Awards and Awardees

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Awards and Awardees: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Awards and Awardees, Introduction to Nobel Prizes, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award & Dronacharya Award etc.

Important Questions on Awards and Awardees

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Who won the 2020 Academy Award for ‘Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role’?

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Rajnikant Devidas Shroff was awarded the Padma Bhushan in the field of ______ in January 2021

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Who among the following received the 'Global Goalkeeper' Award in 2019

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Which of the following is an award for contribution in the field of science and technology?

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The Arjuna Awards are given by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports to recognise outstanding achievement in sports and games. It was instituted in _____.

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Which of the following civic bodies was declared as the 'Best Performing Municipal Corporation' in India in December 2020 for implementing the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban Mission?

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Who among the following won the '3rd Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize' for his novel 'The City and The Sea' in December 2020?

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The ICTP Ramanujan Prize is awarded annually for excellence in _______.

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The Ramon Magsaysay Award was established in the year _____?

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Which Tennis star is the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year for 2021?

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Consider the following statements
1. The biennial Green Star Awards recognize individuals, organizations, governments and companies who have demonstrated achievements in prevention, preparedness and response to environmental emergencies.
2. A Joint initiative between Green Cross lntemational (GCf). the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the Green Star Awards seek, to increase awareness of environmental emergencies by drawing attention to efforts made to prevent. prepare for and respond to such emergencies.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Which one of the following is not correctly matched?

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The first Star Guild Awards ceremony was held in Mumbai in the year:

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The Sahitya Akademi Award was instituted in the year _____.

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Which of the following awards is conferred on Indian sportsperson for their lifetime contribution to sports?

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Who was conferred the Vyas Samman 2018?

(A) Sunita Jain

(B) Alka Dupkar

(C) Leeladhar Jagudi

(D) Amarkant Verma

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Who among the following film makers has won the Best Documentary Producer award of the Madrid International Film Festival in July 2015?

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Who was awarded the title of Rai Bahadur?

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The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is conferred to _____.

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In which year 'Sahiti Mekhala Samstha' was established?