Awards/Honours (Uttar Pradesh)

1. Match List-I with the List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below: [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2014]

Persons	Honour
A. Pt. Ravi Shankar	1. Bharat Ratna
B. Veer Abdul Hameed	2. Param Veer Chakra
C. Dr. Hajari Prasad Dwivedi	3. Padma Bhushan
D. Pt. Kishan Maharaj	4. Padma Vibhushan

Code:

	A	B	C	D
(a)	1	2	3	4
(b)	1	2	4	3
(c)	3	2	4	1
(d)	4	3	2	1

Correct Answer: (b)

Solution:The correct match of List- I with List- II is as follows:

List-I (Person)	List-II (Honour)
Pt. Ravi Shankar	Bharat Ratna
Veer Abdul Hameed	Param Veer Chakra
Dr. Hajari Prasad Dwivedi	Padma Bhushan
Pt. Kishan Maharaj	Padma Vibhushan

2. Who of the following players from U.P. has won both the Arjun Award and the Laxman Award? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2004, 2008]

(a) Mohammad Kaif
(b) R.P. Singh
(c) Suresh Raina
(d) Ranbir Singh

Correct Answer: (d) Ranbir Singh

Solution:Ranbir Singh, the volleyball player has received Arjun and Laxman Awards both. Meena Shah is also one such player who has received Laxman Award and Arjun Award both.

3. Recently in Uttar Pradesh who was honoured with the highest sports award 'Lakshman'? [U.P. Lower Sub. (Spl.) (Pre) 2004]

(a) Gyanendra Pandey
(b) Upendra Dwivedi
(c) Sanjay Chaturvedi
(d) Kamalnath

Correct Answer: (a) Gyanendra Pandey

Solution:When this question was asked, the highest sports honour of Uttar Pradesh-the Laxman Award was given to Gyanendra Pandey. Under this award are given statue of Rani Laxmi Bai and Cash Prize Rs. 3,11,000.

4. Uttar Pradesh government launched 'Sangit Ratna Purashkar' in the memory of - [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2007]

(a) Ustad Rashid Ahmed
(b) Ustad Nisar Hussain Khan
(c) Ustad Bismillah Khan
(d) Pandit Ravishankar

Correct Answer: (c) Ustad Bismillah Khan

Solution:Uttar Pradesh Government on 22 August, 2006 started Sangeet Ratna Award to commemorate the memories of legendary Shahnai player Ustad Bismillah Khan. The award comprises a cash prize of Rs. 5 lakh. The Government also announced to constitute Sangeet Academy with an expense of Rs. 1 crore.

5. 'Uttar Pradesh Ratna Award' has been conferred on which Indian-American? [U.P.R.O./A.R.O. (Mains) 2017]

(a) Sam Pitroda
(b) Sunita Williams
(c) Frank Islam
(d) Kalpana Chawla

Correct Answer: (c) Frank Islam

Solution:

Frank Islam, a prominent Indian American entrepreneur and philanthropist has been awarded the inaugural UP Ratna Award for his achievements and outstanding contributions as a son of Uttar Pradesh in January 2016.

6. 'Yash Bharti Award' for the year 2005 has been given to which sportsman of U.P.? [U.P.P.C.S. (Spl.) (Mains) 2004]

(a) Devesh Chauhan
(b) Mohammad Kaif
(c) Rudra Pratap Singh
(d) Suresh Raina

Correct Answer: (a) Devesh Chauhan

Solution:"Yash Bharati Award' is provided by the Government of Uttar Pradesh. This prize is given for excellent contribution in different fields. 'Yash Bharati Puraskar' for the year 2005 was given to Hockey player Devesh Chauhan among others. Instead of Yash Bharti Puraskar the U.P. Government decided to conferred Uttar Pradesh Gaurav Samman. For the first time this award was conferred to Lucknow based senior ISRO scientist Dr. Ritu Karidhal Srivastav and Kanpur based entrepreneur Naveen Tiwari in January, 2024.

7. Narsingh Yadav of Uttar Pradesh has won the Gold Medal in recent Commonwealth Games for- [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2010]

(a) Boxing
(b) Shooting
(c) Weightlifting
(d) Wrestling

Correct Answer: (d) Wrestling

Solution:Narsingh Yadav of Uttar Pradesh won Gold Medal in 2010 Commonwealth Games in 74 kg freestyle wrestling category

8. In March 2008, Kanshiram Khel Ratna Award was conferred to- [U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2004]

(a) Piyush Chawla
(b) Praveen Kumar
(c) R.P. Singh
(d) Tanmay Shrivastava

Correct Answer: (b) Praveen Kumar

Solution:Praveen Kumar from Meerut, U.P. was given 'Kanshiram Khel Ratna Award' by the Uttar Pradesh Government in March, 2008. This prize comprised a cash prize of Rs. 10 lakh.