Awards (Part-VII)

11. With which NGO is Rajendra Singh, the winner of 'Stockholm Water Prize, 2015' associated? [U.P.R.O./A.R.O. (Pre) 2021]

(a) Bandhan
(b) Tarun Bharat Sangh
(c) Save water
(d) Boond

Correct Answer: (b) Tarun Bharat Sangh

Solution:Rajendra Singh, winner of 'Stockholm Water Prize, 2015' is the director of the non-governmental organization Tarun Bharat Sangh. This association was established in the year 1975 by a group of professors and students of Rajasthan University in Jaipur. This award for the year 2021 was given to SadrellaPostel of America. Dr. Andrea Rinaldo is 2023 Laureate.

12. Stockholm Water Award-2005 has been conferred to: [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2005]

(a) Rajendra Singh
(b) Sunita Narayan
(c) Sarabjit Singh
(d) Sunita Rani

Correct Answer: (b) Sunita Narayan

Solution:The Director of Science and Environment Center, Ms. Sunita Narayan was awarded the Stockholm Water Award - 2005. Professor Emeritus Wilfried Brutsaert is named Stockholm Water Prize 2022 for ground breaking work to quantify evaporation.

13. Match List-I (Female Name) with List-II (Achievement) and select the correct answer using codes given below: [I.A.S. (Pre) 2002]

List-I (Female Name)	List-II (Achievement)
(A) Chinna Pillai	1. Neerja Bhanot Award Winner
(B) Kaveri Thakur	2. Women who get Stree Shakti Award
(C) Meera Nair	3. Became Asia's fastest swimmer at the age of 16
(D) Yashoda Ekambaram	4. Woman receiving Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival

Code:

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

Correct Answer: (b)

14. In 2002 who has been awarded the highest sports award 'Laxman Award' in Uttar Pradesh? [U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2002, U.P. P.C.S. (Pre) 2002]

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

Correct Answer: (a) Gyanendra Pandey

Solution:The award was given to Gyanendra Pandey, the captain of the Uttar Pradesh Ranji team. The Rani Laxmi Bai and Laxman Award for the year 2021-22 was given to Wushu exponents Neha Kashyap and Manisha Bhati, Mohit Yadav (Handball, Lucknow), Jyoti Shukla (Handball, Kanpur Nagar), Rahul Singh (Hockey, Varanasi), Janardan Singh Yadav (wrestling, Ghazipur), Taruna Sharma (Judo, Meerut), Arif (hockey, Gorakhpur), Radheshyam Singh (athiletics, Azamgarh), SuhasLY (para-Badminton, Lucknow), Vivek Chikara (Para-Archery, Meerut), and Dipendra Singh (Para-Shooting, sambhal.)

15. Who among the following competed in the 9th FINA Swimming Championships and won Gold Medal? [I.A.S. (Pre) 2002]

(a) Grant Hackett
(b) Ian Thorpe
(c) Michael Phelps
(d) Roman Sludnov

Correct Answer: (b) Ian Thorpe

16. Dhrupad singer selected for National Tansen Samman 1998 is: [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1999]

(a) Siyaram Tiwari
(b) Hanuman Prasad Mishra
(c) Bela Saheb Tailwale
(d) Bhimsen Joshi

Correct Answer: (a) Siyaram Tiwari

17. Sulabh International Award to Honest Man of the year 1996 is given to : [R.A.S./R.T.S. (Pre) 1996]

(a) A.B. Vajpayee
(b) Manmohan Singh
(c) T.N. Seshan
(d) Bindeshwari Pathak

Correct Answer: (b) Manmohan Singh

18. ITC Music Award 2003 was given to : [Uttaranchal P.C.S. (Pre) 2003]

(a) Ali Akbar Khan
(b) Girija Devi
(c) Kishori Amonkar
(d) Ravi Shankar

Correct Answer: (c) Kishori Amonkar

19. Who has been awarded the Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer Award? [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1997]

(a) Dr. B.D. Sharma
(b) T.N. Seshan
(c) Kiran Bedi
(d) Kamal Hassan

Correct Answer: (c) Kiran Bedi

20. Who was given the 'Birsa Munda' award of the year 1998 by the state of Odisha ? [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1997]

(a) Gahira Guru
(b) Baba Amte
(c) Sunderlal Bahuguna
(d) Mother Teresa

Correct Answer: (d) Mother Teresa