The Sahitya Akademi Award for Hindi in 2016 was won by Nasira Sharma for her novel "Paarijat." Therefore, the correct option is:

(C) Nasira Sharma

The Nobel Prize for Economics was instituted in 1967 but was first awarded in 1969. The first prize in economics was awarded in 1969 to Ragnar Frisch and Jan Tinbergen "for having developed and applied dynamic models for the analysis of economic processes.

Telugu actor Tanikella Bharani has confirmed with the annual Sahitya Puraskar of the Lok Nayak Foundation in September 2022.

(C) Shyam Prasad Mukherjee

As of my last knowledge update in January 2022, Shyama Prasad Mukherjee has not been awarded the Bharat Ratna. Please note that new awards or recognitions may have been conferred since then, so it's advisable to check the latest sources for the most up-to-date information.

Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, the former Indian President, received the Bharat Ratna award in the year:

(C) 1997

Writer and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor was named among the winners for Sahitya Akademi Awards. He won the prestigious literature award for his novel 'An Era of Darkness' in the creative non-fiction category in English literature. The novel which was published in 2016 describes British rule in India.

The first recipients of the Bharat Ratna were: the former Governor-General of the Union of India C. Rajagopalachari, the former President of the Republic of India Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan; and the Indian physicist C. V. Raman, who were honoured in 1954.

General literary awards are not specific to any particular genre of writing, they include the Man Booker Prize, the Pulitzer Prize, and the National Book Award. General literary awards are typically given to a select number of books each year that focus on a wide range of different topics and genres.