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Topic 352 · Awards, Honours, Persons & Appointments

Bhupen Hazarika birth centenary

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Revise the 12 points first Book 1 RATNA
  1. Core Trigger: 8 September 2026 marked the 100th birth anniversary of Dr Bhupen Hazarika, closing a centenary programme begun on 8 September 2025.
  2. Tribute Event: On 7 September, at Gauhati University, the Vice President laid foundation stones for Rs 110 crore of projects and released a book.
  3. Current Head: C.P. Radhakrishnan is Vice President of India and paid tribute to Hazarika.
  4. Honours: Hazarika received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award (1992), Padma Bhushan (2001) and the Bharat Ratna (announced 2019).
  5. Career: The singer-poet-filmmaker was known as 'Sudhakantha'; he composed the music for the Hindi film Rudaali (1993).
  6. Stakeholders: The Vice President, Gauhati University and the centenary programme's organisers.
  7. India Link: His songs carried Assamese folk idiom to a national audience.
  8. Venue: Gauhati University, Guwahati (founded 1948), hosted the 7 September event.
  9. Born: Hazarika was born on 8 September 1926 at Sadiya, Assam, and died on 5 November 2011.
  10. Landmark: Balaji Raghavan v Union of India (1996) held that Bharat Ratna and Padma awards are not 'titles' under Article 18(1).
  11. Articles: Article 18(1) bars the State from conferring titles; Article 51A(f) makes valuing India's composite culture a fundamental duty.
  12. Doctrine: National awards are honours, not titles, so recipients may not use them as a prefix or suffix to their names.
Question 1 of 10

The date 8 September 2026 marked which anniversary of Dr Bhupen Hazarika's birth?

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Answer: (B) 100th

Core Trigger: 8 September 2026 marked the 100th birth anniversary of Dr Bhupen Hazarika, closing a centenary programme begun on 8 September 2025.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 352, point 1

Question 2 of 10

On 7 September 2026 the Vice President laid foundation stones for projects worth how much?

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Answer: (D) Rs 110 crore

Tribute Event: On 7 September, at Gauhati University, the Vice President laid foundation stones for Rs 110 crore of projects and released a book.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 352, point 2

Question 3 of 10

Who, as Vice President of India, paid tribute to Hazarika?

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Answer: (B) C.P. Radhakrishnan

Current Head: C.P. Radhakrishnan is Vice President of India and paid tribute to Hazarika.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 352, point 3

Question 4 of 10

1. Hazarika received the Padma Bhushan in 2001. 2. The Bharat Ratna was announced for him in 2009. Which is/are correct?

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Answer: (A) Only 1

Honours: Hazarika received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award (1992), Padma Bhushan (2001) and the Bharat Ratna (announced 2019).From Book 1 RATNA, topic 352, point 4

Question 5 of 10

1. Hazarika was known as 'Sudhakantha'. 2. He composed the music for the Hindi film Rudaali (1993). Which is/are correct?

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Answer: (C) Both 1 and 2

Career: The singer-poet-filmmaker was known as 'Sudhakantha'; he composed the music for the Hindi film Rudaali (1993).From Book 1 RATNA, topic 352, point 5

Question 6 of 10

His songs carried which folk idiom to a national audience?

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Answer: (D) Assamese

India Link: His songs carried Assamese folk idiom to a national audience.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 352, point 7

Question 7 of 10

Gauhati University, host of the 7 September event, was founded in which year?

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Answer: (C) 1948

Venue: Gauhati University, Guwahati (founded 1948), hosted the 7 September event.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 352, point 8

Question 8 of 10

At which place in Assam was Hazarika born on 8 September 1926?

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Answer: (A) Sadiya

Born: Hazarika was born on 8 September 1926 at Sadiya, Assam, and died on 5 November 2011.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 352, point 9

Question 9 of 10

Which 1996 case held Bharat Ratna and Padma awards are not 'titles' under Article 18(1)?

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Answer: (C) Balaji Raghavan v Union of India

Landmark: Balaji Raghavan v Union of India (1996) held that Bharat Ratna and Padma awards are not 'titles' under Article 18(1).From Book 1 RATNA, topic 352, point 10

Question 10 of 10

Which Article makes valuing India's composite culture a fundamental duty?

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Answer: (B) Article 51A(f)

Articles: Article 18(1) bars the State from conferring titles; Article 51A(f) makes valuing India's composite culture a fundamental duty.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 352, point 11

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