8. Who among the following has been selected for the Bahrain Keraleeya Samajam Literary Award for 2021?
A.Om Prakash Devrani
B.Omchery N N Pillai
C.Ranjit Singh Rana
D.Girish Kumar Thakur

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9. Who has won the Commonwealth Points of Light award?
A.Syed Osman Azhar Maqsusi
B.Thomas Vijayan
C.Nageshwar Reddy
D.Shaji N M

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10. Which Indian activist has been felicitated with the prestigious Commonwealth Points of Light award by the UK government?
A.Bharat Bhushan Tyagi
B.Syed Osman Azhar Maqsusi
C.Yasir Nadeem al Wajidi
D.Hucheshwar Gurusidha Mudgal

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11. Which has bagged the world's most innovative 'Investment Promotion Agency' 2021 award by OCO Global?
A.Invest Abu Dhabi
B.Invest Lithuania
C.Invest Australia
D.Invest India

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12. Documentary, "Decoding Shankar" about the life and career of the celebrated musician Shankar Mahadevan, which won the Best Film Award in the Documentary section at the Toronto International Women Film Festival, 2021, has been touted by whom?
A.Bandita Roy
B.Charu Nanda
C.Deepti Pillay
D.Preeti Sharma

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13. Who has bagged the Kuvempu Rashtriya Puraskar for the year 2020?
A.Sitakanta Mohapatra
B.Rajendra Kishore Panda
C.Brajanath Rath
D.Balarama Dasa

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14. Who has been awarded the Fukuoka Grand Prize for 2021?
A.AR Rahman
B.Romila Thapar
C.Palagummi Sainath
D.Ramchandra Guha

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