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 award is known as the Nobel Prize in the Asia?

  1. Magsaysay Award

  2. Armada Award

  3. Jaisingh Award

  4. Roes Award

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

The Ramon Magsaysay Award is widely regarded as Asia's equivalent of the Nobel Prize, recognizing outstanding contributions in public service, journalism, literature, and peace.

Multiple choice

'Right Livelihood' is also known as

  1. Alternate Nobel Prize

  2. Seaman Award

  3. Jimmer Award

  4. Jumper Award
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Right Livelihood Award was established in 1980 to honor and support those offering practical and exemplary answers to the most urgent challenges facing us today. It is widely known as the 'Alternative Nobel Prize' because it was conceived as a complement to the Nobel Prizes, recognizing areas that the traditional awards often overlook.

Multiple choice

The award Shaurya Chakra is made of

  1. gold

  2. silver

  3. bronze

  4. copper

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

The Shaurya Chakra is India's peacetime gallantry award made of bronze. It is the third-highest peacetime gallantry award after Ashoka Chakra (made of gold) and Kirti Chakra (made of silver). The bronze composition distinguishes it from higher awards.

Multiple choice

The highest decoration for valour is the _________, which is awarded for the most conspicuous bravery or some daring or pre-eminent act of valour or self sacrifice.

  1. Mahavir Chakra

  2. Vir Chakra

  3. Param Vir Chakra

  4. Ashoka Chakra

  5. None of these
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Param Vir Chakra (PVC) 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. Mahavir Chakra (MVC) is the second-highest, while Vir Chakra is third. Ashoka Chakra is the highest peacetime gallantry award.

Multiple choice

Dronacharya Award is given to

  1. industrialists

  2. coaches

  3. actors

  4. scientists

  5. politicians
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Dronacharya Award, instituted in 1985, is India's highest award for sports coaches and mentors. It recognizes outstanding contributions in training and guiding athletes to excellence. It is NOT given to industrialists, actors, scientists, or politicians - those groups have their own awards.

Multiple choice

Who is/are the recipient(s) of the Shanty Swarup Bhatnagar Award 2007 for biological science?

  1. Dr. Anbumany Ramadas

  2. Dr. Shenthil Raman

  3. Dr. Upinder Singh Bhalla and Dr. Narayanaswamy Srinivasan

  4. Dr. Prakash Kernel
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Dr. Upinder Singh Bhalla (neuroscience) and Dr. Narayanaswamy Srinivasan (psychology/cognitive science) were indeed the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award recipients for 2007 in Biological Sciences. This is one of India's highest science awards. Note: The question has a typo spelling it as 'Shanty' instead of 'Shanti'.

Multiple choice

Who has been given Dronacharya Award for 2007?

  1. Sanjeev Kumar S

  2. Koneru Ashok

  3. Prakash Padokone

  4. None
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

This is a specific sports award question. The Dronacharya Award is India's highest honor for coaches in sports. Without verification access, this requires memorization of sports award recipients from 2007. Prakash Padukone (misspelled as 'Padokone') is a famous badminton player but was a Dronacharya awardee in a different year.

Multiple choice

Who was the last recipient of the Bharat Ratna Award upto 2011?

  1. Amartya Sen

  2. Lata Mangeshkar

  3. Bismillah Khan

  4. Pandit Bhimsen Joshi

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

Pandit Bhimsen Joshi received the Bharat Ratna in 2008, making him the last recipient up to 2011. The Bharat Ratna is India's highest civilian award. Amartya Sen received it in 1999, Lata Mangeshkar in 2001, and Bismillah Khan in 2001 (all received together).

Multiple choice

Who among the following got the Padma Bhushan Award on the 60th Republic Day?

  1. Aishwarya Rai

  2. Mahendra Singh Dhoni

  3. Pankaj Advani

  4. Abhinav Bindra

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

Abhinav Bindra received the Padma Bhushan award in 2009 on the 60th Republic Day (January 26, 2009). He had won the Olympic gold medal in 2008. Mahendra Singh Dhoni and the Indian cricket team received Padma Shri in 2009, not Padma Bhushan. Aishwarya Rai received Padma Shri in 2009. Pankaj Advani received Padma Shri in 2009.

Multiple choice

Who among the following was selected for the Padma Vibushan on the 60th Republic Day?

  1. Abhinav Bindra

  2. Pankaj Advani

  3. Aruna Sairam

  4. G. Madhavan Nair

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

G. Madhavan Nair. The others personalities who were selected for the Padma Vibushan, are:

  1. S.Bahuguna (environmentalist)
  2. G. Madhavan Nair (ISRO Chairman)
  3. Anil Kakodkar (chairman of Atomic Energy commission) 
  4. Sister Nirmala (Missionaries of charity)
  5. A.S Ganguli (chief of ICI india ltd).
  6. C;.P Sivastava
  7. Govindh Narain Singh