Vinod Kumar Shukla, the Hindi writer who died in December 2025, became the first Jnanpith laureate from which state?
- AUttarakhand
- BMadhya Pradesh
- CJharkhand
- DChhattisgarh
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Correct answer: (d) Chhattisgarh
Explanation
Vinod Kumar Shukla received the 59th Jnanpith Award (for 2024), the first from Chhattisgarh. Shukla died in Raipur.