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Awards & HonoursHardAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2021, GK

Who among the following was chosen for the Kuvempu Award 2020?

  1. A.Dr. Rajendra Kishore Panda
  2. B.Amitav Ghosh
  3. C.Vikram Seth
  4. D.Chetan Bhagat

Correct answer

A. Dr. Rajendra Kishore Panda

Explanation

The correct answer is A, Dr. Rajendra Kishore Panda. The Kuvempu Rashtriya Puraskar for 2020 was given to the Odia poet Rajendra Kishore Panda. The award is a national literary honour named after Kuppali Venkatappa Puttappa, the Kannada poet known as Kuvempu, who wrote the epic Sri Ramayana Darshanam and the Karnataka state song Jaya Bharata Jananiya Tanujate, and who became the first Kannada writer to win the Jnanpith Award in 1967. It is presented by the Rashtrakavi Kuvempu Pratishthana, based at Kuppalli in Shivamogga district, the village where he grew up, to a writer in any Indian language. Panda is one of the leading modern Odia poets, with many collections of verse to his name. Option B is wrong because Amitav Ghosh, the English novelist, is known for winning the Jnanpith Award for 2018. Option C is wrong because Vikram Seth, author of A Suitable Boy, has not received this award. Option D is wrong because the popular novelist Chetan Bhagat has not received it either. Exam tip: Kuvempu Rashtriya Puraskar 2020 = Rajendra Kishore Panda (Odia); Kuvempu was Kannada's first Jnanpith winner (1967).

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