Who among the following was the first Indian origin recipient of the prestigious Pulitzer Prize?
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SSC CGL 10 June 2019 Shift-2
Geeta Anand
Incorrect AnswerGobind Behari Lal
Correct AnswerSiddhartha Mukherjee
Incorrect AnswerJhumpa Lahiri
Incorrect AnswerExplanation:
- Geeta Anand is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist known for her investigative reporting, particularly on health issues. She's notable but not the first Indian-origin winner.
- Gobind Behari Lal was indeed the first Indian-origin recipient of the Pulitzer Prize. He won it in 1937 for journalism.
- Siddhartha Mukherjee is an Indian-American physician and author who won the Pulitzer Prize for his book "The Emperor of All Maladies" in 2011.
- Jhumpa Lahiri is an acclaimed author who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2000 for her collection of short stories, "Interpreter of Maladies."
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