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

The Sir C.V .Raman award for 2008 was awarded to

  1. M.Natarajan

  2. Sanjeev Ramchandra Inamdar

  3. Prof. G.Venkatraman

  4. Dr. Naresh Trehan
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

This appears to be a current affairs question about the 2008 Sir C.V. Raman award. The answer M. Natarajan is given as correct.

Multiple choice

Who among the following is not a Magsasay Award winner?

  1. Vinoba Bhave

  2. Rajiv Gandhi

  3. Kiran Bedi

  4. Ela Bhatt

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

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.

Multiple choice

The Roman Magsaysay award winner Shanta Sinha is known as

  1. a campaigner for urban

  2. an antichild labour activist

  3. an activist for the welfare of poor rural women

  4. an organizer of rainwater harvesting
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Shanta Sinha is an Indian anti-child labor activist who founded the MV Foundation and was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for her work.

Multiple choice

The name of the Super Computer developed by India was-

  1. Padma Shri

  2. Arjun

  3. Param Padma

  4. None
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

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.

Multiple choice

In reference to winners of the Padma Awards 2005, two foreigners were awarded Padma Awards this year. They were

  1. Gladys Staines & Bishop Desmond Tutu

  2. Gladys Staines & Mark Tully

  3. Gladys Staines & Ruskin Bond

  4. Mark Tully & Joseph Rotblat
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

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.

Multiple choice

Directions: Read the following information and answer the given question.

Preeti recently came to know that Govt. of India instituted an Amrita Devi Bishnoi National Award for wildlife conservation in the memory of Amrita Devi Bishnoi, who sacrified her life along with 363 others for the protection of khejri trees near Jodhpur in Rajasthan. Then, she planned along with her other friends to celebrate Van Mahotsav.

What quality of Preeti is brought out by this?

  1. She is a party animal.

  2. She is environment friendly.

  3. She is an animal lover.

  4. She is a good driver.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

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