Awards (Current Affairs) (Part-III)

1. Who among the following won the Sahitya Akademi Award 2019 in the English nonfiction category? [S.S.C. Online MTS (T-I) 13.10.2021 (Shift-II)]

(a) Roshani Chokshi
(b) Shashi Tharoor
(c) Raghu Karnad
(d) Amitabha Bagchi

Correct Answer: (b) Shashi Tharoor

Solution:

Former Union Minister and writer Shashi Tharoor (An Era of Darkness) received the Sahitya Akademi Award for the year 2019 in the English non-fiction category, while Nandkishore Acharya has been awarded for the Hindi poem 'Chhilte te apne ko'.

2. Name the author who won the Sahitya Akademi Award 2019 for his book - An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India. [S.S.C. Online Graduate Level (T-I) 3.03.2020 (Shift-I)]

(a) Vikram Seth
(b) Romila Thapar
(c) Shashi Tharoor
(d) Ramchandra Guha

Correct Answer: (c) Shashi Tharoor

Solution:Former Union Minister and writer Shashi Tharoor (An Era of Darkness) received the Sahitya Akademi Award for the year 2019 in the English non-fiction category, while Nandkishore Acharya has been awarded for the Hindi poem 'Chhilte te apne ko'.

3. Who won the Sahitya Akademi Award 2019 in Hindi? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 19.03.2020 (Shift-II)]

(a) Chitra Mudgal
(b) Nasira Sharma
(c) Ramesh Kunthal Megh
(d) Nand Kishore Acharya

Correct Answer: (c) Ramesh Kunthal Megh

4. The novel 'Chanakya' which won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2019 was in which language? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 12.10.2020 (Shift-II)]

(a) Hindi
(b) Bengali
(c) Assamese
(d) Gujarati

Correct Answer: (c) Assamese

Solution:The novel 'Chanakya' which was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in the year 2019 is written in Assamese language. Its author is Dr. Jayashree Goswami Mahanta.

5. Who among the following got the Sangeet Natak Akademi 2017 for her contribution to Odissi dance? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 06.06.2022 (Shift-II)]

(a) Sujata Mohapatra
(b) Shobha Koser
(c) Rama Vaidyanathan
(d) L N Oinam Ongbi Dhoni Devi

Correct Answer: (a) Sujata Mohapatra

Solution:Shrimati Sujata Mohapatra receives the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2017 for her contribution to Odissi dance.

6. Who among the following was conferred with 29th Saraswati Samman for his short stories collection called 'Chequebook'? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 14.10.2020 (Shift-III) S.S.C. Online MTS (T-I) 22.10.2021 (Shift-II)]

(a) Vasdev Mohi
(b) Govind Mishra
(c) S.L. Bhyrappa
(d) K. Siva Reddy

Correct Answer: (a) Vasdev Mohi

Solution:Renowned Sindhi litterateur Vasdev Mohi has been honored with the 29th Saraswati Samman for his short story collection 'Checkbook'. Renowned Tamil writer Sivasankari has been announced to be conferred with the prestigious Saraswati Samman, 2022 for her book Survya Vamsam.

7. Who has won the maximum number of Filmfare awards till now? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-1) 23.01.2017 (Shift-III) S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 19.01.2017 (Shift-III)]

(a) Shahrukh Khan
(b) Amitabh Bachchan
(c) Aamir Khan
(d) Akshay Kumar

Correct Answer: (a) Shahrukh Khan

Solution:Shahrukh Khan and Dilip Kumar have won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor 8 times so far. Amitabh Bachchan has received this award for best actor 5 times.

8. Highest Civilian Honour received by Saina Nehwal is ________. [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 22.01.2017 (Shift-I)]

(a) Padma Shri
(b) Padma Bhushan
(c) Padma Vibhushan
(d) Bharat Ratna

Correct Answer: (b) Padma Bhushan

Solution:Saina Nehwal (Badminton) received the highest civilian honor Padma Bhushan in the year 2016. He received the Padma Shri in 2010.

9. Highest Civilian Honour received by Shabana Azmi is _________. [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 8.02.2017 (Shift-III)]

(a) Padma Shri
(b) Padma Bhushan
(c) Padma Vibhushan
(d) Bharat Ratna