The Pulitzer Prize is associated with which of the following?

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The correct answer is Journalism.

Key Points

It is an award for achievements in newspapers, magazine and online journalism, literature and musical composition in the United States.
It was established by Joseph Pulitzer who was an influential newspaper publisher and now it is administered by Columbia University in New York City.
Prizes are awarded yearly in twenty-one categories.

Important Points

Gobind Behari Lal was the first Indian to receive the prestigious Pulitzer Prize.
He was a journalist and an activist in the independence struggle.
He was awarded in the year 1937 for the coverage of science at the tercentenary of Harvard University.
He shared the award with four other reporters.
Recently, in 2020 Pulitzer award was won by Indian Journalist Dar Yasin, Mukhtar Khan, and Channi Anand.