SSC CPO 2019 PYQ — Question 59

SSC CPO Tier I - 13th December 2019 - Shift 1 • General Awareness • Q59

Which Indian historian won Israel’s prestigious Dan David Prize?

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is option 2 i.e. Sanjay Subrahmanyam.

Sanjay Subrahmanyam Noted Indian historian Sanjay Subrahmanyam has won Israel's prestigious Dan David Prize for this year for his work on intercultural encounters between Asians, Europeans and people of North and South America during the early modern era.
  Sanjay Subrahmanyam (born 21 May 1961) is an Indian historian who specialises in the early modern period. He is the author of several books and publications.
  He holds the Irving and Jean Stone Endowed Chair in Social Sciences at UCLA which he joined in 2004.