Awards (Current Affairs) Part- I

Total Questions: 50

1. Shijith Nambiar and Parvathy Menon were conferred the 5th Bharat Kala Ratna award for 2020 on 11 December 2021 by Kerala based Navaneetham Trust for their service to ___________. [S.S.C. Online CPO SI (T-I) 09.11.2022 (Shift-I)]

(a) Kathak
(b) Kuchipudi
(c) Mohiniyattam
(d) Bharatanatyam

Correct Answer: (d) Bharatanatyam

Solution:On December 11, 2021, Shijith Nambiar and Parvathy Menon received the 5th BHARAT KALA RATNA award for 2020. It was given to them by the Navaneetham Trust of Kerala for their support of Bharatanatyam.

2. ____________ received the 'Global Goalkeeper' Award by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, on 24 September 2019. [S.S.C. Online CGL (T-I) 13.04.2022 (Shift-I)]

(a) Pranab Mukherjee
(b) Narendra Modi
(c) Ramnath Kovind
(d) Manmohan Singh

Correct Answer: (b) Narendra Modi

Solution:Prime Minister Narendra Modi received the Global Goalkeeper Award by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for Swachh Bharat Abhiyan launched by his government. More than 11 million toilets have been built in the country in the last five years, which is a record. The Modi government launched a cleanliness campaign in its first term on October 2, 2014

3. Who among the following was the recipient of the 'Vatayan Lifetime Achievement Award 2020'? [S.S.C. Online CGL (T-I) 20.04.2022 (Shift-III)]

(a) Prakash Javadekar
(b) Ramesh Pokhriyal
(c) Piyush Goyal
(d) Ravi Shankar Prasad

Correct Answer: (b) Ramesh Pokhriyal

Solution:The Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' has been awarded the Vatayan Lifetime Achievement Award, on November 21, 2020. The Vatayan award has been given to Pokhriyal for his excellent contribution to the literary works of India. The Vatayan International Awards are presented by the Vatayan-UK organization in London to honor poets, writers, and artists for their works in their respective fields.

4. Who among the following Indian artists won the 'Joan Miro Prize' for the year 2019? [S.S.C. Online CGL (T-I) 21.04.2022 (Shift-I)]

(a) Jogen Chowdhury
(b) Nalini Malani
(c) Anjolie Ela Menon
(d) Jiten Thukral

Correct Answer: (b) Nalini Malani

Solution:Nalini Malani, a contemporary artist from India, has been awarded the 2019 Joan Miro Prize. The prize is named after Joan Miro, a renowned Spanish painter and sculptor who was among the most influential artists of the 20th century. The prize is awarded by the Fundacio Joan Miro, a Spanish art museum, in collaboration with La Caixa bank. As part of the prize, Malani will receive a €70,000 (Rs. 54.5 lakh) award from La Caixa.

5. Which of the following State Governments started the Lata Mangeshkar Award in 1984? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 08.06.2022 (Shift-I)]

(a) Maharashtra
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Gujarat

Correct Answer: (b) Madhya Pradesh

Solution:The Lata Mangeshkar Award is a national-level award instituted to honour works in the field of music. The Madhya Pradesh government started this award in 1984.

6. Who among the following authors won the Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize in the year 2019? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 02.06.2022 (Shift-II)]

(a) Dinyar Patel
(b) Milan Vaishnav
(c) Jairam Ramesh
(d) Ornit Shani

Correct Answer: (d) Ornit Shani

Solution:The New India Foundation (NIF) Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay Book Prize was awarded to political and modern Indian history scholar Ornit Shani for her book "How India Became Democratic: Citizenship and the Making of the Universal Franchise", published by Penguin Random House India.

7. The 'Kalidas Samman' is awarded by the government of which of the following Indian states? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 07.06.2022 (Shift-II)]

(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Gujarat

Correct Answer: (a) Madhya Pradesh

Solution:The Kalidas Samman is an arts award presented annually by the Government of Madhya Pradesh in India. The award is named after Kalidas, a renowned Classical Sanskrit writer of ancient India.

8. Who was conferred with the National Nritya Shiromani Award 2022? [S.S.C. Online MTS (T-I) 07.07.2022 (Shift-III)]

(a) Anindita Neogy Anaam
(b) Aparna Satheesan
(c) Shantha Dhananjayan
(d) Birju Maharaj

Correct Answer: (b) Aparna Satheesan

Solution:Celebrated dancer Aparna Satheesan, an exponent in Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi, was selected for the National Nritya Shiromani award 2022, for her exceptional talent in the field of classical dance and for promoting the Kuchipudi dance form across the globe. The award is given to outstanding dance performers and musicians of India and abroad who promote and preserve the traditional classical art forms of India.

9. In January 2018, who has been awarded the 9th Infosys Award for Engineering and Computer Science? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 15.03.2018 (Shift-II)]

(a) Sanghamitra Bondopadhyaya
(b) Ananya J. Kabir
(c) Upinder Singh Bhalla
(d) Ritabrata Munsi

Correct Answer: (a) Sanghamitra Bondopadhyaya

Solution:The 9th Ephasys Awards were distributed in January 2018. Prof. Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay, Director of Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata was honored at the 9th Infosys Prize for Engineering and Computer Science. The Infosys Prize for the year 2021 was presented to the following persons-Dr. Chandrashekhar Nair (Engineering and Computer Science), Dr. Angela Barreto Jovier (Humanities), Prof. Mahesh Sankaran (Life Science), Dr Neeraj Kayal (Mathematical Science), Pro Bedgandas Mohanty (Physics) and Dr Pratiksha Baksi (Social Science).

10. Who is the winner of Laureus (The Oscar of the Sports) "Sportsman of the Year Award" 2017? [S.S.C. Online MTS (T-I) 19.09.2017 (Shift-III)]

(a) Michael Phelps
(b) Usain Bolt
(c) Nico Rosberg
(d) Andy Murray

Correct Answer: (b) Usain Bolt

Solution:Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt received the 2017 "Sportsman of the Year Award" for the Laureus. The Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award for the year 2020 was jointly presented to Lewis Hamilton (Motor Racing, UK) and Argentine football player Lionel Messi. The winner of the 2022 Laureus sportsman of the year is Max Verstappen (Motor racing).

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