HRD Ministry - Current Affairs Questions and Answers

1)   NCPSL has conferred awards for promotion of which language on 4th December 2015?

a. Sindhi
b. Punjabi
c. Marathi
d. Kannada
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Sindhi

Explanation:
The Meeting of the Executive Board of National Council for Promotion of Sindhi Language (NCPSL) which is an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Human Resource Development with its aim to promote, develop and propagate Sindhi language, on 4th December during which Executive Board decided to confer two Lifetime Achievement Awards which also carries a Sanman Rashi of Rs. 5.00 lakhs each under two categories, namely Sahitya Rachna Sanman and Sahityakar Sanman. Further, Lifetime Achievement Awards for the year 2014-15 will be conferred to Shri Lakshman Hardwani, and Shri Jairam Rupani, under the categories of Sahitya Rachna Sanman and Sahityakar Sanman respectively. For 2015-2016, the Lifetime Achievement Awards will be conferred to Shri Lakhmi Khilani and Shri Kanhaiya Lal Talreja under the categories of Sahitya Rachna Sanman and Sahityakar Sanman respectively.