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2016

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who won the Sahitya Akademi Award 2016 for Hindi language
A
Nasira Sharma
B
Moirangthem Rajen
C
Gobinda Chandra Majhi
D
Gita Upadhyay
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Mumbai-based writer Jerry Pinto, Tamil author Vannadhasan, Hindi writer Nasira Sharma are among 24 others declared the winners of the Sahitya Akademi awards this year. Sharma’s Hindi novel Paarijat, Pinto’s Em and the Big Hoom and Vannadhasan’s Oru Sru Isai won them the literary honour.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mumbai: The ‘Sahitya Akademi Award’ for 2022 will be given to Anuradha Roy for English Literature, Badri Narayan for Hindi Literature and Praveen Bandekar for Marathi Literature.

Detailed explanation-3: -Shashi Tharoor is one of the recipients of this award. Q5.

Detailed explanation-4: -R. K. Narayan was the first winner of this award.

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