General Awareness
Indian Honours and Awards
2,063 Questions
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
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Adoor Gopalakrishnan
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Dev Anand
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Mrinal Sen
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Asha Bhosle
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Style Diva of the Year
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Best Actress
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Fashion Diva of the Year
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Best Actress in Negative Role
A
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Explanation
Katrina Kaif won the IIFA 'Style Diva of the Year' award in 2013. While she has received multiple Best Actress nominations and won other awards, this is the specific IIFA award referenced in the question.
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Sachin Tendulkar
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Vishwanathan Anand
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Liender Pase
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P T Usha
B
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Vishwanathan Anand was the first recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award in 1991-92, India's highest sporting honor. He received it for his exceptional achievements in chess, including becoming the first Indian World Chess Champion. The award was established in 1991-92 to honor outstanding sporting achievement.
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S ChandraShekhar
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Mother Teresa
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C V Raman
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Rabindra Nath Tagore
D
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Rabindranath Tagore was the first Indian to receive a Nobel Prize in 1913 for Literature. He was awarded for his collection of poems 'Gitanjali'. This was a historic moment as it recognized Indian literature on the global stage. C.V. Raman was the second Indian Nobel laureate in 1930 for Physics.
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Dilip Kumar
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BR Chopra
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Yash Chopra
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Dev Anand
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Rabindranath Tagore
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C V Raman
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Mother Teressa
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Amartya Sen
A
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Rabindranath Tagore was India's first Nobel laureate, winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 for his collection of poems 'Gitanjali'. C.V. Raman followed in 1930 for Physics. Tagore's achievement was groundbreaking and established India's presence on the global intellectual stage.
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Javed Akhtar
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Akkineni Nageshwar Rao
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Manoj Kumar
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Subhash Ghai
B
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Akkineni Nageshwar Rao, the legendary Telugu film actor and producer, received the Dada Saheb Phalke Award for his immense contribution to Indian cinema. He was a pioneer of the Telugu film industry and acted in over 250 films.
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Arjun Award
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Vyasa Samman
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Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar
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Bourlog Award
D
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The Borlaug Award (misspelled as 'Bourlog') honors contributions to agriculture and food security, named after Nobel laureate Norman Borlaug. The Arjun Award is for sports, Vyasa Samman for literature, and Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Award for science.
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Bhimsen Joshi
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Deep Joshi
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Indira Sinha
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Pankaj Srivastava
B
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Deep Joshi, a social worker dedicated to rural development, received the 2009 Ramon Magsaysay Award. He was recognized for his decades of work empowering communities in the Himalayan region. The award is considered Asia's equivalent of the Nobel Prize.
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C.Rajagopalachari
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Dr B.R.Ambedkar
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Dr S.Radhakrishnan
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Dr C.V.Raman
B
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Explanation
The Bharat Ratna was instituted in 1954 and awarded to C. Rajagopalachari, Dr S. Radhakrishnan, and Dr C.V. Raman in its very first year. Dr B.R. Ambedkar, despite being the architect of the Indian Constitution, was not a recipient in 1954 - he was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1990, 34 years after his death.
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PADMA BHUSHAN
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NOBEL PRIZE
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PADMA VIBHUSHAN
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BHARAT RATNA
C
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JRD Tata was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 1957 to mark the silver jubilee of Indian Airlines, which he had helped establish and build. The Padma Vibhushan is India's second-highest civilian award. The other awards listed are either too high (Bharat Ratna) or incorrect for this occasion.
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Sportsmen
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Coaches
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Umpires
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Sports Editors
B
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The Dronacharya Award is India's highest honor for outstanding coaches in sports and games. It is named after Dronacharya from the Mahabharata, the legendary guru of archery. The award is specifically for coaches, not sportsmen, umpires, or sports editors, making option B the correct choice.
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Financial Sciences
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Administrative Sciences
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Economic Sciences
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Human Sciences
C
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The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel was established in 1968 by Sweden's central bank. While often called a 'Nobel Prize,' it's not part of Nobel's original will and differs in funding and administration. The other options are fictitious categories.
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Rabindra Nath Tagore for Literature in 1913
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Rabindra Nath Tagore for Literature in 1953
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Vankur Bhattacharya for Peace in 1905
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Vankur Bhattacharya for Peace in 1913
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Rabindranath Tagore received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 for his collection of poems Gitanjali, making him the first Indian Nobel laureate. Option B incorrectly states 1953 instead of 1913. Options C and D name 'Vankur Bhattacharya' who does not exist - no Indian received the Nobel Peace Prize in those years.
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Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan
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Chakravarti Rajagopalachari
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Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
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Mokshagundam Vivesvaraya