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WBCS Preliminary Examination 2018 — General Studies · Question 192 of 200

Q192
Current Affairs & General KnowledgeAwards & Honours
The third Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR) distinguished Indologist Award for the year 2017 was awarded to Japanese Professor
  1. a.Hiroshi Marui
  2. b.Hiroshima Marui
  3. c.Nagasaki Marui
  4. d.Jayota Marui

Answer: (A) Hiroshi Marui

The third ICCR Distinguished Indologist Award (2017) was given to Professor Hiroshi Marui of Japan, a scholar of Indian philosophy and Buddhist studies. The Indian Council for Cultural Relations was founded in 1950 by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and gives this award every year to a foreign scholar of Indology. The other options are made up by attaching the city names Hiroshima and Nagasaki to the surname.

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