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

Dr. K Subrahmanyam Award which was conferred on Dr. Harsh V Pant of King's College, London recently is given for studies in which of the following?

  1. Engineering

  2. Management

  3. Agriculture

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

Defence Minister AK Antony presented the Institute for Defence Studies and Analysis (IDSA) Foundation Day Awards in New Delhi on November 11, 2009. The Dr. K Subrahmanyam Award was conferred on Dr. Harsh V Pant of King's College, London. Air Commodore Arjun Subramaniam bagged the Special Mention Award for studies in Defence and Security Issues.

Multiple choice

Who was conferred with the Lifetime Service Award at the Sanctuary-RBS Wildlife Awards recently for his outstanding contribution to Wildlife Conservation?

  1. Mike Pandey

  2. Narhari Pandurang Bagrao

  3. Brijendra Singh

  4. T.R. Shankar Raman

  5. Paresh Chandrakant Porab
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS), along with Sanctuary Asia magazine, announced the Earth Heroes 2009 on December 2, 2009. This is the 10th year of Sanctuary-RBS Wildlife Awards, which honour those who have dedicated their lives to India's rich natural heritage.

This year, the Wildlife Service Awards were presented to the following Earth Heroes: Jointly to Dr. Divya Mudappa & T.R. Shankar Raman for their work in Protected Areas in the Western Ghats and the launch of the Nature Conservation Foundation at Mysore; Mike Pandey for dedicating his life to the protection of wild nature through the use of cinematograph; Narhari Pandurang Bagrao who restored degraded forests with the help of villagers and enabled wildlife in the forests of Shahapur, Maharashtra & Paresh Chandrakant Porab, a forester with the Goa Forest Department Prabir Kumar Palei for his conservation work at the Similipal Tiger Reserve
The Lifetime Service Award was conferred on Brijendra Singh of the Corbett Tiger Reserve for his outstanding contribution to Wildlife Conservation. The 'Wind Under the Wings' award was conferred on Vijay Pinjarkar, Special Correspondent, The Times of India. The 'Young Naturalist Awards' are presented to Aamod Zambre, Prosper S. Marak and Vishal Jayant Bhave. The 'Green Teacher Award' was jointly conferred on Dr. Marselin R. Almeida and Dr. Sarah. M. Almeida for their work in botany and taxonomy.
Multiple choice

Which of the following annual sports award is given to the best performing university in the country?

  1. Maulana Azad trophy

  2. Dhyanchand trophy

  3. Lal Bahadur Shastri trophy

  4. Milkha Singh trophy

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

Sports Ministry issued revised guidelines for awarding Maulana Azad trophy recently.

The best male and female athletes of the champion university, along with the Vice Chancellor and Director (sports), will receive the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy from the President during the Arjuna Awards function from 2010.
The annual award for the best university carries a cash prize of Rs. 10 lakh while the second and third placed universities get Rs. 5 lakh and Rs. 3 lakh respectively.
The champion university will now be presented a miniature replica of the trophy.
A revised policy for awarding points for performances of the universities has the provision of negative marks for wrong claims and doping offences.
The Union Sports Ministry has released a grant of Rs. 1.5 crore to the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) to facilitate the conduct of tournaments and competing in national and international events.

Multiple choice

Which of the following statements about awards at the 40th International Film Festival of India 2009 organised in Panaji, Goa recently are correct? I. Golden Peacock Award given for the Best Film carried a cash prize of Rs 40 lakh II. Silver Peacock Award given to the Best Director carried a cash award of Rs. 15 lakh III. Special Jury Award winning film was given a Silver Peacock and a cash prize of Rs 15 lakh

  1. I only

  2. I and II only

  3. II and III only

  4. III and I only

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

All three statements about the 40th IFFI awards are correct. The Golden Peacock for Best Film carried Rs 40 lakh, the Silver Peacock for Best Director carried Rs 15 lakh, and the Special Jury Award winning film received both a Silver Peacock and Rs 15 lakh cash prize. These award categories and their associated cash prizes were standard for IFFI at that time.

Multiple choice

Who was conferred with the 'Golden Pen of Freedom' Prize at the 62nd World Newspaper Congress organised in Hyderabad recently?

  1. Iranian journalist Akbar Ganji

  2. Sudanese journalist Mahjoub Mohamed Salih

  3. Uzbek journalist Ruslan Sharipov

  4. Pakistani journalist Najam Sethi
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

es in Pakistan, Najam Sethi received the 'Golden Pen of Freedom' Prize of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) at the 62nd World Newspaper Congress and 16th World Editors' Forum in Hyderabad on 1 December, 2009.

Multiple choice

Who was conferred with France's highest civilian award, the Insignia of 'Officier de la Legion d'Honneur' (Officer of the Legion of Honour) recently?

  1. Shyam Benegal

  2. Lata Mangeshkar

  3. Amitav Ghosh

  4. Ustad Amjad Ali Khan

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

Playback singer Lata Mangeshkar has been conferred France's highest civilian award, the Insignia of 'Officier de la Legion d'Honneur' (Officer of the Legion of Honour). Oscar winning director Satyajit Ray and actor Amitabh Bachchan are previous Indian recipients of the award. The legion d'Honneur (Legion of Honour) is the highest distinction that is conferred by the French Republic on a French citizen as well as on a foreigner.

Multiple choice

The Infosys Science Foundation, a non-profit trust set up by Infosys Technologies announced the first Infosys Prize 2009 for researchers for their outstanding contributions to scientific research recently. Which of the following is incorrectly matched?

  1. Physical Sciences - Thanu Padmanabhan

  2. Mathematical Sciences - Ashoke Sen

  3. Engineering Sciences - Vibhuti Upadhyay

  4. Life Sciences - K. Vijay Raghavan

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

No one was founded suitable for the prize in Engineering Sciences categories.

The Infosys Science Foundation, a non-profit trust set up by Infosys Technologies announced the first Infosys Prize 2009 for five researchers in four categories for their outstanding contributions to scientific research. The Prize carries with it a medallion, a citation, and a cash purse of Rs. 50 lakh. The cash award for each winner is the highest prize money for any award in India.
The winners are:
Physical Sciences -Thanu Padmanabhan of the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune)
Mathematical Sciences - Ashoke Sen of the Harish Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad
Life Sciences - K. Vijay Raghavan of the National Centre of Biological Sciences, Bangalore
Social Sciences & Economics - Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology & Upinder Singh of the University of Delhi (the award is shared in the category) Engineering Sciences - None found suitable

Multiple choice

Bhimsen Joshi who was chosen for India's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna is a famous

  1. Sitarist

  2. Tabla player

  3. Classical Singer

  4. Classical Dancer

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

Pandit Bhimsen Joshi was a legendary Hindustani classical vocalist and one of India's most celebrated classical singers. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna in 2008 for his contributions to Indian classical music, particularly the Kirana gharana. While option C says 'Classical Singer', the more precise term is Hindustani classical vocalist, as he was not associated with Carnatic music or other classical art forms.

Multiple choice

_______ is the highest civilian award of India.

  1. Bharat Ratna

  2. Arjuna Award

  3. Padma Sri

  4. Padma Vibhushan
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Bharat Ratna is India's highest civilian award, conferred for exceptional service in any field of human endeavor. It ranks above the Padma awards (Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri).

Multiple choice

___________ received the first V.K. Krishna Menon Award for his fearless fight against corruption in the judicial system and for espousing social causes.

  1. Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan

  2. Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh

  3. Smt. Sonia Gandhi

  4. Atal Behari Bajpayee
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan received the inaugural V.K. Krishna Menon Award in 2008 for his fight against judicial corruption and advocacy for social causes.