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

A.K. Kutty, Subhash B. Aggarwal, L. Ibomcha Singh, Ajay Kumar Bansal and Captain Chandrup were in the news for winning which of the following awards announced by the Government?

  1. Arjuna Award

  2. Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar

  3. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award

  4. Dhyan Chand Award

  5. Dronacharya Award
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

A. K. Kutty, Subhash B. Aggarwal, L. Ibomcha Singh, Ajay Kumar Bansal and Captain Chandrup were in the news for winning Dronacharya Award.

Multiple choice

Consider the following statements about Rabindranath Tagore:

A. He received the Nobel prize for his work 'Gitanjali'. B. He became the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. C. He renounced his knighthood in response to the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in 1919.

Which of the above statements is/are not correct?

  1. Only C

  2. A and B only

  3. B and C only

  4. All of these

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

All the statements are correct.

Multiple choice

Which of the following Pakistani citizen is awarded Bharat Ratna?

  1. Muhammad Ali Jinnah

  2. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

  3. Liaquat Ali Khan

  4. Malala Yousafzai
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, also known as the Frontier Gandhi, was a Pashtun leader and a close ally of Mahatma Gandhi. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1987 for his contribution to the Indian independence movement.

Multiple choice political science the united nations (u.n.) specialized agencies of the un united nation organisation (u.n.o) international institutions

The UNICEF was awarded the _____________________ in $1965$.

  1. Pulitzer Prize

  2. Nobel Peace Prize

  3. Booker Prize

  4. Ramon Magsaysay
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Nineteen years after its founding, UNICEF was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on 26 October 1965 for "fulfilling the condition of Nobel's will, the promotion of brotherhood among the nations“ and emerging on the world stage as a “a peace-factor of great importance".