Who was the recipient of the Madhya Pradesh Government's prestigious Kishore Kumar Samman for the year 2023?

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Correct — C, Rajkumar Hirani. The Madhya Pradesh government's national Kishore Kumar Samman for the year 2023 went to the film-maker Rajkumar Hirani — director of Munna Bhai M.B.B.S., Lage Raho Munna Bhai, 3 Idiots, PK and Sanju — honoured in the screenplay/scriptwriting stream of the award. He received it at Khandwa, Kishore Kumar's home town, on 13 October 2024, the singer's 37th death anniversary. The award is conferred by the state's Department of Culture, carries a cash component of ₹5 lakh with a citation, and rotates among four fields of cinema — acting, direction, screenplay and lyrics.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) A well-known playback singer and Padma Shri (2017), and a plausible guess because the award carries a singer's name — but the 2023 Kishore Kumar Samman was conferred on Rajkumar Hirani, and that year's honour fell in the screenplay stream, not a singing one.  (b) A singer-composer of the Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy trio, a Padma Shri and a Grammy winner with the band Shakti in 2024 — but not the recipient of this state honour for 2023.  (d) A director and music composer known for Maqbool, Omkara and Haider — the closest rival profile to the actual winner, since he too works in writing and direction, but he was not the 2023 awardee.

Concept: Madhya Pradesh's Department of Culture confers a family of national awards, each named after a cultural figure connected with the state. The Kishore Kumar Samman is the cinema award in that family, named for Kishore Kumar — singer, actor, composer, producer and director — who was born at Khandwa in Madhya Pradesh on 4 August 1929 and died on 13 October 1987. The award is not restricted to singers: it rotates among acting, direction, screenplay and lyrics, and the ceremony is traditionally held at Khandwa around the anniversary of his death.

State PCS 2025 Q84 — Madhya Pradesh GK PYQ with Answer

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