UPSC Prelims 2005·GS1·art-and-culture·religion and literature

Which pairs are correctly matched? 1. Champadevi Shukla: Goldman Environmental prize 2. Dr. P. Sri Ramachanrudu: Vachaspati Puraskar 3. Ela Ramesh Bhatt: Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration, Academics and Management 4. Upamanyu Chatterjee: Lalit Kala Ratna Award Select the correct answer:

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  1. A1 and 2
  2. B1, 2 and 3Correct
  3. C3 and 4
  4. D1, 2, 3 and 4

Explanation

The correct answer is B because the first three statements are factually accurate, while the fourth is incorrect. 1. Champadevi Shukla won the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2004 for her activism on behalf of the victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy. 2. Dr. P. Sri Ramachandrudu, a renowned Sanskrit scholar, was indeed honored with the Vachaspati Puraskar for his contribution to Sanskrit literature. 3. Ela Ramesh Bhatt, the founder of SEWA, received the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration, Academics and Management in 2011. 4. Upamanyu Chatterjee is a famous Indian author and civil servant known for the book English, August. He is associated with literature and has won the Sahitya Akademi Award, not the Lalit Kala Ratna, which is an honor bestowed by the National Academy of Art for excellence in visual arts. Therefore, only pairs 1, 2, and 3 are correctly matched.
art-and-culture: Which pairs are correctly matched? 1. Champadevi Shukla: Goldman Environmental prize 2. Dr. P. Sri Ramachanrudu: Vachasp

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