The Kalidas Samman, instituted by the Madhya Pradesh government in 1980, is given by rotation in which fields?
- A.Science, mathematics, medicine and engineering
- B.Classical music, classical dance, theatre and plastic arts
- C.Hindi, Urdu, Sanskrit and tribal literature
- D.Journalism, cinema, photography and advertising
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, classical music, classical dance, theatre and plastic arts. The Kalidas Samman, instituted in 1980, moves between these four fields from year to year, the plastic arts covering painting and sculpture, and it belongs with the Kalidas Samaroh held at Ujjain, the city connected with the poet Kalidas.
Option A, the sciences, are honoured by other awards of the state and of the country, not by this one. Option C, the literatures, are honoured separately in Madhya Pradesh, Hindi by the Maithili Sharan Gupt Samman, Urdu by the Iqbal Samman and Sanskrit by the Maharishi Vedvyas Samman, which is exactly why this option is tempting. Option D, journalism and cinema, are covered by other honours, cinema by the Kishore Kumar Samman. The chain to remember is Kalidas, Ujjain, the classical arts and the year 1980.
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Practice Questions
View allWhich game was declared the state sport of Madhya Pradesh in 2013?
- A.Kabaddi
- B.Mallakhamb
- C.Hockey
- D.Kho kho
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The old gymnastic art in which the performer does poses on a fixed wooden pole, a hanging pole or a rope was declared the state sport of Madhya Pradesh in 2013, and the state trains players in it through schools and academies.
Read the full explanation →Which is the highest sports award given by the Madhya Pradesh government?
- A.Eklavya Award
- B.Vishwamitra Award
- C.Vikram Award
- D.Shikhar Samman
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It is the highest sports honour of Madhya Pradesh and is given to outstanding senior sportspersons of the state, usually for performance at the national and international level in the preceding year.
Read the full explanation →The Eklavya Award of Madhya Pradesh is given to sportspersons of which group?
- A.Players below the age of nineteen
- B.Coaches of national teams
- C.Players who have retired from sport
- D.Sports journalists of the state
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The Eklavya Award is the junior sports honour of Madhya Pradesh and is given each year to young sportspersons under nineteen who have done well at the national level, the name recalling the young archer of the Mahabharata who taught himself.
Read the full explanation →The Vishwamitra Award of the Madhya Pradesh government is given to which group?
- A.Sports coaches
- B.Para athletes
- C.School sports teachers only
- D.Sports administrators of federations
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The Vishwamitra Award honours coaches of Madhya Pradesh whose trainees have won medals at the national or international level, and the name is taken from Vishwamitra, the teacher of Rama, which fits an award for teaching rather than for playing.
Read the full explanation →The Tansen Samman of Madhya Pradesh is given in which field, and at which place?
- A.Light music, at Khandwa
- B.Hindustani classical music, at Gwalior
- C.Folk dance, at Maihar
- D.Theatre, at Ujjain
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The Tansen Samman is presented at the Tansen Samaroh held every year at Gwalior, near the tomb of Tansen, the singer of Akbar’s court who came from that region, and it honours work in Hindustani classical music.
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