Awards (Current Affairs) Part- II

31. Which film won the Best Film Award at the Oscar Awards 2017? [S.S.C. Online Graduate Level (T-I) 8.09.2017 (Shift-I)]

(a) La La Land
(b) Arrival
(c) Moonlight
(d) Manchester by the Sea

Correct Answer: (c) Moonlight

Solution:'Moonlight' was awarded the best film award at the 89th Oscar Awards ceremony held in Los Angeles (USA) on February 26, 2017. The film was directed by Barry Jenkins. "Everything Everywhere All at Once Awarded Best Picture at the 95th Academy Awards

32. Who played Gandhi in 1982's Oscar Winning Movie of the same name? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 10.01.2017 (Shift-I)]

(a) Ben Kingsley
(b) Saeed Jaffrey
(c) Marion Brando
(d) Richard Attenborough

Correct Answer: (a) Ben Kingsley

Solution:Ben Kingsley played the role of Gandhi in the 1982 Oscar winning film 'Gandhi'. The film was written by John Briley and directed and produced by Richard Attenborough.

33. __________ is the 2016 Oscar Winner for Best Director. [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 11.01.2017 (Shift-III)]

(a) Alejandro G. Inarritu
(b) Adam McKay
(c) George Miller
(d) Tom McCarthy

Correct Answer: (a) Alejandro G. Inarritu

Solution:The Best Director award at the Oscars, 2016 was presented to Alejandro G. Iárritu (Film - The Revenant). 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' has won the Best Picture award at the Oscar Awards 2023 and the Best Director award has been awarded to Daniel Kaban and Daniel Sweinert for the film Everything Everywhere All at Once.

34. Gulzar won the Oscar in the __________ category for the film 'Slumdog Millionaire'. [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 25.01.2017 (Shift-I)]

(a) Best sound mixing
(b) Best original score
(c) Best Original Song
(d) Best Foreign Language Film

Correct Answer: (c) Best Original Song

Solution:Gulzar won the Oscar Award in the Best Original Song (Jai Ho) category for the film Slumdog Millionaire.

35. Indian musician ________ has won the Academy Award. [SSC Online Constable GD 12.02.2019 (Shift-II)]

(a) A. R. Rahman
(b) R. D. Burman
(c) Sonu Nigam
(d) Anu Malik

Correct Answer: (a) A. R. Rahman

Solution:Indian musician AR Rahman won the Academy Award (Oscar Award) in the year 2009. He received a total of two Academy Awards, including the original score for the film Slumdog Millionaire and the original song for one of its songs, 'Jai Ho'. AR Rahman is the first Indian to win two Academy Awards.

36. _________ is the 2016 Oscar Winner for Best Supporting Actor. [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 10.01.2017 (Shift-II)]

(a) Mark Rylance
(b) Christian Bale
(c) Tom Hardy
(d) Mark Ruffalo

Correct Answer: (a) Mark Rylance

Solution:Mark Rylance (Film - Bridge of Spies) was awarded the Best Supporting Actor award at the Oscars, 2016. The Best Actor award went to Leonardo DiCaprio (film - The Revenant). Key Huy Quan (Film Everything Everywhere All at Once) has been awarded the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 95th Oscar Awards in the year 2023.

37. What is the name of the first Indian person to win Oscar award? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 31.01.2017 (Shift-III)]

(a) A. R. Rahman
(b) Bhanu Athaiya
(c) Satyajit Ray
(d) Gulzar

Correct Answer: (b) Bhanu Athaiya

Solution:Bhanu Athaiya received the Oscar Award for Best Costume Design in the film Gandhi at the 55th Oscar Film Awards in 1983. He is the first Indian to receive this award.

38. Which of the following Indian movies was nominated for the 92nd Oscar Awards? [S.S.C. Online Graduate Level (T-I) 6.03.2020 (Shift-III)]

(a) War
(b) Mission Mangal
(c) Gully Boy
(d) The Surgical Strike

Correct Answer: (c) Gully Boy

Solution:Actor Ranveer Singh and actress Alia Bhatt's starrer 'Gully Boy' was officially nominated by India for the 92nd Oscar Awards. Indian Origin Namit Malhotra bags an Oscar for Best Visual Effects in Oscars 2022. Dune bags six awards at the Oscars 2022, thus becoming the highest Oscar-winning movie of the year.

39. Which film won the Oscar Award for Best Film in 2019? [S.S.C. Online MTS (T-I) 16.09.2019 (Shift-III)]

(a) The Favorite
(b) Bohemian Rhapsody
(c) Roma
(d) Green Book

Correct Answer: (d) Green Book

Solution:The film 'Green Book' won the Oscar Award for Best Film in the year 2019.

40. Which director won the Best Director award at the Oscar Awards, 2019? [S.S.C. Online MTS (T-I) 19.09.2019 (Shift-II)]

(a) Adam McKay
(b) Spike Lee
(c) Yogas Lanthimos
(d) Alfonso Cuarón

Correct Answer: (d) Alfonso Cuarón

Solution:The Best Director award at the Oscars, 2019 was won by Alfonso Cuarón (Film-Roma).