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Awards for Indian Non-Fiction Literature

This quiz is designed to test your knowledge about the various awards given to Indian non-fiction literature.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which award is given to the best work of non-fiction in English by an Indian author?

  1. Sahitya Akademi Award
  2. Jnanpith Award
  3. National Book Award
  4. Padma Bhushan
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the first recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award for non-fiction in English?

  1. R. K. Narayan
  2. Mulk Raj Anand
  3. Nirad C. Chaudhuri
  4. Raja Rao
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which award is given to the best work of non-fiction in Hindi by an Indian author?

  1. Sahitya Akademi Award
  2. Jnanpith Award
  3. National Book Award
  4. Padma Bhushan
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the first recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award for non-fiction in Hindi?

  1. Hazari Prasad Dwivedi
  2. Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
  3. Bhagwati Charan Verma
  4. Amritlal Nagar
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which award is given to the best work of non-fiction in Bengali by an Indian author?

  1. Sahitya Akademi Award
  2. Jnanpith Award
  3. National Book Award
  4. Padma Bhushan
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the first recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award for non-fiction in Bengali?

  1. Tarashankar Bandopadhyay
  2. Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay
  3. Manik Bandopadhyay
  4. Buddhadeb Basu
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which award is given to the best work of non-fiction in Marathi by an Indian author?

  1. Sahitya Akademi Award
  2. Jnanpith Award
  3. National Book Award
  4. Padma Bhushan
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the first recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award for non-fiction in Marathi?

  1. V. S. Khandekar
  2. P. K. Atre
  3. B. R. Tambe
  4. G. A. Kulkarni
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which award is given to the best work of non-fiction in Tamil by an Indian author?

  1. Sahitya Akademi Award
  2. Jnanpith Award
  3. National Book Award
  4. Padma Bhushan
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the first recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award for non-fiction in Tamil?

  1. Pudumaippittan
  2. Thi. Janakiraman
  3. Ki. Rajanarayanan
  4. A. Madhaviah
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which award is given to the best work of non-fiction in Telugu by an Indian author?

  1. Sahitya Akademi Award
  2. Jnanpith Award
  3. National Book Award
  4. Padma Bhushan
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the first recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award for non-fiction in Telugu?

  1. Viswanatha Satyanarayana
  2. Sri Sri
  3. Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao
  4. C. Narayana Reddy
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which award is given to the best work of non-fiction in Kannada by an Indian author?

  1. Sahitya Akademi Award
  2. Jnanpith Award
  3. National Book Award
  4. Padma Bhushan
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the first recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award for non-fiction in Kannada?

  1. Kuvempu
  2. Masti Venkatesha Iyengar
  3. Shivarama Karanth
  4. D. R. Bendre
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which award is given to the best work of non-fiction in Malayalam by an Indian author?

  1. Sahitya Akademi Award
  2. Jnanpith Award
  3. National Book Award
  4. Padma Bhushan
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the first recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award for non-fiction in Malayalam?

  1. Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai
  2. Basheer
  3. M. T. Vasudevan Nair
  4. O. V. Vijayan
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