Which state government honoured Vani Jairam with the MS Subbulakshmi Award for 2019?
- (a)Odissa
- (b)Karnataka
- (c)Tamil Nadu
- (d)Maharashtra
Answer
Why
Correct — C. The stem states that a state government honoured the playback singer Vani Jairam with the M.S. Subbulakshmi Award for 2019, and SSC's key names Tamil Nadu.
The name on the award carries the reasoning. M.S. Subbulakshmi was a Carnatic vocalist born in Madurai, and an honour instituted in an artist's memory normally comes from the state that claims her.
Vani Jairam sang in Tamil across a long career, held the Tamil Nadu state title Kalaimamani and was given the Padma Bhushan in 2023. Of the four states offered, only Tamil Nadu has a claim on either name — option (c).
Why the others are wrong
- (a)Odissa — Odisha — the paper prints 'Odissa' — has no connection to this award. The honour is named for a Madurai-born Carnatic singer, and nothing ties either her or Vani Jairam to Odisha.
- (b)Karnataka — Karnataka confers its own honours under its own names, such as the Karnataka Ratna that went to Bhimsen Joshi. A different state's award from a different state's list.
- (d)Maharashtra — Maharashtra's senior state honour is the Maharashtra Bhushan. Nothing attaches the M.S. Subbulakshmi Award to Maharashtra.
Concept
State governments run their own award ladders alongside the national Padma honours, and SSC asks which state gives which.
The reliable shortcut is the name on the award. A state names an honour after a figure it regards as its own, so M.S. Subbulakshmi points to Tamil Nadu, the Karnataka Ratna to Karnataka, and the Nandi Awards to Andhra Pradesh.
That heuristic will not settle every case, but it converts a blind recall item into a short piece of reasoning.
Take the conferring body from SSC's key rather than from memory. More than one honour carries M.S. Subbulakshmi's name — Vani Jairam's own award list also records an M.S. Subbulakshmi Award given in Chennai by Sankara Nethralaya in January 2018.
The stem asks only who gave the award, not what Vani Jairam sang. Answer the question actually asked — the singer's filmography is not the discriminator here.
Key facts
- M.S. Subbulakshmi was a Carnatic vocalist born in Madurai, Tamil Nadu.
- M.S. Subbulakshmi received the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1974 and the Bharat Ratna in 1998.
- Vani Jairam was a playback singer who recorded in several Indian languages and received the Padma Bhushan in 2023.
- Vani Jairam held the Tamil Nadu state title Kalaimamani, awarded in 1991.
Study next
Common traps
- Choosing the state a singer was born in rather than the state that gives the award
- Confusing a state honour with a Padma award conferred by the Union government
SSC pairs an artist with the body that honoured them and asks you to supply one half.
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