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SSC CGL 2019 PYQ — Question 44

SSC CGL - 10th June 2019 - Shift 1 • General Awareness • Q44

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________, activist-journalist from Karnataka, who was shot dead in September 2017, was posthumously conferred the Anna Politkovskaya Award 2017.

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The correct answer is option 1, i.e. Gauri Lankesh.  

_____ activist-journalist from Karnataka.

Gauri Lankesh

Who is Gauri Lankesh?        
  • Gauri Lankesh was an Indian journalist and social activist from Bangalore, Karnataka, who is best known for her strong stand against right-wing Hindutva politics.
  • A brave journalist, who was feared by political and religious groups for her ideologies, was gruesomely murdered in front of her house in September 2017.