President Awarded the Certificate of Honour

Current context: President Ram Nath Kovind has awarded the Certificate of Honour to the scholars for the year 2019.

• The certificates are given to the scholars of Sanskrit, Persian, Arabic, Pali, Prakrit, Classical Kannada, Classical Telugu, Classical Malayalam and Classical Odiya.
• In addition to the award, the president has also announced Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman award 2019.
• The MBVS award 2019 is given to the scholars of Sanskrit, Persian, Arabic, Pali, Prakrit, Classical Kannada, Classical Telugu, Classical Malayalam and Classical Odiya.
• The award is given once a year on 15th August i.e. Independence day and was introduced in the year 2002.
• The award is given to scholars from the age group of 30 to 45 years.
• The award given by the president contains a certificate of honour, a memento and Rs 1 lakh as a one-time cash prize.

Question: 

Q.1 Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman award is given to Scholars once in a year on?
a. Hindi Diwas
b. Republic Day
c. Independence Day
d. Sanskrit Diwas