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Question
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Which Indian personality is the recipient of the Oxford University's Bodley Medal 2019?
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Raghuram Rajan
Amartya Sen
Manmohan Singh
Shashi Tharoor
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Solution
Amartya Sen
Explanation:
Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen has been awarded the prestigious Bodley Medal, the highest honour bestowed by the University of Oxford’s world-famous Bodleian Libraries.
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