Awards (Part-II)

Total Questions: 50

1. Consider the following pairs with regard to sports awards: [I.A.S. (Pre) 2023]

Award Name	Purpose
1. Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award	For the most spectacular and outstanding performance by a sportsperson over the period of the last four years.
2. Arjuna Award	For the lifetime achievement by a sportsperson.
3. Dronacharya Award	To honour eminent coaches who have successfully trained sportspersons or teams.
4. Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar	To recognize the contribution made by sportspersons even after their retirement.

How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?

(a) Only one
(b) Only two
(c) Only three
(d) All four

Correct Answer: (b) Only two

Solution:National Sports Awards are given every year to recognize and reward excellence in sports. Following are included in list of National Sports Awards: Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award is given for the spectacular and most outstanding performance over a period of the previous four years. Hence pair 1 is correctly matched.

Arjuna Award for outstanding performance in Sports and Games is given for good performance over a period of the previous four years and showing qualities of leadership, sportsmanship and a sense of discipline. Hence pair 2 is not correctly matched.

Dronacharya Award is given to coaches for doing outstanding and meritorious work on a consistent basis and enabling sportspersons to excel in International event. Hence pair 3 is correctly matched.

Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime Achievement in Sports and Games is given to honour sportspersons who have contributed to sports by their performance and continue to contribute to the promotion of sports events after their retirement.

Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar is given to corporate entities (both in the private and public sector), sports control boards, NGOs including sports bodies at the state and national level who have played a visible role in the area of sports promotion and development. Hence pair 4 is not correctly matched.

2. Who was awarded Booker Prize, 2022? [Chhattisgarh P.C.S. (Pre) 2023]

(a) Farah Bashir
(b) Chitra Divakaruni
(c) Namita Gokhale
(d) Geetanjali Shree

Correct Answer: (d) Geetanjali Shree

Solution:Tomb of Sand, written by Geetanjali Shree and translated by Daisy Rockwell has won the 2022 International Booker Prize for Translated fiction. Tomb of Sand is the first book originally written in any Indian language to win the international Booker Prize and the first novel translated from Hindi to be recognized by the award. Georgi Gospodinor and Angela Rodel have won the International Booker Prize 2023 for the novel Time Shelter. Time Shelter becomes the first novel originally published in Bulgarian to win the prize.

3. What is/are true in relation to Padma Vibhushan Award given in 2022? [Chhattisgarh P.C.S. (Pre) 2023]

(i) Total four people were given the award.

(ii) In total two people were given the award posthumously.

(iii) Prabha Atre was also given this award.

(a) (i), (ii) and (iii)
(b) (i) and (iii)
(c) Only (i)
(d) Only (iii)

Correct Answer: (b) (i) and (iii)

Solution:Padma Awards, one of the highest Civilian Awards of the country are conferred in three categories namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri,. In 2022 Padma Vibhushan was conferred to four people which mentioned below -

Name	Field	State
Mr. Prabha Atre	Art	Maharashtra
Shri Radheyshyam Khemka (Posthumous)	Literature of Education	Uttar Pradesh
General Bipin Rawat (Posthumous)	Civil Services	Uttarakhand
Shri Kalyan Singh (Posthumous)	Public Affairs	Uttar Pradesh
In 2024, 5 people conferred Padma Vibhushan Award
Name	Field	State
Ms. Vyjayantimala Bali	Art	Tamil Nadu
Shri Konidela Chiranjeevi	Art	Andhra Pradesh
Shri. M. Venkaiah Naidu	Public Affairs	Andhra Pradesh
Shri Bineshwar Pathak (Posthumous)	Social work	Bihar
Ms. Padma Subrahmanyam	Art	Tamil Nadu

4. Who is the Author of the famous Novel "All the Lives We Never Lived", which received the Sahitya Akademi Award, 2022? [U.P.P.S.C. (Pre) 2023]

(a) Anuradha Roy
(b) Anita Desai
(c) Sudha Murthy
(d) Shobha De

Correct Answer: (a) Anuradha Roy

Solution:The winners of the 2022 Sahitya Akademi awards were announced in December 2022. The awards are given to writers in 23 Indian languages, including translations.

In 2022, Anuradha Roy's 'All the Lives We Never Lived' won the award in the English language category, while N. Kalyan Raman's translation of Perumal Murugan's Tamil novel Poonachi into English won the Sahitya Akademi Prize for Translation. In 2023 Sahitya Academy Award Neelum Saran Gour's Requiem in Raga Janki (Novel) won the award in the English Language category. Sanjeev's Mujhe Pahachaano (Novel) won the award in the Hindi language category Arun Ranjan Mishra's Shineje meghganam (Poetry) won award is Sanskrit language category.

5. Given below are two statements, in which one is Assertion (A) and the other is Reason (R) - [U.P.R.O./A.R.O. (Pre) 2023]

Assertion (A): Narges Mohammadi was awarded Nobel Peace Prize for 2023.

Reason (R): She fights in the favour of freedom of Press.

Select the correct answer using the code given below -

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(a) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation of (A).
(c) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not correct explanation of (A).
(d) (A) is false but (R) is true.

Correct Answer: (a) (A) is true but (R) is false.

Solution:The Nobel Peace Prize for 2023 was awarded to the imprisoned Iranian human rights advocate Narges Mohammadi. More than 20 years of fighting for women's rights made her a Symbol of freedom and standard-bearer in the struggle against the Iranian theocracy. In 2003 she joined of freedom and Standard-bearer in the struggle against in the Defenders of Human Rights Center, founded by that year's Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Shinri Edabi.

6. Bhutan conferred the 'Order of the Druk Gyalpo', its highest civilian honour to the Prime Minister of which one of the following country in December 2021? [U.P.R.O./A.R.O. (Mains) 2021]

(a) India
(b) Mongolia
(c) Nepal
(d) Thailand

Correct Answer: (a) India

Solution:The king of Bhutan, His majesty Jigme Namgyel Wangchuk' conferred its highest civilian award, the Order of the Druk Gyalpo to the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on the occasion of the Bhutan's National Day on 17th December 2021

7. Which one of the following city was awarded a star rating in the 'Garbage Free Cities' category in Uttar Pradesh in Swacch Suevekshan 2021? [U.P.R.O./A.R.O. (Mains) 2021]

(a) Aligarh
(b) Gorakhpur
(c) Prayagraj
(d) Varanasi

Correct Answer: (a) Aligarh

Solution:In Swacch Sarvekshan 2021, 5 cities of Uttar Pradesh were awarded a star rating in the 'Garbage Free cities' which are Lucknow, Ghaziabad, Noida, Aligarh and Jhansi. In Swachh Sarvekshan 2023 65 cities of Uttar Pradesh were awarded a star rating in 'Garbage free cities'. Also, Prayagraj was awarded The Water Plus City award.

8. Who composed the Golden Globe Award winning song "Naatu Naatu"? [U.P.P.S.C. (Pre) 2023]

(a) Devi Sri Prasad
(b) M.M. Keeravani
(c) S.S. Rajamouli
(d) A.R. Rehman

Correct Answer: (b) M.M. Keeravani

Solution:The song 'Naatu Naatu', from the widely popular Telugu film RRR, made history at the 80th Golden Globes as it became the first Indian song to win the Best Original Song award.

The song is composed by MM Keeravani, and sung by Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava, it is an energetic song featuring the film's lead actors Ram Charan and Jr NTR.

In 81th Golden Globes Award Drama Oppenheimer won Best Motion Picture Award. Actor Cilian Murphy awarded Best Performance in a Motion Picture Drama.

9. Who among the following recently received the 2022 Booker Prize for his novel, 'The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida'? [68th B.P.S.C. (Pre)2022]

Correct Answer: (a) Shehan Karunatilaka

Solution:The Booker Prize is a literary award given for the best English novel of the year. 2022 Booker Prize was awarded to Shehan Karunatilaka for his novel, 'The seven moons of Maali Almedia'. He is the second Sri Lankan to win the prize, after Michael Ondaatje.

10. Who has received the International Booker Prize for her novel, Tomb of Sand (Ret Samadhi)? [67th B.P.S.C. (Pre) (Re. Exam) 2022]

Correct Answer: (a) Geetanjali Shree

Solution:The novel 'Tomb and Sand' written by Indian author Geetanjali Shree and translated by Daisy Rockwell was awarded the International Booker Prize, 2022. The winner of the 2023 award was 'Time Shelter' by Georgi Gospodinov, translated by Angela Rodel.

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