Awards (Current Affairs) (Part- VI)

21. An Indian teacher named Swarup Rawal from Lawar Primary School in the _________ state of India was also in the race for the prestigious 'Global Teacher Award, 2019' to honor the best teacher in the world. [S.S.C. Online Graduate Level (T-I) 10.06.2019 (Shift-I)]

(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Gujarat
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Kerala

Correct Answer: (b) Gujarat

Solution:An Indian teacher named Swaroop Rawal from Lavad Primary School in the Gujarat state of India was also in the race for the prestigious 'Global Teacher Award, 2019 to honor the best teacher in the world.

22. __________ activist-journalist in Karnataka was shot dead in September 2017 and was awarded the Anna Politkovskaya Award, 2017 posthumously. [S.S.C. Online Graduate Level (T-I) 10.06.2019 (Shift-I)]

(a) Syed Mehdi
(b) Naveen Gupta
(c) Sudip Dutta Bhowmik
(d) Gauri Lankesh

Correct Answer: (d) Gauri Lankesh

Solution:Gauri Lankesh, an activist-journalist in Karnataka, was shot dead in September 2017 and was awarded the Anna Politkovskaya Award 2017 posthumously.

23. Who among the following became the first woman to win the Abel Prize 2019? [S.S.C. Online Graduate Level (T-I) 10.06.2019 (Shift-II)]

(a) Maryam Mirzakhani
(b) Karen Uhlenbeck
(c) Julia Robinson
(d) Sophie Germain

Correct Answer: (b) Karen Uhlenbeck

Solution:Karen Uhlenbeck (American Mathematician) became the first woman to win the Abel Prize, in 2019.

24. Which world leader is awarded the St Andrew the Apostle, the highest order of the Russian Federation in the year 2019? [S.S.C. Online Graduate Level (T-I) 10.06.2019 (Shift-III)]

(a) Narendra Modi
(b) Donald Trump
(c) Emmanuel Macron
(d) Angela Markel

Correct Answer: (a) Narendra Modi

Solution:In the year 2019, the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi has been honored with the highest honor of Russia, Saint Andrew the Apostle.

25. Miss Universe 2019 is the native of which of the following nations? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 12.10.2020 (Shift-II)]

(a) Australia
(b) France
(c) Jamaica
(d) South Africa

Correct Answer: (d) South Africa

Solution:Jojibini Tuji, who won the Miss Universe 2019 title, is a native of South Africa.

Note:- The current Miss Universe is Harnaaz Sandhu of India who was crowned on December 13, 2021, in Eilat, Israel.

26. Who won the Miss World 2019 beauty pageant? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 17.03.2020 (Shift-III)]

(a) Vanessa Ponce de Leon
(b) Suman Rao
(c) Manushi Chillar
(d) Toni-Ann Singh

Correct Answer: (d) Toni-Ann Singh

Solution:The Miss World, 2019 beauty pageant was won by Jamaica's Tony Ann Singh. In this, Suman Rao of India stood third. Mrs. America Shaylyn Ford has been crowned the winner of Mrs. World 2022.

27. Which documentary based on Indian society won an Academy Award in 2019? [S.S.C. Online Graduate Level (T-I) 13.06.2019 (Shift-I)]

(a) Lifeboat
(b) Black Sheep
(c) End Game
(d) Period End of Sentence

Correct Answer: (d) Period End of Sentence

Solution:The documentary on Indian Society 'Period End of Sentence' won the Academy Award in 2019.

28. Which Indian won the Academy Award for Costume Design in the year 1982? [S.S.C. Online Graduate Level (T-I) 19.06.2019 (Shift-III)]

(a) Ritu Beri
(b) Neeta Lula
(c) Bhanu Athaiya
(d) Ritu Kumar

Correct Answer: (c) Bhanu Athaiya

Solution:Bhanu Athaiya won the 1983 Academy Award for Costume Design in the 1982 film Gandhi. She is the first Indian woman to receive the Academy (Oscar) award.

29. Archaeologist R Nagaswamy was honoured at the Silver Jubilee International Conference of Art by which country? [S.S.C. Online Graduate Level (T-I) 3.03.2020 (Shift-II)]

(a) Bangladesh
(b) China
(c) Nepal
(d) Bhutan

Correct Answer: (a) Bangladesh

Solution:In December 2019, archaeologist R. Nagaravagi was honored by Bangladesh's Culture Minister KM Khalid at the Silver Jubilee International Art Conference held in Dhaka.

30. Who was the first Indian to receive the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Blue Cross? [S.S.C. Online Graduate Level (T-I) 3.03.2020 (Shift-III)]

(a) Abhinav Bindra
(b) Ronjan Sodhi
(c) Vijay Kumar
(d) Gagan Narang

Correct Answer: (a) Abhinav Bindra

Solution:Abhinav Bindra is the first Indian to receive the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Blue Cross. He was honored with this award in the year 2018.