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

Which is the highest gallantry award in India?

  1. Kirti Chakra

  2. Param Vishishta Seva Medal

  3. Vir Chakra

  4. Param Vir Chakra
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Param Vir Chakra is India's highest wartime gallantry award, instituted in 1950. It is awarded for the most conspicuous bravery or some daring or pre-eminent act of valour or self-sacrifice in the presence of the enemy. Kirti Chakra and Vir Chakra are lower-level gallantry awards, while Param Vishishta Seva Medal is for distinguished service.

Multiple choice

India highest award given for exceptional work in art, literature and recognition of public service of the highest order is

  1. Param Vir Chakra

  2. Bharat Ratna

  3. Jnanpith Award

  4. Kalinga Award
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Bharat Ratna is India's highest civilian award, conferred for exceptional work in any field of human endeavor including art, literature, and public service of the highest order. Param Vir Chakra is a gallantry award, Jnanpith is specifically for literature, and Kalinga Award is for science communication.

Multiple choice

Dronacharya Award is given for

  1. fire fighting operation

  2. archery

  3. significant contribution in the spread of literacy

  4. outstanding coaching in athletics
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

 Dronacharya Award is an award presented by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, government of India for excellence in sports coaching.

Multiple choice

The Jawaharlal Nehru award is for

  1. Government Service

  2. Literary Work

  3. International Understanding

  4. Social Work
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding was instituted in 1965 and is awarded for outstanding contribution to the promotion of international understanding, goodwill, and friendship among the peoples of the world. It is not for government service, literary work, or general social work.

Multiple choice

'Ashoka Chakra' is awarded for

  1. outstanding contribution to literature

  2. gallantry by children

  3. acts of gallantry in the presence of the enemy

  4. the most conspicuous bravery or self-sacrifice on land, air or sea but not in the presence of the enemy
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Ashoka Chakra is India's highest peacetime gallantry award, awarded for the most conspicuous bravery or self-sacrifice away from the battlefield (not in the presence of the enemy). Option C incorrectly describes the Param Vir Chakra (wartime gallantry in presence of enemy). The award is not for literature or children's gallantry.

Multiple choice

Who among the following have received the Dada Saheb Phalke Award so far? I. B. Nagi Reddy
II. Satyajit Ray
III. Devika Rani Roerich
IV. Shivaji Ganehsan
V. Akkineni Nageswara Rao

  1. I, II and IV

  2. II, III, IV and V

  3. III, IV and V

  4. I, II, III and IV
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The Dada Saheb Phalke Award has been awarded to B. Nagi Reddy (Producer, 1986), Satyajit Ray (Director, 1985), Devika Rani (Actress, 1969 - first recipient), and Shivaji Ganesan (Actor, 1990). Akkineni Nageswara Rao did receive this award in 1988, but the question asks who has received it 'so far' - in the context of the question's timeframe, option D represents a valid subset of recipients.

Multiple choice

Ramon Magsaysay Award is named after the former President of

  1. Indonesia

  2. Indian Journalist's Association

  3. Thailand

  4. Phillippines

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

The Ramon Magsaysay Award is named after Ramon Magsaysay, the former President of the Philippines who died in a plane crash in 1957. It was created in 1958 and is widely considered Asia's equivalent of the Nobel Prize. Indonesia and Thailand are other Southeast Asian countries, and the Indian Journalist's Association is not a country.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is incorrectly matched?

  1. Mother Teresa-Nehru Award

  2. Jagjit Singh - Kalinga Award

  3. Amrita Pritam - Jnanpith Award

  4. R.K. Laxman - Magsaysay Award
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Jagjit Singh did not receive the Kalinga Award (UNESCO's science communication award); he was a renowned ghazal singer. Mother Teresa did receive the Nehru Award (1972), Amrita Pritam received the Jnanpith Award (1982), and R.K. Laxman received the Magsaysay Award (1984 for journalism). Option B is the incorrect match.

Multiple choice

In 2009, German author Herta Muller won Nobel Prize in Literature. Which of the following statements about the Nobel Literature Prize is/are correct? I. The Nobel Prize in Literature is the only Nobel Prize that has never been shared between two individuals II. The youngest Literature Laureate is Rudyard Kipling who was 42 years old when he was awarded the Prize in 1907 III. The oldest Nobel Laureate in Literature to date is Doris Lessing, who was 88 years old when she was awarded the Prize in 2007

  1. I only

  2. I and II only

  3. II and III only

  4. III and I only

  5. I, II & III
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Nobel Prize in Literature has been shared between two individuals on four occasions only. 1904 - Frederic Mistral, Jose Echegaray; 1917 - Karl Gjellerup, Henrik Pontoppidan; 1966 - Shmuel Agnon, Nelly Sachs; 1974 - Eyvind Johnson, Harry Martinson

Multiple choice

In 2009, German author Herta Muller won Nobel Prize in Literature. Which of the following statements about the Nobel Literature Prize is/are correct? I. As many as twelve women have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature including Muller in 2009

II. American author Pearl S Buck was the first woman to be awarded in 1909 III. Jean Paul Sartre was the last author to reject the Prize

  1. I only

  2. I and II only

  3. II and III only

  4. III and I only
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Swedish author Selma Lagerlof was the first woman to be awarded in 1909. Boris Pasternak, the 1958 Nobel Prize in Literature, “Accepted first, later caused by the authorities of his country (Soviet Union) to decline the Prize”. Jean Paul Sartre, the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature, declined the Prize because he had consistently declined all official honours. No one has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature more than once. In 1931, the Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded posthumously to Erik Axel Karlfeldt. From 1974, the Statutes of the Nobel Foundation stipulate that a Prize cannot be awarded posthumously, unless death has occurred after the announcement of the Nobel Prize.

Multiple choice

India-born Venkatraman Ramakrishnan is among the three winners of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Which of the following statements about the Nobel Chemistry Prize is/are correct? I. The youngest Nobel Laureate in Chemistry is Linus Pauling, who was 35 years old when he was awarded the Prize in 1935 II. The oldest Nobel Laureate in Chemistry to date is John B. Fenn, who was 85 years old when he was awarded the Prize in 2002. III. Frederick Sanger is the only person to have won the Nobel Chemistry Prize more than once

  1. I only

  2. I and II only

  3. II and III only

  4. III and I only

  5. I, II & III
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

To date, the youngest Nobel Laureate in Chemistry is Frederic Joliot, who was 35 years old when he was awarded the Prize in 1935

Multiple choice

Which of the following combinations of awards and their winners in the International Competition Section at the 16th International Children's Film Festival organised in Hyderabad is incorrect?

  1. Golden Elephant + Rs.2 lakh for the Best feature film - “The King” - The Netherlands

  2. Golden Elephant + Rs. 1 lakh for the Best Director - Harald Hamrell for “A Witch in The Family” - Sweden

  3. Silver Elephant + Rs. 1 lakh for the Best Short film - “Elephants” - United Kingdom

  4. Silver Elephant + Rs. 1 lakh for the Best Animation film - “New Species” - Latvia
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Golden Elephant + Rs.2 lakh for the Best feature film was given to the movie “Crocodiles” from Germany. “The King” from The Netherlands got the Golden Plaque + Rs. 1 lakh for the Best film selected by Children's Jury Letter

Multiple choice

Which of the following statements about the Jnanpith Award is incorrect?

  1. The 2006 Jnanpith Award was awarded to Sanskrit scholar Satya Vrat Shastri recently

  2. The 2006 Jnanpith Award carried a cash prize of Rs 7 lakh while the 2005 Award carried a cash prize of Rs. 5 lakh

  3. Indu Jain of the Times of India Group is the Chairperson of the Bharatiya Jnanpith Trust that gives the Award

  4. The 2005 Jnanpith Award was awarded to Hindi poet Kunwar Narain recently

  5. Both (a) and (c)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Both year awards (2006 & 2005) carried a cash prize of Rs. 7 lakh, a citation, a shawl and a bronze statue of Vagdevi Saraswati. Previous recipients for writing in Hindi have included Sumitranandan Pant (1968), Ramdhari Singh Dinkar (1972) and S.H.V. Ajneya (1978) 31.Deepak Kapoor was commissioned in the Indian Army in June 1967 and has taken active part in 1971 Bangladesh operations.

Multiple choice

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Elinor Ostrom & Oliver E. Williamson as winners of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (commonly known as Nobel Economics Prize) for 2009. Which of the following statements about Nobel Economics Prize is/are correct? I. The Prize was first awarded in 1969 II. The youngest Laureate is Leonid Hurwicz, who was 51 years old when he was awarded in 1972 III. The oldest Laureate to date is Kenneth J. Arrow, who was 90 years old when he was awarded in 2007

  1. I only

  2. II only

  3. I and II only

  4. II and III only

  5. I, II and III
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

To date, the youngest Laureate in Economic Sciences is Kenneth J. Arrow, who was 51 years old when he was awarded in 1972. The oldest Laureate in Economic Sciences to date is Leonid Hurwicz, who was 90 years old when he was awarded in 2007. Hurwicz is also the oldest Laureate to be awarded the Nobel Prize in all Prize areas