Awards (Current Affairs) Part- II

Total Questions: 50

11. The Ramon Magsaysay Award was established in the year ___________. [S.S.C. Online Graduate Level (T-I) 13.09.2021 (Shift-III)]

(a) 1962
(b) 1982
(c) 1957
(d) 1965

Solution:The Ramon Magsaysay Award was instituted in year 1957 by the trustees of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. With the consent of the Government of the Philippines, this award was instituted in the memory of the former President of the Philippines, Ramon Magsaysay. It is often called the 'Nobel Prize of Asia'.

12. Which of the following Indian has won the Ramon Magsaysay Award, 2018? [S.S.C. Online Constable GD 22.02.2019 (Shift-I)]

(a) Mahasweta Devi
(b) Sonam Wangchuk
(c) Palagummi Sainath
(d) Arvind Kejriwal

Correct Answer: (b) Sonam Wangchuk

Solution:Sonam Wangchuk, who changed the lives of Ladakhi youth by creatively harnessing science and culture for economie progress, and Bharat Watwani, a psychiatrist working for the mentally ill on the streets, were honored with the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award 2018.

13. Who among the following is a renowned campaigner against manual scavenging who was recently conferred with the prestigious Magsaysay award? [S.S.C. Online Graduate Level (T-I) 11.09.2016 (Shift-II)]

(a) T.M. Krishna
(b) Bezwada Wilson
(c) Anshu Gupta
(d) Sanjiv Chaturvedi

Correct Answer: (b) Bezwada Wilson

Solution:Bezwada Wilson, the leader and activist of the Safai Karamcharis movement, started a movement against manual scavenging. For this he was awarded the Magsaysay Award for the year 2016.

14. Which one of the following is not a Magsaysay Award winner? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 11.01.2017 (Shift-I)]

(a) Arvind Kejriwal
(b) Kiran Bedi
(c) Satish Pachauri
(d) Sandeep Pandey

Correct Answer: (c) Satish Pachauri

Solution:Satish Pachauri has not received the Magsaysay Award. Arvind Kejriwal has received this award in the year 2006, Sandeep Pandey in the year 2002 and Kiran Bedi in the year 1994.

15. Which Indian author in May 2016 won the prestigious 2016 Scholastic Asian Book Award for her work 'Codex: The Lost Treasure of the Indus? [S.S.C. Online Graduate Level (T-I) 10.09.2016 (Shift-III)]

(a) Anita Desai
(b) Aditi Krishna Kumar
(c) Rupa lyer
(d) Preethi Nair

Correct Answer: (b) Aditi Krishna Kumar

Solution:Indian author Aditi Krishna Kumar has been awarded the Scholastic Asian Book Award (SABA) held in Singapore in May 2016 for her book Codex: The Lost Treasure of the Indus.

16. Which of the following was the winner of Grammy Awards 2016 'Album of the Year'? [S.S.C. Online Graduate Level (T-I) 22.09.2017 (Shift-III)]

(a) Sound and color
(b) 2050
(c) 1989
(d) Beauty behind the Madness
(e) *

Correct Answer: (e) *

Solution:The options given in the question are incorrect. The 'Album of the Year' award for the Grammy Awards, 2016 was presented to 25 while the Grammy Award for Album of the Year 2015 has been given to '1989'. The Grammy Award 2022 (Album of the Year) presented to Harry Styles for 'Harry's House'.

17. Who among the following was the first Indian to win the Grammy Award? [S.S.C. Online CGL (T-I) 03.12.2022 (Shift-III)]

(a) Pandit Ravi Shankar
(b) Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma
(c) Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
(d) Ustad Zakir Hussain

Correct Answer: (a) Pandit Ravi Shankar

Solution:Pandit Ravi Shankar was the first Indian to win the Grammy Award in 1968. He won the award for the album named "West Meets East" in the category of "Best Chamber Music Performance".

18. Who among the following composers won the Grammy in 2015 for his album 'Winds of Samsara' -a collaboration with South African flautist Wouter Kellerman? [S.S.C. Online CGL (T-I) 01.12.2022 (Shift-I)]

(a) Mano Murthy
(b) Raghu Dixit
(c) Subhashish Ghosh To
(d) Ricky Kej

Correct Answer: (d) Ricky Kej

Solution:City-based musician Ricky Kej walked away with a Grammy for his collaborative album Winds Of Samsara with South African flautist Wouter Kellerman for the Best New Age Album category at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. The album 'Mystic Mirror' by American band White Sun has won the Grammy Award in the category Best New Age Album (renamed Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Album) at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards 2023.

19. Name the album for which Pandit Ravi Shankar won the Grammy award in 1967. [S.S.C. Online MTS (T-I) 06.07.2022 (Shift-I)]

(a) Three Ragas
(b) West Meets East
(c) Concert for Bangladesh
(d) Full circle

Correct Answer: (b) West Meets East

Solution:Pandit Ravi Shankar won the Grammy award for Best Chamber Music Performance in 1967 for his album "West Meets East", which was a collaboration with violinist Yehudi Menuhin.

20. ___________is the 2016 Oscar Winner for Best Foreign Language Film. [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 9.01.2017 (Shift-III)]

(a) Son of Saul
(b) Embrace of the Serpent
(c) Mustang
(d) A War

Correct Answer: (a) Son of Saul

Solution:Son of Saul was awarded the Oscar Award in the category of Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscar Awards in 2016. In the year 2023, the film 'All Quiet on the Western Front (Germany) has received the Oscar Award in the category of International Feature Film.

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