Question

Iqbal Award is presented to honour creative writings in _______literature.
1. Kharosti
2. Urdu
3. Persian
4. Hindi

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Urdu

The correct answer is Urdu.

• Iqbal Award is a prestigious annual award given in the field of creative Urdu writing.
• The award carries a cash prize of 2 lakh and a plaque of honor.
• The award has been instituted in the name of Allama Iqbal, an eminent poet of Urdu. 
• He gave new dimensions to Urdu poetry in the first four decades of the twentieth century.
• Iqbal's grandfather Sahaj Sapru was a Hindu Kashmiri Pandit who later migrated to Sialkot. 
• His major compositions are:
  • Asrar-e-Khudi, Rumuz-e-Bekhudi, and Bang-e-Dara, including patriotic Tarana-e-Hind, are included.
  • His poetry written in Persian is very famous in Iran and Afghanistan, where he is called Iqbal-e-Lahore.
  • He has written a lot on the religious and political philosophy of Islam.