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2016

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How many Indian American are honoured with prestigious Great Immigrants : The Pride of America Award 2016
A
5
B
3
C
4
D
6
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The other three Indian-Americans are Hari Sreenivasan, Vikram Malhotra and Bharati Mukherjee. WASHINGTON: Indian-origin Google CEO Sunder Pichai and three other Indian-Americans are among the 42 US nationals honoured with this years prestigious “Great Immigrants: The Pride of America” award.

Detailed explanation-2: -The 2.7 million Indian immigrants living in the United States as of 2021 made up 6 percent of the total foreign-born population, and their numbers continue to grow.

Detailed explanation-3: -With a population of more than four and a half million, Indian Americans make up 1.35% of the U.S. population and they are also the largest group of South Asian Americans, as well as the second largest group of Asian Americans after Chinese Americans.

Detailed explanation-4: -Forbes’ 2022 List of 400 Richest Americans features only four Indian American billionaires: Jay Chaudhry, Vinod Khosla, Ramesh Wadhwani, and Rakesh Gangwal. Forbes featured as many as seven richest Indian Americans in 2020, out of which three have been dropped this year.

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