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
  1. Indira Gandhi Award

  2. Dadasaheb Phalke Award

  3. Vasudha Award

  4. Nargis Dutt Award

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

Short films on environmental issues 'Niyamgiri You Are Still Alive,' directed by Suma Josson, and 'Kaippad,' directed by Babu Kambrath, were declared joint winners of 'The Vasudha Award,' the country's only government award for an environmental film, on 30th Nov, 2010.

Multiple choice
  1. Malvinder Singh

  2. Jignesh Shah

  3. Kishore Biyani

  4. Bharat Goenka

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

Jignesh Shah, founder of Multi Com Exchange (MCX), received the US-India businessman of the year award. He was recognized for his contributions to financial markets infrastructure and commodity trading in India.

Multiple choice
  1. G. Sankara Kurup

  2. T.S. Bandopadhaya

  3. Uma Shankar Joshi

  4. Sumitranandan Pant

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

G. Sankara Kurup, a renowned Malayalam poet, received the first Jnanpith Award in 1965 for his poetic work 'Odakkuzhal'. The Jnanpith Award is India's highest literary honor, given annually for outstanding contribution to Indian literature. T.S. Bandopadhaya, Uma Shankar Joshi, and Sumitranandan Pant were all Jnanpith recipients but not the first.

Multiple choice
  1. journalism

  2. politics

  3. sports

  4. environment

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

The Feroze Gandhi Award is an annual award given to recognize outstanding contributions and excellence in the field of journalism in India.

Multiple choice
  1. Dr. S Radhakrishnan

  2. DR. P. Kumar

  3. Dr. Rajendra Prasad

  4. James Hicky

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

The Bharat Ratna was first awarded in 1954 to three individuals: C. Rajagopalachari, Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, and Dr. C.V. Raman. Dr. Radhakrishnan was a renowned philosopher and served as the first Vice President of India.

Multiple choice
  1. Ms Kiran Bedi

  2. Arundathi Roy

  3. Sandeep Pandey

  4. Salonga Palagummi

  5. Mahabir Pun

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

Palagummi Sainath won the 2007 Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts for his reporting on rural poverty and social inequality in India. The option shows his name in reverse order as 'Salonga Palagummi'. Kiran Bedi won in 2002 for government service, Arundhati Roy is a Booker Prize winner (not Magsaysay), and Sandeep Pandey won in 2002 for community leadership.

Multiple choice
  1. Ms Kiran Bedi

  2. Arundathi Roy

  3. Sandeep Pandey

  4. Mahabir Pun

  5. Salonga Palagummi

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

Mahabir Pun from Nepal won the 2007 Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership for his work bringing wireless internet to remote mountain villages. Kiran Bedi won earlier (2002), Arundhati Roy has not won a Magsaysay, Sandeep Pandey won in 2002, and Palagummi Sainath won in 2007 but for journalism.

Multiple choice
  1. China

  2. Nepal

  3. Bhutan

  4. India

  5. Sri Lanka

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

Palagummi Sainath (P. Sainath), an eminent Indian journalist, was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2007 for Journalism, Literature, and Creative Communication Arts. The name in the question is a slight misspelling of his name.

Multiple choice
  1. sports

  2. cinema

  3. literature

  4. science

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

The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is India's highest award in the field of cinema. It is presented annually by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to recognize outstanding contributions to the growth and development of Indian cinema.

Multiple choice
  1. Robert Mohdel

  2. Robert C. Merton

  3. John F. Nash

  4. John Kenneth Galbraith

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

John Kenneth Galbraith was a prominent American economist and diplomat who served as the US Ambassador to India. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India's second-highest civilian award, in 2001 for his contributions to strengthening Indo-US relations. The other economists listed are Nobel laureates but did not receive this specific Indian honor.

Multiple choice
  1. Padma Shri

  2. Padma Vibhushan

  3. Bharat Ratna

  4. Vir Chakra

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

The Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian award of the Republic of India, instituted in 1954 and awarded for exceptional service/performance of the highest order.