Match List-I with List-II.
| List-I | List-II | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (Sahitya Akademi Awardee) | (Language) | ||
| (A) | Apurba Kumar Saikia | (I) | English |
| (B) | Arundhathi Subramaniam | (II) | Maithili |
| (C) | Harish Meenashru | (III) | Assamese |
| (D) | Kamal Kant Jha | (IV) | Gujarati |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II
All four writers received the Sahitya Akademi Award 2020, announced in March 2021; the Akademi gives the award each year for the best book in each of the languages it recognises.
(A) Apurba Kumar Saikia — this matches (III) Assamese. He won for a collection of short stories in Assamese.
(B) Arundhathi Subramaniam — this matches (I) English. She won for her poetry collection When God Is a Traveller.
(C) Harish Meenashru — this matches (IV) Gujarati. He won for a collection of poems in Gujarati.
(D) Kamal Kant Jha — this matches (II) Maithili. He won for a collection of short stories in Maithili.