Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

General Knowledge

Question:

Manjamma Jogati became India’s first transgender folk dancer to receive a Padma Shri honour for her contribution to art in the year ________.

Options:

2012

2021

2009

2018

Correct Answer:

2021

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (2) - 2021

Manjamma Jogati was awarded the Padma Shri in 2021.  He is an Indian Kannada theatre actress, singer, and dancer of Jogathi Nritya, a folk dance form of North Karnataka. In 2019, she became the first transgender woman to be the president of Karnataka Janapada Academy, the state's top institution for folk arts.