Awards (Part-I)

31. Vishwa Bharti Award in Uttar Pradesh is given by: [U.P. P.C.S. (Mains) 2008]

(a) Hindi Sansthan
(b) Hindustani Academy
(c) Sanskrit Sansthan
(d) Urdu Academy

Correct Answer: (c) Sanskrit Sansthan

Solution:The Vishwa Bharati Award is conferred by the Uttar Pradesh Sanskrit Sansthan. Prof. Rahasbihari Dwivedi (Jabalpur) was awarded for the year 2024.

32. Who among the following was conferred the Bharat-Bharti Award of 1996? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1997]

(a) Vijayendra Snatak
(b) Ramkishore Chaturvedi
(c) Gopaldas Neeraj
(d) Laxmikant Verma

Correct Answer: (a) Vijayendra Snatak

Solution:Vijayendra Snatak was conferred the Bharat-Bharti Award of 1996. Hence, option (a) is correct.

33. In August, 2013 the first 'Mahabir Peace Award' founded by Mahabir Global Peace Foundation, was given to : [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2013]

(a) Barak Obama
(b) Hamid Karzai
(c) Manmohan Singh
(d) Nelson Mandela

Correct Answer: (d) Nelson Mandela

Solution:The 'Mahavir World Peace Award: Lifetime Campaign for Peace and Freedom' is a global peace award, instituted in the name of former Prime Minister of Malaysia Mahathir bin Mohamad, and in August 2013 it was conferred on Nelson Mandela (died in December 2013). In question, it has been asked as the first Mahavir Peace Award.

34. Who among the following won the Magsaysay Award, 2018? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2018]

(a) Bharat Vatwani
(b) Sonam Wangchuk
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of the above

Correct Answer: (c) Both (a) and (b)

Solution:Ramon Magsaysay Awards were announced on 26th July, 2018. That year six persons were selected for this award. These six persons also included Sonam Wangchuk of India and Bharat Vatwani. The winners of 2019 were:

Raymundo Pujante Cayabyab (Phillipines), Kim-Jong-Ki (South Korea), Ko Suee Win (Myanmar) and Angkhana Neelaphajit (Thailand). Ramon Magsaysay Awards 2020 was cancelled due to COVID-19 virus. This is the third time that the annual awards have been cancelled in the last six decades.

65th Ramon Magsaysay 2023 Awardees are -

1. Kervi Rakshand, Bangladesh

2. Eugenio Lemos, Timor-Lesle

3. Mirian Coronet Ferrer, Philippines

4. Dr. Ravi Gannan R., India

35. Who was honoured with Ramon Magsaysay Award, 2018? [U.P.R.O./A.R.O. (Mains) 2017]

(a) Sonam Wangchuk
(b) Aung San Suu Kyi
(c) Malala Yousafzai
(d) None of these

Correct Answer: (a) Sonam Wangchuk

Solution:The famous Ramon Magsaysay Award, 2018, known as Asia's Nobel Prize, was presented to six individuals, including Sonam Wangchuk and Bharat Vatwani from India. Sonam Wangchuk was awarded this award for outstanding work in the field of education and culture.

36. Habiba Sarabi, a winner of Magsaysay Award for the year 2013, hails from: [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2013]

(a) Afghanistan
(b) Bangladesh
(c) Iran
(d) Pakistan

Correct Answer: (a) Afghanistan

Solution:Habiba Sarabi, Governor of Bamiyan Province of Afghanistan, was selected for the 2013 Ramon Magsaysay Award. She is the first woman to become governor of any province in Afghanistan.

37. Who among the following has been awarded the 'Ramon Magsaysay' award 2012? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2012]

(a) Anupam Mishra
(b) Dr. Vinayak Sen
(c) Kulandei Francis
(d) R.K. Pachauri

Correct Answer: (c) Kulandei Francis

Solution:Kulandei Francis has been awarded the 'Ramon Magsaysay' award 2012. Hence, option (c) is correct.

38. The Indian citizen who was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for the year 2009 is: [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2010]

(a) Bhimsen Joshi
(b) Deep Joshi
(c) Indira Sinha
(d) Pankaj Srivastava

Correct Answer: (b) Deep Joshi

Solution:Deep Joshi was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for the year 2009. Hence, option (b) is correct.

39. In which category Deep Joshi has recently been awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award ? [U.P.P.S.C. (GIC) 2010]

(a) Government Service
(b) Public Service
(c) Community leadership
(d) Emerging leadership

Correct Answer: (c) Community leadership

Solution:Deep Joshi has been awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award in Community leadership. Hence, option (c) is correct.

40. The Magsaysay Award winner from India, who returned the prize money after criticism of the Philippines media, is: [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2002]

(a) Kiran Bedi
(b) Mrinal Pande
(c) Shweta Devi
(d) Sandeep Pandey

Correct Answer: (d) Sandeep Pandey

Solution:The Magsaysay Award winner from India, who returned the prize money after criticism of the Philippines media, is Sandeep Pandey. Hence, option (d) is correct.