Nobel Prize in Literature is one of the most prestigious awards in the world, awarded annually to an author who has produced outstanding work in an idealistic direction. The prize has been awarded to 119 individuals since 1901, including such notable writers as Toni Morrison, Gabriel García Márquez, and William Faulkner.

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Q. Who has been honoured with 2013 Nobel Prize for Literature?

 ◉ Sukhchain Singh Gill

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 ◉ Maselo Mihu

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 ◉ Alice Munro

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 ◉ Aung San Suu Kyi

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Q. Where is the headquarter of Sahitya Akademi (1954) located?

 ◉ Nagpur

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 ◉ New Delhi

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 ◉ Odisha

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 ◉ Chennai

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Q. Who won the first Nobel Prize for Literature?

 ◉ Sully Prudhomme

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 ◉ Elizabeth Blackburn

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 ◉ Oliver Williamson

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 ◉ Barack Obama

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Q. Nobel laureate Caribbean poet Derek Walcott, who passed away in March 2017, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in which year?

 ◉ Year 1990

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 ◉ The year 1992

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 ◉ Year 1998

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 ◉ The year 1994

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Q. Which author has been selected for the Literature Nobel Prize 2017?

 ◉ Salman Rushdi

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 ◉ Arundhati Roy

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 ◉ John Hastings

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 ◉ Kazuo Ishiguru

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Q. Who has been elected as the new President of Sahitya Akademi in the month of February?

 ◉ Jagdish chandraishra

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 ◉ Pro. Chandrasekhar Kambar

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 ◉ Urjit Patel

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 ◉ Harpal Singh Solanki

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Q. What is the amount of Sahitya Akademi Award?

 ◉ 51,000 rupees

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 ◉ 50,000 rupees

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 ◉ 52,000 rupees

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 ◉ 53,000 rupees

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Q. In which year the Sahitya Akademi Award was established?

 ◉ 1957

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 ◉ 1956

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 ◉ 1955

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 ◉ 1954

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Q. When did Rabindranath Tagore receive the Nobel Prize for Literature for his poem Gitanjali?

 ◉ 1913

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 ◉ 1990

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 ◉ 1918

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 ◉ 1916

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Q. Who was honored with the Sahitya Akademi Award in the year 2006?

 ◉ Anjali Bhagwat

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 ◉ Sania mirza

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 ◉ Takshi Shivshankar Pillai

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 ◉ Arundhati Rai

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Q. Who won the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award?

 ◉ Anne Enright

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 ◉ Claire Keegan

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 ◉ Nuala Ní Chonchúir

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 ◉ Kevin Barry

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