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

Who won the G.D.Birla Award 2007, for Scientific Research?

  1. Arun Joshi

  2. Sukhbir Singh

  3. Santanu Bhattacharya

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Santanu Bhattacharya, a distinguished scientist at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS), Kolkata, received the G.D. Birla Award for Scientific Research in 2007. He is known for his work in the field of chemical sciences. Arun Joshi and Sukhbir Singh are not associated with this prestigious award.

Multiple choice

The Chameli Devi Award is for contribution to

  1. literature

  2. journalism

  3. science

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

The Chameli Devi Award is a prestigious journalism award in India, given annually for outstanding contribution to journalism, particularly recognizing women journalists for their exemplary work in the field.

Multiple choice

The person who received the Nobel Prize for Peace for the year 2006 is

  1. Prof. Muhammad Yunus

  2. Prof. Yunus Khan

  3. Prof. Muhammad Khan

  4. Prof. Hussain Muhammad
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Muhammad Yunus won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for pioneering microfinance through Grameen Bank, which provides small loans to empower the poor, especially women in rural Bangladesh. The other names with 'Khan' or 'Hussain' are incorrect - Yunus is the only Nobel laureate among the options.

Multiple choice

16th Vachaspati Puraskar for the year 2007 has been conferred on:

  1. K.Natarajan

  2. Ayyapa Panigrahi

  3. Swami RamBhadracharya ( Note: For his creation  MahaKavyam )
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Swami Rambhadracharya received the 16th Vachaspati Puraskar in 2007 for his Sanskrit epic 'Shri Bhavartha Ramayana' (also referred to as MahaKavyam). He is a renowned Sanskrit scholar and poet, despite being visually impaired from birth.

Multiple choice

Chameli Devi Award awarded to a woman is associated with which field?

  1. Social Work

  2. Sports

  3. Politics

  4. Journalism
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The Chameli Devi Award is given for outstanding contributions in journalism, particularly to women journalists. It was instituted in 1980 by the Media Foundation and is named after Chameli Devi Jain, a freedom fighter and social worker.

Multiple choice

Mahashweta Devi, recipient of the Jnanpith Award, was born in

  1. Orissa

  2. Uttar Pradesh

  3. Tamil Nadu

  4. Dhaka
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Mahashweta Devi was born in 1926 in Dhaka, which was then part of undivided India under British rule (now Bangladesh). She was a renowned Bengali writer and social activist who received the Jnanpith Award in 1996. The other options are Indian states, but her birthplace is in modern-day Bangladesh.

Multiple choice

Who among the following had got the Bharat Ratna Award before becoming the President of India?

  1. Dr. Jakir Hussain

  2. Dr. Rajendra Prasad

  3. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan

  4. V.V. Giri
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Dr. Zakir Hussain received Bharat Ratna in 1963, four years before becoming President (1967-1969). Other Presidents received Bharat Ratna during or after their term: Radhakrishnan (1954, became President 1962), V.V. Giri (1975, was President 1969-74).