General Awareness
Indian Honours and Awards
1,930 Questions
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
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Archery
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Boxing
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Volleyball
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Wrestling
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Jagdish Singh is a well-known boxing coach who received the Dronacharya Award for his contributions to training Indian boxers.
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archery
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boxing
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volleyball
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wrestling
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Jagminder Singh is a former wrestler and coach who was honored with the Dronacharya Award for his coaching career in wrestling.
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Archery
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Boxing
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Volleyball
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Wrestling
C
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G.E. Sridharan is a veteran volleyball player and coach who received the Dronacharya Award for his long-standing contributions to the sport.
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rowing
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badminton
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boxing
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chess
A
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Bajranglal Takhar is a famous Indian rower who won gold at the Asian Games and received the Arjuna Award.
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Athletics
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Badminton
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Boxing
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Chess
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Chitra Soman is an Indian athlete who specialized in the 400m race and was awarded the Arjuna Award for her performance.
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Jawaharlal Nehru
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Dr.Rajendra Prasad
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Dr. Zakir Hissain
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Dr.Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
B
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The Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, was established by the first President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, on January 2, 1954.
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Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
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Manavjeet Singh Sandhu
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Anju Bobby George
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K. M. Beenamol
B
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Manavjeet Singh Sandhu was awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for the year 2006-07 for his outstanding performance in shooting.
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Doris Lessing
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Kiran Desai
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Amitav Ghosh
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Carol Shields
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Dr. Manmohan Singh
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Smt. Sonia Gandhi
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Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
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Smt. Vasundhara Raje
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None of these
C
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Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam was awarded the King Charles II Medal by the Royal Society in 2007 for his contribution to science and technology.
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Azim Premji
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Dhirubhai Ambani
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Anil Ambani
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lN MIttal
B
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Dhirubhai Ambani, the founder of Reliance Industries, was the first Indian to be posthumously awarded the Wharton School Dean's Medal in 1998.
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Nobel Prize
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Padma Shree
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Booker prize
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Saraswati Samman
D
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The Saraswati Samman is an annual award for outstanding prose or poetry literary works in any of the 22 languages of India listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution. It carries a cash prize of Rs. 15 Lakh (though historically it was 5 Lakh).
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Abhas Mitra
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Dwaram Bap Reddy
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Udupi Ramachandra Rao
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Pranav Mistry
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Vijay Bhatkar
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Sanjeev Galande
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Nibir Mandal
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Tapas Kumar Kundu
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Subhasis Chaudhuri
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Rajesh Gopakumar
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Pratibha Patel
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Manmohan Singh
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Sonia Gandhi
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A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
D
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A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has been conferred the King Charles II Medal by Royal Society for his contribution to the promotion of science in India.
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Robert D. Blackwill
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Bill Clinton
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Frank Pallone
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Christina Rocca
C
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Frank Pallone, a U.S. Congressman, was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2001 for his contributions to public affairs and strengthening India-US relations.