Hindustani singer Pandit Venkatesh Kumar was honoured with 'Kalidas Samman-2022' by which state government?

Correct — B. The Kalidas Samman is instituted and given by the government of Madhya Pradesh, named after the Sanskrit poet Kalidasa and awarded by rotation in classical music, classical dance, theatre and the plastic arts.

Pandit Venkatesh Kumar received it for 2022 as a Hindustani vocalist. An award follows the state that gives it, not the state the artist comes from — option (b).

Why the others are wrong

• (a)
  Maharashtra — Maharashtra confers its own honours, the Maharashtra Bhushan among them, but not the Kalidas Samman.
• (c)
  Gujarat — Gujarat does not award this honour. The clue is the poet Kalidasa, whose tradition Madhya Pradesh claims through Ujjain, where the state holds its Kalidasa festival.
• (d)
  Uttar Pradesh — Uttar Pradesh runs state awards for artists of its own. This one is Madhya Pradesh's, as is the Tansen Samman that points the same way.

State governments run large, nationally recognised arts awards, and SSC tests which state gives which award.

Madhya Pradesh gives the Kalidas Samman, rotating across classical music, classical dance, theatre and the plastic arts, and the Tansen Samman for Hindustani classical music. It stages the Tansen Samaroh at Gwalior and the Kalidasa Samaroh at Ujjain.

The recipient's home state does not enter into the answer.

Key facts

• The Kalidas Samman is instituted and awarded by the Government of Madhya Pradesh.
• It rotates among classical music, classical dance, theatre and the plastic arts.
• Madhya Pradesh also awards the Tansen Samman, begun in 1980 for exponents of Hindustani classical music.
• Pandit Venkatesh Kumar, a Hindustani vocalist, received the Kalidas Samman for 2022.

Common traps

• Answering with the artist's home state instead of the state that gives the award.
• Confusing the Kalidas Samman with the Kalidas Akademi and the Kalidasa Samaroh, which are also Madhya Pradesh institutions at Ujjain.

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