Awards & Honours multiple choice questions with answers and explanations, 20 per page, for SSC, Banking, UPSC, Railway and state exams.
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Which one of the following is a Peacetime Gallantry Award?
It is the third-highest of India's peacetime gallantry awards, given for bravery other than in the face of the enemy.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following statements with regard to Bharat Ratna Award is/are correct? 1. It was instituted in the year 1972. 2. The award does not carry any monetary grant. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
The Bharat Ratna was instituted in 1954, not 1972, and it carries no cash award. The Bharat Ratna is India's highest civilian honour.
Read the full explanation →Who among the following were awarded the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2024? 1. Shri Gukesh D 2. Shri Harmanpreet Singh 3. Shri Praveen Kumar 4. Ms. Manu Bhaker Select the answer using the code given below :
All four athletes received the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna for 2024, presented by the President in January 2025. The Khel Ratna is India's highest sporting honour.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following movies won the 96th Academy Award 2024 in the Best Picture category ?
Christopher Nolan's film on the father of the atomic bomb was named Best Picture at the 96th Academy Awards in March 2024.
Read the full explanation →Who amongst the following was honoured with Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2020 ?
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangladesh, was named for the Gandhi Peace Prize 2020, awarded posthumously.
Read the full explanation →The Grand Order of the Chain of the Yellow Star is the highest civilian honour of which among the following countries?
The Grand Order of the Chain of the Yellow Star is the highest civilian award of Suriname, a country on the north-east coast of South America.
Read the full explanation →Georgi Gospodinov Georgiev won the International Booker Prize, 2023 for the darkly comic novel by the name :
The Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov won the International Booker Prize 2023 for Time Shelter, translated from Bulgarian by Angela Rodel.
Read the full explanation →Who among the following Indians did NOT hold the title of Miss World ?
She won Miss Universe in 1994, becoming the first Indian to do so, but she never held the Miss World title.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following statements is not correct in respect of the 'Legion of Merit' award?
The Legion of Merit is a US military decoration, not the country's highest civilian award. The Legion of Merit was created in 1942 and is given for exceptionally meritorious conduct in outstanding service.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following films was adjudged as the Best Feature Film in the 66th National Film Awards ?
The Gujarati film Hellaro, directed by Abhishek Shah, won the Golden Lotus for Best Feature Film at the 66th National Film Awards for films of 2018.
Read the full explanation →Along with Pranab Mukherjee, how many more persons were conferred the Bharat Ratna Award in the year 2019 ?
The Bharat Ratna for 2019 went to three people: former President Pranab Mukherjee, social reformer Nanaji Deshmukh and singer-composer Bhupen Hazarika, so two others were honoured along with him.
Read the full explanation →Who among the following was awarded The Hindu Prize in Fiction category for the year 2018?
She won The Hindu Prize 2018 for fiction for her novel "Requiem in Raga Janki".
Read the full explanation →The Nobel Prize in Physics for the year 2016 was given to
The 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics was shared by David J. Thouless, F. Duncan M. Haldane and J. Michael Kosterlitz, three British-born physicists working in the United States.
Read the full explanation →Who among the following was chosen for the Kuvempu Award 2020?
The Kuvempu Rashtriya Puraskar for 2020 was given to the Odia poet Rajendra Kishore Panda.
Read the full explanation →Who among the following is the recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, 2016?
The Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2016 went to the Telugu film-maker Kasinadhuni Viswanath, and it was presented to him in 2017.
Read the full explanation →Consider the following statements about gallantry awards in India:
1. Post-independence, first three gallantry awards were instituted on 26th January, 1950.
2. The first three gallantry awards were Ashoka Chakra Class-I, Ashoka Chakra Class-II and Ashoka Chakra Class-III.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
The first three gallantry awards of independent India were instituted on 26 January 1950, but they were the Param Vir Chakra, the Maha Vir Chakra and the Vir Chakra.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following statements is/are correct? 1. Nilamoni Phukan Jr. is the 56th Jnanpith Award winner. 2. Damodar Mauzo is the 57th Jnanpith Award winner. Select the correct answer using the code given below :
The Assamese poet Nilmani Phookan received the 56th Jnanpith Award and the Konkani writer Damodar Mauzo the 57th; both were announced together in December 2021.
Read the full explanation →Who among the following is the recipient of the Jnanpith Award, 2016?
The Bengali poet Shankha Ghosh received the 52nd Jnanpith Award, for the year 2016. The Jnanpith Award is given by the Bharatiya Jnanpith trust for an outstanding contribution to literature in Indian languages, and is India's highest literary honour.
Read the full explanation →Who among the following Presidents/ Vice Presidents of the United States of America was awarded Nobel Peace Prize for work to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development ?
These are the words of the Nobel committee's citation for Jimmy Carter, who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.
Read the full explanation →The Global Goalkeeper Award is given by
The Global Goalkeeper Award is one of the Goalkeepers awards the foundation gives to leaders who advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
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