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
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Dadasaheb Phalke
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Padma Sri
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Magasaysay
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Bharata Ratna
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The Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian award in India, given for exceptional service in any field of human endeavor.
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author
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social activist
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player
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film producer
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scientist
B
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Hem Dutta is a well-known social activist from Assam who has been involved in various humanitarian and social welfare activities. He received the Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhawana Award for his contributions to social harmony.
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Dr. Manmohan Singh
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A.P.J.Abdul Kalam
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Sonia Gandhi
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Pratibha Patil
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None of these
B
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The Basava Award is a prestigious award given by the Karnataka Government. Former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was selected for this award for the year 2006-07.
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Vinoba Bhave
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Rajiv Gandhi
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Kiran Bedi
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Ela Bhatt
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None of these
B
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The Ramon Magsaysay Award is given for leadership and service. Vinoba Bhave, Kiran Bedi, and Ela Bhatt are all recipients. Rajiv Gandhi was never a recipient of this award.
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a campaigner for urban
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an antichild labour activist
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an activist for the welfare of poor rural women
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an organizer of rainwater harvesting
B
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Shanta Sinha is an Indian anti-child labor activist who founded the MV Foundation and was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for her work.
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Padma Shri
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Arjun
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Param Padma
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None
C
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Param Padma is a series of supercomputers developed by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) in India. It represents a significant milestone in India's indigenous high-performance computing capabilities.
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Gladys Staines & Bishop Desmond Tutu
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Gladys Staines & Mark Tully
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Gladys Staines & Ruskin Bond
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Mark Tully & Joseph Rotblat
B
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In 2005, the Padma Awards were conferred upon several individuals, including foreign nationals Gladys Staines and Mark Tully, who were recognized for their contributions to social work and journalism respectively.
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Silver
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Bronze
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Golden
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Platinum
C
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To celebrate the 50th anniversary (golden jubilee) of the Filmfare Awards, the iconic black statuette was gold-plated for that specific year.
C
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In 2005, Romila Thapar and Kanaksen Deka were among those who declined the Padma awards. This was a notable event in the Indian political and intellectual landscape.
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Paramveer Chakra
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Nobel Prize
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Sanjay Chopra Award
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None of these
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Shubhranshu Choudhary
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Edward Snowden
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TAILS operating system
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Free Weibo
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Malala Yousafzai
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Nibir Mandal
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Tapas Kumar Kundu
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Subhasis Chaudhuri
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Raghavan Varadrajan
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Rajesh Gopakumar
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Govind Mishra
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A. A. Manavalan
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Lakshmi Nandan Bora
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S. L. Bhyrappa
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Surjit Paatar
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Punjab Rattan Award
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Sahitya Academy Fellowship Award
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Padma Bhushan
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Padma Vibhushan
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Lifetime Achievement Award
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C.V. Raman
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Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
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Govind Ballabh Pant
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Purushottam Das Tandon
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C Rajagopalachari