MPPSC 2024 Prelims Paper-I · Question 28 of 100

This item was CANCELLED by the Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission — the official key marks it 'status: cancelled,' meaning no option was scored and marks were awarded to all candidates. Do not memorise any option below as 'the' answer; each name is a real Madhya Pradesh (or MP-administered) honour connected to tribal affairs, but which one specifically covers literary works on tribal culture is precisely the ambiguity the Commission chose to withdraw rather than adjudicate.

• (a)Thakkar Bapa National Award — A genuine Madhya Pradesh honour, first conferred in 2008, named after social worker Amritlal 'Thakkar Bapa' Thakkar — it recognises dedicated SERVICE to poor and marginalised tribal communities, not specifically literary work.
• (b)Veer Shankar Shah – Raghunath Shah National Award — Named after the Gond father-son duo martyred in the 1857 uprising at Jabalpur; several sources describe an MP award in their name as recognising writing on tribal culture and tradition — the most plausible fit for this question's theme, though sources are not fully consistent on its exact scope.
• (c)Rani Durgavati National Award — Named after the 16th-century Gond queen of Garha-Katanga; described in MP award listings as covering tribal creative art, craft, social service and administration — a broader tribal-welfare honour, not specifically a literature award.
• (d)National Devi Ahilya Award — MP's award for WOMEN artists in tribal, folk and traditional arts (see Q26 in this set) — a performing/visual-arts honour, not a literature award.

Madhya Pradesh runs a cluster of 'Rashtriya'/national-title Sammans specifically honouring tribal culture and welfare, spread across different fields — performing/visual arts (Tulsi Samman, Devi Ahilya Samman), tribal service and welfare (Thakkar Bapa National Award, Rani Durgavati National Award), and writing on tribal life (the Shankar Shah–Raghunath Shah award, per several sources). The overlapping names and closely-related scopes make them a classic 'match the award to its field' exam trap — and, in this case, an ambiguity the Commission itself resolved by cancelling the item.

When an option set names several similarly-scoped 'tribal honour' awards, the safe study takeaway is to anchor each award to ONE distinguishing feature (gender, art-form, welfare-service, or literature) rather than a vague 'tribal award' bucket — precisely the confusion that appears to have led MPPSC to cancel this item.

• This item's status is CANCELLED — marks were given to all candidates; no option is the official answer.
• Thakkar Bapa National Award (MP, first given 2008): honours dedicated service to poor/marginalised tribal communities — named after social worker Amritlal 'Thakkar Bapa' Thakkar.
• National Devi Ahilya Award = women artists, tribal/folk/traditional arts (see Q26).
• Shankar Shah and Raghunath Shah were the Gond father-son leaders martyred in the 1857 revolt at Jabalpur; an MP award in their name is tied by several sources to tribal literature.
• Rani Durgavati was the 16th-century Gond queen of Garha-Katanga (Jabalpur region); an MP award in her name is described as covering tribal art, craft, social service and administration.

• Assuming a cancelled question still has a 'best guess' correct answer worth memorising — it doesn't; study the underlying facts instead.
• Conflating MP's several tribal-honour awards because they all share the word 'tribal' — each has a distinct field (arts / literature / welfare-service).

MPPSC frequently tests MP's cluster of tribal-honour Sammans by field; when the option set itself becomes disputable — as apparently happened here — the Commission has cancelled the item rather than force an answer.

No directly related past PYQ was found.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  The Thakkar Bapa National Award, a Madhya Pradesh honour first conferred in 2008, recognises:

  • (a)Poetry in Indian languages
  • (b)Dedicated service to poor and marginalised tribal communities
  • (c)Excellence in classical dance
  • (d)Scientific research on tribal health

  Answer(b) Dedicated service to poor and marginalised tribal communities — named after social worker Amritlal 'Thakkar Bapa' Thakkar.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Shankar Shah and Raghunath Shah, the Gond father-son duo after whom an MP tribal honour is named, were martyred in connection with which event?

  • (a)The 1857 revolt at Jabalpur
  • (b)The Bhopal Gas Tragedy
  • (c)The Jabalpur earthquake of 1997
  • (d)The Narmada Bachao Andolan

  Answer(a) The 1857 revolt at Jabalpur — they were executed by the British for leading a rebellion.