Awards (Part-VII)

1. To whom the first V.K. Krishna Menon Award has been conferred ? [U.P.P.C.S. (Spl.) (Pre) 2008]

(a) A.M. Naik
(b) K.G. Balakrishnan
(c) Montek Singh Ahluwalia
(d) P. Chandrasekhar

Correct Answer: (b) K.G. Balakrishnan

2. Which among the following awards has been given to Colonel Vishwanath Venugopal, Captain Harshan R and Naib Subedar Chunni Lal for fighting terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir? [Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2006]

(a) Shaurya Chakra
(b) Vir Chakra
(c) Kirti Chakra
(d) Ashoka Chakra

Correct Answer: (d) Ashoka Chakra

3. Consider the following statements regarding Vikram Seth and find out the correct answer from codes given below. [Uttaranchal P.C.S. (Pre) 2005]

1. He was born in Kolkata.

2. He is the author of English and his excellent novels are "A Suitable Boy" and "An Equal Music".

3. He has received the Sahitya Akademi Award in the year 2004.

4. The book, titled "Two Lives," relates to Vikram Seth

Code:

(a) 1 And 2
(b) 3 and 4
(c) 1,2 and 4
(d) 2,3 and 4

Correct Answer: (c) 1,2 and 4

Solution:P.M. Modi was awarded this order in 2019.

4. Russia's Best Civilian Award which has been rejected by a Nobel Prize-winning novelist from Russia in the year 1998. It is called : [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1999]

(a) Order of Lenin
(b) Order of St. Andrew
(c) Order of Tolstoy
(d) Order of St. Peter

Correct Answer: (b) Order of St. Andrew

5. Who among the following was awarded the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Harmony of 1990? [R.A.S./R.T.S. (Pre) 1992]

(a) Dr. Helmut Cole
(b) Dr. Robert Mugabe
(c) Nelson Mandela
(d) Yasir Arafat

Correct Answer: (a) Dr. Helmut Cole

6. Who has been awarded the United Nations Environment Program Sasakawa Award, 1994 ? [R.A.S./R.T.S. (Pre) 1994-95]

(a) M.S. Swaminathan
(b) Maneka Gandhi
(c) James D. Wolfensohn
(d) Allison Hargreaves

Correct Answer: (a) M.S. Swaminathan

7. In 1999, Shree Lal Shukla was awarded for 'Vyas Samman' for: [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2000]

(a) Raga Darbari
(b) Bisrampur Ka Sant
(c) Sahastrafal
(d) Ashok Ke Phool

Correct Answer: (b) Bisrampur Ka Sant

Solution:Shrilal Shukla received the Vyas Samman award in 1999 for the novel 'Bisrampur ka Sant'. In March 2019, Poetry collection of famous Hindi poet Liladhar Jagudi was given Vyas Samman (28th) of the year 2018 for "Jitne Log Utna Prem". Prof. Sharad Pagare to be honoured with Vyas Samman-2020. Writer Asgar Wajahat will be awarded 31 Vyas Samman 2021 for his play Mahabali, which was published in 2019. In 2023, Pushpa Bharati was awarded Vyas Samman.

8. Tansen Samman 2014 was given to which of the following? [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2014]

(a) Lata Mangeshkar
(b) Prabhakar Karekar
(c) Anupam Kher
(d) Pandit Ravi Shankar

Correct Answer: (b) Prabhakar Karekar

Solution:The Tansen Award for the year 2014 was conferred on the first day of Tansen Music Festival on 12th December 2014 to Pandit Prabhakar Karekar, a distinguished singer of Hindustani classical music. In December 2019, famous vocalist Pandit Vidyadhar Vyas was conferred with the Tansen Samman of the year 2019. Famous Flutist Pt. Nityanand Haldipur from Mumbai honoured with National 'Tansen Award' for the year 2021. The 99th edition was awarded to Pt. Ganpati Bhatt.

9. Who was awarded the 'Kalidas Samman' of the year 1990? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1994]

(a) Vijay Tendulkar
(b) Shamsher Bahadur Singh
(c) Keshav Malik
(d) Dr. Madanlal Madhu

Correct Answer: (a) Vijay Tendulkar

Solution:This honour, given by the M.P government since 1980, is given for significant contribution in the field of classical music, classical dance, Rupankar arts and painting. In the year 1990-91, the award was given to Dr. Padma Subramanyam (classical dance) and Vijay Tendulkar (theatre). In November 2022, Actor Rajeev Verma honoured with 'national Kalidas Award' for the Year 2021. For 2022 it was given Pt. Venkatesh Kumar.

10. The winners of the IBF heavyweight champion award of 1997 were : [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1998]

(a) Evander Holyfield
(b) M. Tyson
(c) Michael Moore
(d) Bernard Hopkins

Correct Answer: (a) Evander Holyfield

Solution:On November 18, 1997, in Las Vegas, America's Evander Holyfield won the title of World Boxing Champion for the third time. Current IBF heavyweight champion is Oleksandr Usyk.