General Awareness

Indian Honours and Awards

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Indian honours and awards recognize outstanding achievements by civilians, military personnel, and artists in various fields. The scope includes prestigious civilian honors like Padma awards, literary prizes, and specific accolades like the Borlaug Award. These current affairs and general awareness topics are vital for government exams.

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Indian Honours and Awards Questions

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. Eminent Surgeons

  2. Famous Artists

  3. Sport Coaches

  4. Expert Engineers

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Dronacharya Award is India's highest honor for excellence in sports coaching. It is named after Dronacharya, the legendary guru from the Mahabharata who taught archery to the Pandavas and Kauravas. The award recognizes outstanding coaches who have produced medal-winning athletes and teams at international competitions.

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. Rudyard Kipling

  2. Ronald Ross

  3. Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman

  4. Rabindranath Tagore

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Ronald Ross, born in Almora, India in 1857, was the first India-born Nobel laureate when he won the Medicine prize in 1902 for discovering malaria transmission. Rabindranath Tagore (born Calcutta) won in 1913, CV Raman in 1930. Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay but won in 1907 - however, Ross's 1902 prize predates Kipling's.

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hazina

  2. India PM Man mohan singh

  3. Abdul kalam

  4. Ratan TaTa

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina (misspelled as Hazina in the question) was awarded the Indira Gandhi Peace Prize for 2010 for her leadership in democracy, women's empowerment, and regional cooperation. The prize recognizes contributions to peace, disarmament, and development.

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. No one else was ready to receive th award

  2. He finished his degree with distinction

  3. No one knows the exact reason

  4. he accepted the award on behalf of his family doctor

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The exact reason for actor Vijay receiving an honorary doctorate from M.G.R. University remains officially unclear. This makes option C correct - it's acknowledged that no documented reason was publicly stated. Options A, B, and D are speculative or fabricated.

Multiple choice general knowledge sports
  1. Baroda

  2. Gauhati

  3. Ranchi

  4. Kolkata

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Gauhati University has a Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Chair and offers fellowships named after Baba Saheb Ambedkar. The question likely refers to an institution or university that was named for or received the Baba Saheb Fellowship Award in 2008, with Gauhati being the correct answer among the options.

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. Shyam Benegal

  2. Mrinal Sen

  3. Hrishikesh Mukherjee

  4. Subhash Ghai

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Hrishikesh Mukherjee, the renowned filmmaker known for middle-class family dramas like 'Gol Maal', 'Anand', and 'Bawarchi', received the Dada Saheb Phalke Award in 2000. His films were celebrated for their social relevance, humor, and humanism. The award is India's highest honor in cinema.

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. Kawabata Yasunari

  2. C. V. Raman

  3. Oe Kenzaburo

  4. Rabindranath Tagore

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 for Gitanjali, making him the first Asian laureate in this category. C.V. Raman was the first Asian Indian Nobel laureate but in Physics (1930). Kawabata Yasunari and Oe Kenzaburo won later, in 1968 and 1994 respectively.