The award given by Madhya Pradesh Government in Mallakhamb sports is:

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Correct — A, the Prabhash Joshi Sports Award. Madhya Pradesh's Sports and Youth Welfare Department gives this award specifically in Mallakhamb, the state's own game. It is named after Prabhash Joshi (1937–2009), the Madhya Pradesh–born Hindi journalist and founder-editor of Jansatta, who was one of Mallakhamb's best-known patrons and campaigned for the traditional sport's revival. The award sits alongside — not inside — MP's general sports honours (Vikram, Eklavya, Vishwamitra), and is the only one of the four names in the options attached to a state sports award.

Why the other options are wrong — (b) Ved Pratap Vaidik was a well-known Hindi journalist and commentator on foreign affairs; no Madhya Pradesh sports award carries his name.  (c) Alok Mehta is a senior Hindi journalist and editor; there is no MP state sports award in his name — the option only borrows the 'famous Hindi journalist' pattern.  (d) Kailash Chandra Pant is a veteran writer-journalist associated with Madhya Pradesh — himself a Padma Shri awardee in 2026 for literature and education — but MP's Mallakhamb award is not named after him.

Concept: Madhya Pradesh runs a tiered set of state sports honours: the Vikram Award for outstanding senior sportspersons, the Eklavya Award for junior (under-19) players, the Vishwamitra Award for coaches, plus a Lifetime Achievement Award. Separately, because Mallakhamb was adopted as the state game, MP created a discipline-specific award for it — the Prabhash Joshi Award. Mallakhamb is a traditional Indian sport in which gymnastic postures and yogic poses are performed on a vertical wooden pole, a hanging pole, or a suspended rope.

State PCS 2026 Q41 — Madhya Pradesh GK PYQ with Answer

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