clubbing two award years into one function is also worth noting, as it explains why a single ceremony covers both 2024 and 2025 instead of one year alone.
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Practice Questions
Which body instituted the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar?
- A.Lalit Kala Akademi
- B.Sahitya Akademi
- C.Sangeet Natak Akademi
- D.National School of Drama
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The correct answer is the Sangeet Natak Akademi, the national academy for music, dance and drama, which created the Yuva Puraskar in 2006 for artists up to the age of 40 and has conferred it every year since at a ceremony reserved for young performers.
Read the full explanation →What is the cash component of the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar?
- A.Rs 10,000
- B.Rs 25,000
- C.Rs 50,000
- D.Rs 1,00,000
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Alongside the purse, every awardee receives a Tamrapatra, the copper plaque that carries the citation, and an Angavastram, the ceremonial shawl presented at the function.
Read the full explanation →How many students have been selected under INSPIRE-MANAK up to 2025-26?
- A.7,444
- B.46,926
- C.50,009
- D.18,27,580
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That is the cumulative number of students selected under the INSPIRE-MANAK scheme up to 2025-26, a figure the Department of Science and Technology reported at the felicitation ceremony.
Read the full explanation →How many young innovators were felicitated at the 12th National Level Exhibition and Project Competition?
- A.42
- B.52
- C.62
- D.72
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The Union Minister of State for Science and Technology felicitated 62 young innovators at the twelfth edition of the National Level Exhibition and Project Competition, held under the INSPIRE-MANAK scheme in New Delhi.
Read the full explanation →What does MANAK stand for in the INSPIRE-MANAK scheme?
- A.Million Minds Augmenting National Aspirations and Knowledge
- B.Mission for Advancing National Aptitude and Knowledge
- C.Model Academy for Nurturing Applied Knowledge
- D.Manthan for National Aspirations and Capability
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The scheme is a flagship initiative of the Department of Science and Technology, carried out with the National Innovation Foundation-India, an autonomous body under the department.
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