Current Affairs and Gk -April 2013 Part-1
Current Affairs and Gk -April 2013
89. With reference to Tamil Nadu, what is Puthandu?
[A]A part of Pongal festivities
[B]Tamil New Year
[C]A Tamil Cuisine
[D]A Tamil Dress Code
Tamil New Year
Puthandu or Chithirai Tiru-naal, is the celebration of the first day of the Tamil new year in mid-April. On this day, Tamil people greet each other by saying "Puthandu Vazthukal" or "Iniya Tamizh Puthandu Nalvaazhthukkal". It was celebrated on April 14. Around the same time, Vishu, the traditional new year, is observed in Kerala.
90. . Who among the following is/ was the only person to have won both an Academy Award (Oscar) and a Booker Prize?
[A]David Storey
[B]Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
[C]Stanley Middleton
[D]Iris Murdoch
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, whop died on 3 April 2013 was a German-born British and American Booker prize-winning novelist, short story writer and two-time Academy Award-winning screenwriter. She is the only person to have won both a Booker Prize and an Oscar
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