Multiple choice

Which of these awards carry a cash prize of Rs. 5 Lakh?

  1. Nobel Prize

  2. Padma Shree

  3. Booker prize

  4. Saraswati Samman
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Explanation

The Saraswati Samman is an annual award for outstanding prose or poetry literary works in any of the 22 languages of India listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution. It carries a cash prize of Rs. 15 Lakh (though historically it was 5 Lakh).

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