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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

National Lata Mageshkar Award has been conferred on.

  1. Asha Bhonsle

  2. Mahendra Kapoor

  3. B.R. Chopra

  4. Ustad Amjad Ali Khan

  5. Zakir Hussain
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The National Lata Mangeshkar Award (note: question has typo 'Mageshkar') is a prestigious award recognizing contributions to Indian music. Asha Bhonsle, legendary playback singer and sister of Lata Mangeshkar, was a deserving recipient of this honor.

Multiple choice

Centre for DNA Finger Printing and Diagnostics was in the news during February 2002 as its Director, Dr. Seyed E. Hussain was awarded the eleventh G. D. Birla Award for Scientific Research for the year 2001. This centre is located in

  1. Bangalore

  2. Chennai

  3. Hyderabad

  4. Pune

  5. Kolkota
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Centre for DNA Finger Printing and Diagnostics (CDFD) is an autonomous institution under the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India. It was established in 1995 and is located in Hyderabad. The center is a premier research institution focusing on DNA fingerprinting, diagnostics, and molecular biology research.

Multiple choice

Leading Punjabi novelist, Dr. Dalip Kaur Tiwana's novel 'Katha Kaho Urvashi' was selected in January 2002 for which of the following awards?

  1. Shankar Puraskar-2001

  2. Sarawati Samman-2001

  3. Sanskriti Awards-2001

  4. Bihari Puruskar-2001
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Dr. Dalip Kaur Tiwana's Punjabi novel 'Katha Kaho Urvashi' was selected for the Saraswati Samman-2001, announced in January 2002. This is a prestigious literary award for Indian literature.

Multiple choice

Who among the following won the Dadasaheb Phalke Award (2012)?

  1. Dev Anand

  2. Soumitra Chatterjee

  3. Yash Chopra

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

Soumitra Chatterjee, the legendary Bengali actor, received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2012 for his lifetime contribution to Indian cinema. The award is India's highest honor in film. Dev Anand received it in 2001, Yash Chopra in 2008, and Kamal Haasan in 2014. The annual award recognizes distinguished contributions to arts and culture.

Multiple choice

Who among the following got the Nobel Prize for the medicine?

  1. Rona Sahib

  2. Hargbind Khorana

  3. Ramesh Palideth

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

Hargobind Khorana shared the 1968 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Marshall Nirenberg and Robert Holley for deciphering the genetic code and its role in protein synthesis. The Indian-American biochemist demonstrated how the nucleotide sequence of RNA determines the amino acid sequence of proteins, a fundamental breakthrough in molecular biology. His work laid the groundwork for modern genetic engineering. Note: The option misspells his name as 'Hargbind' instead of 'Hargobind.'