Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Politics in India Since Independence: Challenges of nation Building

Question:

Amrita Pritam, a prominent Punjabi poet, and fiction writer was the recipient of which of the following award (s)?
1- Sahitya Akademi Award
2- Padma Shree
3- Jnanapeeth Award
4- The International Booker Prize

Options:

Only 1

1 and 2

1, 2 and 3

All four

Correct Answer:

1, 2 and 3

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 3 - 1, 2 and 3

Amrita Pritam was a prominent Punjabi poet and fiction writer. She was the recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award (for Kagaz Te Canvas), Padma Shree, & Jnanapeeth Award (for her outstanding contributions to literature). After Partition she made Delhi her second home. She actively wrote & edited ‘Nagmani’ a Punjabi monthly magazine.

She never won International Booker Prize which was established in 2005 after Amrita Pritam's death.