Awards (Current Affairs) Part- I

Total Questions: 50

41. Who was awarded the ICC Emerging Player of the Year 2018? [S.S.C. Online Constable GD 19.02.2019 (Shift-I)]

(a) Shikhar Dhawan
(b) K. L. Rahul
(c) Hardik Pandya
(d) Rishabh Pant

Correct Answer: (d) Rishabh Pant

Solution:Rishabh Pant was awarded ICC Emerging Player of the Year 2018. Marnus Laburchagne of Australia was named ICC Emerging Player of the Year, 2019. Janneman Nieuwoudt Malan (born 18 April 1996) is a South African cricketer awarded ICC Emerging Player of the Year 2021.

42. Who is the winner of UNESCO Peace Prize, 2017? [S.S.C. Online Graduate Level (T-I) 11.09.2017 (Shift-III)]

(a) Bollywood actor Aamir Khan
(b) Mayor of Italy, Glausepina Nicolini
(c) The author David Brossman
(d) UK Minister Priti Patel

Correct Answer: (b) Mayor of Italy, Glausepina Nicolini

Solution:The Mayor of Italy's Lampedusa Island, Giuseppina Maria Nicolini, and French non-governmental organization Sous Mediterrance were awarded the 2017 UNESCO Peace Prize. This award was given to him for his commendable effort to protect the lives of refugees. Former German chancellor Angela Merkel has been awarded the 2022 UNESCO Peace Prize.

43. Who won the Lifetime Achievement Award in Lok Sabha in Lokmat Parliamentary Award 2017? [S.S.C. Online Matriculation Level (T-I) 20.09.2017 (Shift-III)]

(a) Sharad Yadav
(b) L. K Advani
(c) Meenakshi Lekhi
(d) Sitaram Yechury

Correct Answer: (b) L. K Advani

Solution:Eight MPs were awarded in the list of Lokmat Parliamentary Awards for the year 2017. Lal Krishna Advani (from Lok Sabha) and Sharad Yadav (from Rajya Sabha) received Lifetime Achievement Award. AK Antony of Congress and Bhartuhari Mahtab of Biju Janata Dal have been selected for Lifetime Achievement Award under Lokmat Parliamentary Award for the year 2022.

44. In which of the following fields Yamuna Krishnan has been awarded with 9th Infosys award on January 10, 2018? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 22.03.2018 (Shift-I)]

(a) Biological Science
(b) Social Science
(c) Physical Science
(d) Mathematical Science

Correct Answer: (c) Physical Science

Solution:Yamuna Krishnan has been awarded with 9th Infosys award in Physical Sciences. Krishnan's team has created DNA nanosensors and nano-scale drug delivery systems. She is the only woman to win in this category since the awards were set up nine years ago.

45. Who is the recipient of Man Booker International Prize 2016 for the novel 'The Vegetarian'? [S.S.C. Online Graduate Level (T-I) 8.09.2016 (Shift-I) S.S.C. Online Graduate Level (T-I) 1.09.2016 (Shift-I)]

(a) Orhan Pamuk
(b) Han Kang
(c) Elena Ferrante
(d) Tonkin

Correct Answer: (b) Han Kang

Solution:South Korean author Han Kang was awarded the Man Booker International Prize for fiction for her dark novel The Vegetarian at a London ceremony on May 2016. Tomb of Sand, written by Geetanjali Shree and translated by Daisy Rockwell, has won the 2022 International Booker Prize for Translated Fiction.

46. Who has won the Man Booker International Prize 2017? [S.S.C. Online MTS (T-I) 19.09.2017 (Shift-I) S.S.C. Online MTS (T-I) 21.09.2013 (Shift-II)]

(a) David Grossman
(b) Arundhati Roy
(c) Arvind Adiga
(d) Ruskin Bond

Correct Answer: (a) David Grossman

Solution:David Grossman is the recipient of the Man Booker International Prize for the year 2017. He received this award for 'A Horse Walks into a Bar'. The Booker International Prize for the year 2022 has been awarded to the novel Tomb of Sand written by Indian writer Gitanjali Shree and translated by Daisy Rockwell.

47. Who was awarded the Man Booker Prize for 2015? [S.S.C. C.P.O. S.I. 4.06.2016 (Shift-I)]

(a) Eleanorcatan
(b) Richard Flanagan
(c) Marlon James
(d) Shashi Tharoor

Correct Answer: (c) Marlon James

Solution:Marlon James was awarded the Man Booker Prize for the year 2015 for his book (novel) "A Brief History of Seven Killings". This award was given to him in the fiction category. Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka has been awarded the Booker Prize for the year 2022 for his novel "The Seven Moons of Mali Almeida'.

48. For which novel Anna Burns was given the Booker Prize, 2018? [S.S.C. Online MTS (T-I) 14.09.2019 (Shift-I)]

(a) Washington Black
(b) Milkman
(c) The Mass Room
(d) Normal People

Correct Answer: (b) Milkman

Solution:Anna Burns was given the Booker Prize, 2018 for the novel Milkman.

49. Who among the following authors is one of the joint winners of the 'Man Booker Prize 2019? [S.S.C. JE Civil Exam 30.10.2020 (Shift-I)]

(a) Margaret Atwood
(b) Chigozie Obioma
(c) Elif Shafak
(d) Salman Rushdie

Correct Answer: (a) Margaret Atwood

Solution:The Man Booker Prize for the year 2019 was jointly awarded to Margaret Atwood for 'The Testaments' and Bernadine Evaristo for 'Girl, Woman, Other'. The Man Booker Prize for the year 2021 was awarded to Damon Galgut for the book 'The Promise'.

50. Which of the following pair of authors jointly bagged the 2019 Booker Prize? [S.S.C. Online MTS (T-I) 26.10.2021 (Shift-II) S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 13.10.2020 (Shift-I)]

(a) Jerry Craft and Kesha Ajose Fisher
(b) Valeria Luiselli and Tayari Jones
(c) W Caleb McDaniel and Valeria Luiselli
(d) Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo

Correct Answer: (d) Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo

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