Isn't it Strange?

Isn't it strange how a 20 rupee note seems like such a large amount when you donate it to temple, but such a small amount when you go shopping?

Isn't it strange how 2 hours seem so long when you're at Temple, and how short they seem when you're watching a good movie?

Isn't it strange that you can't find a word to say when you're praying, but you have no trouble thinking what to talk about with a friend?

Isn't it strange how difficult and boring it is to read one chapter of the Bhagwad Gita, but how easy it is to read 100 pages of a popular novel ?

Isn't it strange how everyone wants front-row-tickets to concerts or games, but they do whatever is possible to sit at the last row in Jagran?

Isn't it strange how we need to know about an event for Temple 2-3 weeks before the day so we can include it in our agenda, but we can adjust it for other events in the last minute?

Isn't it strange how difficult it is to learn a fact about God to share it with others, but how easy it is to learn, understand, extend and repeat gossip?

Isn't it strange how we believe everything that magazines and newspapers say, but we question the words in the Bhagwad Gita?

Isn't it strange how everyone wants a place in heaven, but they don't want to believe, do, or say anything to get there?

Isn't it strange how we send jokes in e-mails and they are forwarded right away, but when we are going to send messages about God, we think about it twice before we share it with others?

IT'S STRANGE ISN'T IT?

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No.	Question	Answer
01	The first Prime minister of Bangladesh was	Mujibur Rehman
02	The longest river in the world is the	Nile
03	The longest highway in the world is the	Trans-Canada
04	The longest highway in the world has a length of	about 8000 km
05	The highest mountain in the world is the	Everest
06	The country that accounts for nearly one third of the total teak production of the world is	Myanmar
07	The biggest desert in the world is the	Sahara desert
08	The largest coffee growing country in the world is	Brazil
09	The country also known as "country of Copper” is	Zambia
10	The name given to the border which separates Pakistan and Afghanistan is	Durand line
11	The river volga flows out into the	Caspian sea
12	The coldest place on the earth is	Verkoyansk in Siberia
13	The country which ranks second in terms of land area is	Canada
14	The largest Island in the Mediterranean sea is	Sicily
15	The river Jordan flows out into the	Dead sea
16	The biggest delta in the world is the	Sunder bans
17	The capital city that stands on the river Danube is	Belgrade
18	The Japanese call their country as	Nippon
19	The length of the English channel is	564 kilometers
20	The world's oldest known city is	Damascus
21	The city which is also known as the City of Canals is	Venice
22	The country in which river Wangchu flows is	Myanmar
23	The biggest island of the world is	Greenland
24	The city which is the biggest centre for manufacture of automobiles in the world is	Detroit , USA
25	The country which is the largest producer of manganese in the world is	USA
26	The country which is the largest producer of rubber in the world is	Malaysia
27	The country which is the largest producer of tin in the world is	Malaysia
28	The river which carries maximum quantity of water into the sea is the	Mississippi
29	The city which was once called the `Forbidden City’ was	Peking
30	The country called the Land of Rising Sun is	Japan
31	Mount Everest was named after	Sir George Everest
32	The volcano Vesuvius is located in	Italy
33	The country known as the Sugar Bowl of the world is	Cuba
34	The length of the Suez Canal is	162.5 kilometers
35	The lowest point on earth is	The coastal area of Dead sea
36	The Gorkhas are the original inhabitants of	Nepal
37	The largest ocean of the world is the	Pacific ocean
38	The largest bell in the world is the	Tsar Kolkol at Kremlin, Moscow
39	The biggest stadium in the world is the	Strahov Stadium, Prague
40	The world's largest diamond producing country is	South Africa
41	Australia was discovered by	James Cook
42	The first Governor General of Pakistan is	Mohammed Ali Jinnah
43	Dublin is situated at the mouth of river	Liffey
44	The earlier name of New York city was	New Amsterdam
45	The Eifel tower was built by	Alexander Eiffel
46	The Red Cross was founded by	Jean Henri Durant
47	The country which has the greatest population density is	Monaco
48	The national flower of Britain is	Rose
49	Niagara Falls was discovered by	Louis Hennepin
50	The national flower of Italy is	Lily
51	The national flower of China is	Narcissus
52	The permanent secretariat of the SAARC is located at	Kathmandu
53	The gateway to the Gulf of Iran is	Strait of Hormuz
54	The first Industrial Revolution took place in	England
55	World Environment Day is observed on	5th June
56	The first Republican President of America was	Abraham Lincoln
57	The country famous for Samba dance is	Brazil
58	The name of Alexander's horse was	Beucephalus
59	Singapore was founded by	Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles
60	The famous British one-eyed Admiral was	Nelson
61	The earlier name of Srilanka was	Ceylon
62	The UNO was formed in the year	1945
63	UNO stands for	United Nations Organisation
64	The independence day of South Korea is celebrated on	15th August
65	`Last Judgement' was the first painting of an Italian painter named	Michelangelo
66	` Paradise Regained' was written by	John Milton
67	The first President of Egypt was	Mohammed Nequib
68	The first man to reach North Pole was	Rear Peary
69	The most famous painting of Pablo Picasso was	Guermica
70	The primary producer of newsprint in the world is	Canada
71	The first explorer to reach the South Pole was	Cap.Ronald Amundson
72	The person who is called the father of modern Italy is	G.Garibaldi
73	World literacy day is celebrated on	8th September
74	The founder of modern Germany is	Bismarck
75	The country known as the land of the midnight sun is	Norway
76	The place known as the Roof of the world is	Tibet
77	The founder of the Chinese Republic was	San Yat Sen
78	The first Pakistani to receive the Nobel Prize was	Abdul Salam
79	The first woman Prime Minister of Britain was	Margaret Thatcher
80	The first Secretary General of the UNO was	Trygve Lie
81	The sculptor of the statue of Liberty was	Federick Auguste Bartholdi
82	The port of Banku is situated in	Azerbaijan
83	John F.Kennedy was assassinated by	Lee Harry Oswald
84	The largest river in France is	Lore
85	The Queen of England who married her brother-in-law was	Catherine of Aragon
86	The first negro to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize was	Ralph Johnson Bunche
87	The first British University to admit women for degree courses was	London University
88	The principal export of Jamaica is	Sugar
89	New York is popularly known as the city of	Skyscrapers
90	Madagascar is popularly known as the Island of	Cloves
91	The country known as the Land of White Elephant is	Thailand
92	The country known as the Land of Morning Calm is	Korea
93	The country known as the Land of Thunderbolts is	Bhutan
94	The highest waterfalls in the world is the	Salto Angel Falls , Venezuela
95	The largest library in the world is the	United States Library of Congress, Washington DC
96	The largest museum in the world is the	American Museum of Natural History
97	The lowest mountain range in the world is the	Bhieuna Bhaile
98	The country known as the Land of Cakes is	Scotland
99	The place known as the Garden of England is	Kent
100	The tallest tower in the world is the	C.N.Tower, Toronto , Canada
101	The country famous for its fish catch is	Japan
102	The old name of Taiwan was	Farmosa
103	Montreal is situated on the bank of river	Ottawa
104	The city of Bonn is situated in	Germany

India General Knowledge Quiz

1. Question: Ministerial meeting of WTO held in Dec 99 was unsuccessful because of what reasons?
   Answer: Environment-related issues.
2. Question: Name the only Indian President who was the speaker of Lok Sabha also?
   Answer: Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy
3. Question: What was the venue of world cup of Football in 1994?
   Answer: U.S.A.
4. Question: Manisha Koirala is associated with the advertisement of which brand of fan?
   Answer: Ortem fan
5. Question: Name the company whose C.E.O was chosen as the manager of the century by Fortune magazine?
   Answer: General Electric (GE)
6. Question: Which International company owns Lotus Development Company?
   Answer: IBM
7. Question: Which film has won 11 Oscar awards other than "Titanic"?
   Answer: Ben Hur
8. Question: Which states has maximum number of seats reserved for Schedule Tribes in Lok Sabha?
   Answer: Madhya Pradesh
9. Question: French Revolution resulted in the abolition of what?
   Answer: Slavery
10. Question: The Standing committee of state finance ministers recommended in January 2000 uniform rates across the states in respect of what?
    Answer: Sales Tax
11. Question: Which city is known as the "Manchester of South India"?
    Answer: Coimbatore
12. Question: How many states are there in India?
    Answer: 28
13. Question: Economic liberalization in India started with what?
    Answer: It started in the year 1991 with the delicensing of Industries in India
14. Question: Which body is not a creation of the constitution?
    Answer: Election Commission
15. Question: Which was the first Indian company to dematerialize its shares?
    Answer: Reliance Industries
16. Question: Who is the first person from Africa to become the Secretary General of UN?
    Answer: Dr. Boutros Boutros Ghali
17. Question: National Income in India is estimated by?
    Answer: Central Statistical Organization (C. S. O)
18. Question: Which is the oldest company listed in Wall Street?
    Answer: Bank of New York
19. Question: Who led Indian delegation to G-15 summit held at Cairo in June 2000?
    Answer: Vice-President, Krishna Kant
20. Question: "Talk to me" is a promotional campaign associated with which company?
    Answer: Toothpaste
21. Question: What is the expected food subsidy bill for 2000-01?
    Answer: 8100 crores
22. Question: Who is the founder of positive health clinic?
    Answer: Dr. Mukesh Batra
23. Question: First public sector unit registered in New York Stock Exchange on 15th August 2000?
    Answer: ICICI LTD.
24. Question: Which bank is associated with the Sapnay credit card?
    Answer: Standard Chartered Bank
25. Question: Lexus is a sports car owned by which Asian car manufacturer?
    Answer: Toyota
26. Question: Indian population constitutes what percentage of the world population?
    Answer: 16%
27. Question: Sanjukta Panigrahi was the popular exponent of which form of dance?
    Answer: Odissi
28. Question: Who is the MD of ICICI Bank?
    Answer: K.V Kamath
29. Question: What is the full form of TRAI?
    Answer: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.
30. Question: What is the meaning of Direct Tax?
    Answer: Tax imposed and collected directly on and by the consumer
31. Question: Vishvas / Vikas / Vaibahav is the motto of which private bank?
    Answer: IndusInd Bank
32. Question: Which form of intellectual property can provide the longest protections?
    Answer: Trade mark
33. Question: Khalid Ansari is associated with which publications?
    Answer: Mid Day
34. Question: Which Indian News paper has highest of circulation?
    Answer: Dainik Bhaskar
35. Question: Who is the Ex-officio chairman of the Planning Commission of India?
    Answer: Prime Minister
36. Question: Which Indian TV channel owned the rights for the telecast of 50th Miss World Contest held in Millennium Dome in London?
    Answer: Zee TV
37. Question: Bajaj Auto Ltd. is setting its two-wheeler plant in which south Asian country?
    Answer: China
38. Question: Who was chosen as the Businessman of the Century by Fortune Magazine?
    Answer: Henry Ford
39. Question: Marjorie Sardino is the CEO of which company?
    Answer: Pearson Plc.
40. Question: The speaker can ask a member of the house to stop speaking and let another member speak. This phenomenon is known as?
    Answer: Yielding the floor.
41. Question: Which place associated with the 1917 freedom movement?
    Answer: Champaran Movement
42. Question: Which among the following is the hardest metal among Gold, Iron, Platinum, Tungsten?
    Answer: Tungsten
43. Question: Glass is manufactured by heating which of the following up to 400ºC? (a) Lime stone (b) Soda Ash (c) Silica (Give right combination)
    Answer: Glass is manufactured by heating Lime stone + Soda Ash + Silica, (all of them)
44. Question: What was the purpose of initiation of Dandi March?
    Answer: To break the salt law
45. Question: Convulsions in infants is caused due to the deficiency of which vitamin?
    Answer: Pyridoxine - A type of vitamin B
46. Question: Name the only Indian musician to have sung in United Nations (UN)?
    Answer: M.S. Subbulakshmi
47. Question: Who won the Tansen Samman for 2001?
    Answer: Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
48. Question: Who is the Secretary-General of Commonwealth?
    Answer: Don-Mckinnon
49. Question: Who is the Secretary General of Lok Sabha?
    Answer: G.C. Malhotra
50. Question: Name the party that won parliamentary elections in Bangladesh in 2001?
    Answer: Bangladeshi Nationalist Party (BNP)
51. Question: What is the real GDP annual growth rate according to RBI for 2001 - 2002?
    Answer: For 2001-2002 it is 6 to 6.5% (estimated)
52. Question: Who is the chairman of the probing committee of UTI fiasco?
    Answer: S.S. Tarapore
53. Question: Name the country that banned Human Cloning in 2001?
    Answer: United Kingdom, around April 2001
54. Question: Name the scheme that was not announced by the Prime Minister on 15th August 2001?
    Answer: Schemes that were announced on 15th August 2001 are: (1) Sampoorna Gramin Yojana (2) National Nutrition Mission (3) Ambedkar Awas Yojana (4) Housing for families of Army Jawans (therefore, the scheme except the above stated ones was not announced by the Prime Minister)
55. Question: What is the meaning of Hysterisis of an instrument?
    Answer: A retardation of the effect when the forces acting upon a body are changed especially a lagging in the values of resulting magnetization in a magnetic material (as iron) due to changing magnetic force.
56. Question: Which physical quantity's unit is 'Tesla'?
    Answer: Magnetic Flux
57. Question: Who is the chairman of Railway Board?
    Answer: V.K. Aggarwal
58. Question: Who is the Vice-Chancellor of IGNOU?
    Answer: Professor H.P Dixit
59. Question: Name the movie directed by Mira Nair that won the Golden lion award in 2001?
    Answer: Monsoon Wedding
60. Question: K. Venkataswami Commission is associated with which scandal?
    Answer: Tehelka Episode (Armsgate Scandal)
61. Question: Who won the Century of the star award in a function held at Egypt in 2001?
    Answer: Amitabh Bachchan
62. Question: Who authored "India from midnight to millennium"?
    Answer: Shashi Tharoor
63. Question: Who is the Managing Director of HDFC Bank?
    Answer: Aditya Puri
64. Question: What is the reason of not falling of Leaning Tower of Peasa?
    Answer: Soil below the structure precisely subterranean water makes the ground beneath the tower, unstable
65. Question: Why enamel is coated on a transformer between its coils?
    Answer: To reduce heating effect
66. Question: How many states went for Assembly elections in the year 2000?
    Answer: five
67. Question: Which personality is known as "Fiat Palio brand champion"?
    Answer: Sachin Tendulkar
68. Question: Name the plant that gives only seeds and not fruit?
    Answer: Cycus
69. Question: Which is a polymer (few options like, vinyl chloride, urea etc. were given)?
    Answer: Nylon
70. Question: Who initiated the construction of Fatehpur Sikri?
    Answer: Akbar
71. Question: According to the World FDI investment report, from the year 2000 to 2001, FDI has increased by 18%. This increase amounts to what amount in dollars?
    Answer: 1.3 trillion dollars.
72. Question: Which state has launched "Apna Van Apna Dhan" scheme?
    Answer: Himachal Pradesh
73. Question: Borndila pass is situated in which state of India?
    Answer: Arunachal Pradesh
74. Question: When was National Tourism Policy drafted?
    Answer: The answer was none of the given options, as Dec. 2001 was slated to be the month of drafting the policy, finally.
75. Question: As per the Global Competitiveness Report, 2001 which country has emerged as the most the competitive nation?
    Answer: Singapore
76. Question: An egg sinks in tap water but floats in a concentrated solution of salt because of what?
    Answer: The density of salt solution exceeds the density of eggs.
77. Question: The science dealing with the study of phenomenon at very low temperature is known as what?
    Answer: CRYOGENICS
78. Question: Jhum is a type of what?
    Answer: Cultivation
79. Question: Gasoline is the name given to the same substance as:
    Answer: natural gas
80. Question: Which of the following is an organic rock?
    Answer: coal
81. Question: The writ of certiorari is issued by a superior court
    Answer: to an inferior court to transfer the records of proceedings in a case for its review.
82. Question: Tata, Birlas, AT&T infused Rs. 300 crores (100 crores each) into which company as it was jointly called:
    Answer: Batata
83. Question: Inflation, in theory, occurs:
    Answer: when money supply grows at a higher rate than GDP in real terms.
84. Question: Aggregate Measure of Support (AMS) in the context of WTO refers to:
    Answer: The quantum of subsidy given to the agriculture sector.
85. Question: Name the official sponsor of the Indian hockey Team for the year 2001?
    Answer: Indian Airlines.
86. Question: Daniel Radcliffe made headlines for getting the role of portraying on screen which famous muggle-born in the literary world?
    Answer: Harry Potter
87. Question: Name the scheme run by Unit Trust of India, which was dubbed "Pandora's Box of Horror"?
    Answer: US 64.
88. Question: In which year did the first modern Olympic Games take place?
    Answer: 1896.
89. Question: The Pizza Hut is the world's largest food chain. Name the world's largest restaurant company?
    Answer: McDonalds.
90. Question: Which is the last letter in the Greek alphabet?
    Answer: Omega.
91. Question: Sound travels fastest through:
    Answer: Steel.
92. Question: Excise duty is tax levied on:
    Answer: production of goods.
93. Question: Which of the following is considered a good source of Vitamin A?
    Answer: Carrot.
94. Question: What is common to these people? Manmohan Singh, C. Rangarajan, Bimal Jalan, L.K. Jha
    Answer: They have served as Governors of RBI.
95. Question: What is common to these cities? Seattle, Doha, Singapore
    Answer: Venue of WTO ministerial conference.
96. Question: Which among the following products forms India's largest item of export in terms of value?
    Answer: Gems and Jewellery
97. Question: Who received the Indira Gandhi Prize of Peace, Disarmament and Development of the year 2000?
    Answer: Mary Robinson
98. Question: Jeff Bezos is the founder of which popular website?
    Answer: Amazon.com
99. Question: Who was involved in Hawala scandal?
    Answer: Jain brothers
100. Question: Where are the headquarters WTO?
     Answer: Geneva
101. Question: What is India's share in total world exports?
     Answer: 0.6%
102. Question: Where is Almati Dam Situated?
     Answer: Karnataka
103. Question: "Wealth of Nations", is authored by?
     Answer: Adam Smith
104. Question: Hydraulic brake is application of?
     Answer: Pascal's law of pressure
105. Question: What are the main components of fertilizers?
     Answer: Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium (N, P, K)
106. Question: Optical fiber is mode up of?
     Answer: Glass threads
107. Question: Where are the Headquarters of European Union?
     Answer: Brussels
108. Question: Who is the chairman of UTI?
     Answer: M.M Damodaran
109. Question: Dalal Street is situated in which city of India?
     Answer: Mumbai
110. Question: Who is the Governor of Reserve Bank of India?
     Answer: Dr. Bimal Jalan
111. Question: Ashok Chakra is associated with?
     Answer: Bravery
112. Question: Name the tallest living tree.
     Answer: Redwood tree
113. Question: Who was the founding leader of Muslim league?
     Answer: Aga Khan III
114. Question: Where are Caves of Ajanta situated?
     Answer: Maharashtra
115. Question: How many countries have adopted 'Euro' as their currency?
     Answer: 12 (as on Jan 1, 2002)
116. Question: Which batsman has the best bowling record in One Day Internationals?
     Answer: Wasim Akram (only cricketer to have 300 wickets and 3000 runs in ODI's)
117. Question: Which state won highest number of medals in National Games which were held in Nov - Dec 2001?
     Answer: Punjab
118. Question: Who is "Ranil Wickramasinghay"?
     Answer: Leader of the opposition in Sri-Lanka.
119. Question: Which of the following is the second largest commercial Bank in India?
     Answer: According to the latest information ICICI Ltd. has said that it would merge with ICICI Bank to create the second largest commercial Bank in India, in the last week of October, 2001.
120. Question: Which Indian Film was nominated for Oscar 2002 award?
     Answer: Lagaan by Amir Khan.
121. Question: Which Indian state produces largest amount of mica?
     Answer: Bihar
122. Question: ISO 14000 certificates are associated with which field?
     Answer: Environment Management Standards
123. Question: Which movie won the "Golden Lion" award in 2001?
     Answer: Monsoon wedding directed by Mira Nair.
124. Question: Which serial won the best serial award?
     Answer: Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi.
125. Question: Who is the present Principal scientific Advisor to the Government of India?
     Answer: Dr. R. Chidambaram
126. Question: Which industrialist purchased the L&T shares from Ambanis in late 2001?
     Answer: A.V. Birla (owner of Grasim Industries)
127. Question: What is the former name of the company "Aventis"?
     Answer: Pasteur Merieux Connaught.
128. Question: What was the venue for 2004 Olympic Games?
     Answer: Athens in Greece
129. Question: How many Indians have won all England Badminton Championship so far?
     Answer: 2 - Prakash Padukone & P. Gopichand
130. Question: What is the revised Indian export growth target for 2001 - 2002?
     Answer: For the year 2001 to 2002 (April to March) it is reduced from 12% to 9%.

Source: knowledgebase-script

Famous Indian Authors - All Language

Assamese:

Hem Chandra Barua, Madhav Kondali, Hem Chand Goswami, Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya (Recipient of Jnanpith Award, 1979), Nilmani Phukan (Winner of Bhartiya Bhasha Parishad Award for 2000). Apoorva Sharma (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award for 2000), Indira Goswami (Winner of the Jnanpith Award for 2000), Mahima Bora (Recipient of Sahitya Academy Award for 2001), Nalinidhar Bhattacharya (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award for 2002). Bireshwar Barua (Winner of Sahitya Academy award, 2003). Hirendra Nath Dutt (Winner of Sahitya Aeademy Award, 2004)

Bangla:

B. B. Bandhopadhyay, Rabindra Nath Tagore, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Tara Shankar Bandhopadhyaya (Recipient of Bhartiya Jnanpith Award, 1966), Sarat Chandra, R. C. Dutt, Kazi Nazrul Islam, Machel Madhusudan Datt, Premendra Mitra, Vishnu Dey (Recipient of Jnanpith Award of 1971), Ashapoorna Devi (Recipient of Jnanpith Award, 1976), Subhash Mukhopadhyaya and Smt. Mahasweta Devi (Recipient of Jnanpith Award 1996), Jai Goswami (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award for 2000), Atin Bandhyopadhyay (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2002). Roy Prafull (Winner of Sahitya Academy award, 2003). Sudhir Chakravorty (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award, 2004).

Gujarati :

Mirabai, Narsingh, Mehta, K. M. Munshi, Uma Shankar Joshi (Recipient of Jnanpith Award, 1967), Govardhan Ram Parmanand, Narmada Sagar, Panna Lal Patel (Winner of the 1985 Jnanpith Award), Vinesh Ataani (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award for 2000), Dhiruben Patel (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award for 2001­2002), Dhruv Bhatt (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award, 2002), Rajendra Keshavlal Shah (Honoured with Jnanpith Award, 2001). Bindu Bhatt (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award, 2003). Amrit Lal Vegad (Winner of Sahitya Academy award, 2004)

Hindi:

Shree Lal Shukla, Nirmal Verma (Recipient of Jnanpith Award for 1999). Dr. Ram Vilas Shanna. Krishna Sobti and Giriraj Kishore, Manglesh Dabral (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award for 2000). P.C.K. Prem. Ramdarsh Misra, Alka Saraogi (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award, 2001), Dr. Ram Murthy Tripathy (Winner of Shankar Puruskar, 2001), Rajesh Joshi (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award, 2002), Kamleshwar (Winner of Shlaka Samman 2002-03 and Sahitya Akademi Award 2003), S. R. Harnot, Dr. Biswambha Pahi, Rajendra Yadav. Viren Dangwal. (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award, 2004)

Kannada :

Masti Venkatesh Iyengar (Winner of the Jnanpith Award, 1983), Prof. V. R. Anandmurti (Winner of Jnanpith Award, 1994), Girish Karnad (Winner of Jnanpith Award, 1998), Shanti Nath Desai (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award for 2000), S. Narayan Shetty Sujan (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award, 2002) K. B. Subanna (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award, 2003). Geeta Nagbhushan (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award, 2004)

Malayalam:

Q. Chandu Menon, K. V. Raman Pillai, G. Shanker Kurup (Recipient of Bhartiya Jnanpith Award, 1965, author of Odakhugal), Kumaran Asan, Narayan Menon, Mohd. Basheer Vallathol, S. K. Pottekkat (Recipient of Bhartiya Jnanpitn Award, 1980). Takshi Shivshanker Pillai (Winner of the Jnanpith Award, 1984), M. T. Vasudevan Nair (Winner of the Jnanpith Award, 1995), Dr. M. Lilavati (Winner of Bhartiya Bhasha Parishad Award, 2000), R. Ram Chandran (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award for 2000), Attoor Ravivarma (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award, 2001-2002), K. G. Shanker Pillai (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award, 2002). Sara Joseph (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award, 2003). Paul Jakaria (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award, 2004)

Marathi :

Hari Narayan Apte, Tukarani Mahaya, V. S. Khandekar (Recipient of Jnanpith Award, 1974), Shirwadkar (Jnanpith Award, 1987), Binda Karandikar (Winner of Bhartiya Bhasha Parishad Award, 200), N. D. Mahanore (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award for 2000), Rajan Gavas (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2001), Mahesh Elkunchwar (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2002). T.V. Sardeshmukh (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award, 2003). Sadanand Deshmukh (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award, 2004)

Oriya :

Gopalabandhudas, Radha Nath Roy, Gopi Nath Mohanti (Recipient of Jnanpith Award, 1973), Dr. Saachchidanand Raut Rai (Recipient of Jnanpith Award, 1986), Dr. Sitakant Mahapatra (Winner of Jnanpith Award, 1993), M. Neelmani Sahu (Winner of Bhartiya Bhasha Parishad Award, 2000), Pratibha Rai (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award, 2000), Manoj Das (Winner of Saraswati Samman for 2000), Pratibha Satpathy (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award, 2001), Sharat. Kumar Mohanti (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award, 2002). Jatindar Mohanty (Winner of Sahitya Acagemy Award, 2003). Profull Mohanti. (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2004).

Punjabi :

Dhani Ram Chatrik, Bhai Vir Singh, Amrita. Preetam, Waris Shah, Balwant Gargi, Nanak Singh, Gurudayal Singh (Recipient of 1999 Jnanpith Award), Surjit Fattar, Varyam Singh Sandhu (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award, 2000), Dev (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award, 2001), Dr. Dalip Kaur Tiwana (Recipient of Saraswati Samman, 2001), Harbhajan Halwarvi (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2002). Charandas Sidhu (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award, 2003). Satindra Singh Noor (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award, 2004)

Sanskrit:

Bhasa, Kalidas, Bana Bhatt, Bhartrihari, Bhavbhutj, Kalhan, Valmiki, Prof. Rasik Behari Joshi (Recipient of Vachaspati Purushkar, 1999), Prof. Ram Chandra Narayan Dandekar, Ramanujtatacharya, Psriramachandrudu (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2001-2002), Dr. Gajanan Balkrishna Palsule, Kashinath Misra (Winner of Sahitya Acaderily Award 2002), Pt. Mohan Lal Sharma, Vijaydan Detha. Bhaskaracharya Tripathi (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award, 2003). Kala Nath Shastri (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award, 2004)

Tamil :

Subramaniam Bharati, Ramalingam Navakhal, P. V. Akilandam (Winner of Jnanpith Award, 1975), Dr. Indira Parathasarathi (Recipient of Saraswati Samman for 1999), T. G. Shivshankarn (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award for 2000), C. S. Chellappa (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2001), Sirpi Balasubramanian (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award, 2002). R. Vairmatu (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award, 2003). Tamilban (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award, 2004)

Telgu :

Vishwanatha Satya Narayan, Tirupati, Lakshmi Narasimhan, C. N. Reddy, Dr. Vasireddy Sita Devi, N. Gopi (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award for 2000), Tirumala Ramchandra (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award for 2001), Chekuri Ram Rao (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2002). Utpal Satyanaraincharya (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award, 2003). Naveen (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award, 2004)

Urdu:

Mohd. Iqbal, Mirza Galib, Raghupati Sahay Firaq (Recipient of Bhartiya Jnanpith Award, 1969), Altaf Hussain, Josh Malihabadi, Gyan Chandra Jain (Author of Tafseer-a­Ghalib), Sikander Ali Waid, Ms. Qurratul Hyder (Winner of Jnanpith Award, 1989), Ali Sardar Jafri (Winner of Jnanpith Award, 1997), Ibrahim Yusuf and Joginder Pal, Amber Bahraichi (Winner of Sahitya Academy for 2000), Nayyar Masood (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award, 2001), Prof. Gopi Chand Narang (Winner of Majlis Faroge Urdu Adab Award in 2002), Kaifi Azmi, Gulzar (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award, 2002). Sayyad Mohd. Ashraf (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award, 2003). Salam Bin Razaq (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award, 2004)