Awards (Part-VII)

Total Questions: 50

41. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from codes given below : [U.P.U.D.A./L.D.A. (Mains) 2010]

List - I (Arjuna Award)	List- II (Sports)
A. Ashish Kumar	1. Badminton
B. Jwala Gutta	2. Archery
C. Ravi Kumar	3. Gymnastics
D. Tejaswini Sawant	4. Weight Lifting

Code:

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

Correct Answer: (d)

Solution:

(Arjuna Award)	(Sports)
A. Ashish Kumar	1. Gymnastics
B. Jwala Gutta	2. Badminton
C. Ravi Kumar	3. Weight Lifting
D. Tejaswini Sawant	4. Archery

Arjun Awards for outstanding performance in Sports and
Games 2023

S.N.	Name of the Sportsperson	Discipline
1	Ms Seema Punia	Athletics
2	Shri Eldhose Paul	Athletics
3	Shri Avinash Mukund Sable	Athletics
4	Shri Lakshya Sen	Badminton
5	Shri Prannoy HS	Badminton
6	Shri Amit	Boxing
7	Ms Nikhat Zareen	Boxing
8	Ms Bhakti Pradip Kulkarni	Chess
9	Shri R Praggnanandhaa	Chess
10	Ms Deep Grace Ekka	Hockey
11	Ms Shushila Devi	Judo
12	Ms Sakshi Kumari	Kabaddi
13	Ms Nayan Moni Saikia	Lawn Bowl
14	Shri Sagar Kailas Ovhalkar	Mallakhamb
15	Ms Elavenil Valarivan	Shooting
16	Shri Omprakash Mitharval	Shooting
17	Ms Sreeja Akula	Table Tennis
18	Shri Vikas Thakur	Weightlifting
19	Ms Anshu	Wrestling
20	Ms Anshu	Wrestling
21	Ms Sarita	Wrestling
22	Shri Parveen	Wushu
23	Ms Manasi Girishchandra Joshi	Para Badminton
24	Shri Tarun Dhillon	Para Badminton
25	Shri Swapnil Sanjay Patil	Para Swimming
26	Ms Jarlin Anika J	Deaf Badminton

42. Which one of the following is not one of the awards given on National Sports Day? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2009]

(a) Rajiv Khel Ratna
(b) Arjuna Award
(c) Dhyanchand Award
(d) Vishwamitra Award

Correct Answer: (d) Vishwamitra Award

Solution:Birthday of Indian hockey legend Major Dhyanchand is celebrated as "National Sports Day" in India on 29th August. On this day, the President distributes sports-related awards like Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award, Dronacharya Award and Dhyanchand Awards. The Vishwamitra Award belongs to the State of Madhya Pradesh, which is not distributed on National Sports Day.

43. Who was the recipient of Dronacharya Award for the first time in the year 1985? [M.P.P.S.C. (Pre) 2018]

(a) O.M. Nambiar
(b) Om Prakash Bhardwaj
(c) B.B. Bhagwat
(d) All of the above

Correct Answer: (d) All of the above

Solution:For the first time in 1985, Dronacharya Award conferred on O.M. Nambiar (Athletics), Om Prakash Bhardwaj (Boxing) and B.B. Bhagwat (Wrestling). The award was instituted in the year 1985.

Dronacharya Award for outstanding coaches in Sports and Games 2023.

A. Regular Category:

S.No.	Name of the Coach (S/Shri/Ms)	Discipline
1	Shri Ji Wanjat Singh Teja	Archery
2	Shri Mohammad Ali Qamar	Boxing
3	Ms Suma Siddharth Shirur	Para Shooting
4	Shri Sujeet Maan	Wrestling
B. Lifetime Category:
S.No.	Name of the Coach (S/Shri/Ms)	Discipline
1	Shri Dinesh Jawahar lad	Cricket
2	Shri Bimal Prafulla Ghosh	Football
3	Shri Raj Singh	Wrestling

44. Who is the player who was awarded the Arjuna Award, Dronacharya Award, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and Padma Shri? [M.P.P.S.C. (Pre) 2018]

(a) Abhinav Bindra
(b) Sachin Tendulkar
(c) Prakash Padukone
(d) Pullela Gopichand

Correct Answer: (d) Pullela Gopichand

Solution:Pullela Gopichand was awarded the Arjuna Award in the year 1999, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award in 2001, the Padma Shri in 2005, the Dronacharya Award in the year 2009 and the Padma Bhushan in the year 2014.

45. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from codes given below List-I (recipient of Arjuna Award 2011)

List - I (2011 Arjuna Award Winner)	List - II (Related Sports)
A. Preja Sreedharan	1. Football
B. Sunil Chhetri	2. Kabaddi
C. Rakesh Kumar	3. Swimming
D. Virdhawal Khade	4. Athletics

Code:

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

Correct Answer: (a)

Solution:The correct match is as follows:

(2011 Arjuna Award Winner)	(Related Sports)
A. Preja Sreedharan	1. Athletics
B. Sunil Chhetri	2. Football
C. Rakesh Kumar	3. Kabaddi
D. Virdhawal Khade	4. Swimming

46. Identify the player who was given the Arjuna Award in 2014 after the intervention of Delhi High Court. [R.A.S./R.T.S. (Pre) 2013]

(a) Talk Joseph
(b) Jai Bhagwan
(c) Mamta Pujari
(d) Manoj Kumar

Correct Answer: (d) Manoj Kumar

Solution:Manoj Kumar is a boxer from Haryana State in India. He received a gold medal in boxing at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. It is noteworthy that in the year 2014, he was awarded the Arjuna Award after the intervention of the Delhi High Court, before the Kapil Dev-led selection committee recommended the name of a boxer named Jai Bhagwan in place of Manoj Kumar. Kumar had filed a case in the Delhi High Court.

47. Who among the following film actors received the Mother Teresa Award in March 2011? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2011]

(a) Prem Chopra
(b) Rajesh Khanna
(c) Shammi Kapoor
(d) Shatrughan Sinha

Correct Answer: (a) Prem Chopra

48. Who has won the prestigious BAFTA Award for Best Actor for a Leading Role? [Jharkhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2013]

(a) Daniel Day-Lewis
(b) Christopher Waltz
(c) Anne
(d) Nana Patekar

Correct Answer: (a) Daniel Day-Lewis

Solution:Daniel Day-Lewis won the prestigious BAFTA Award for Best Actor for his performance in the film 'Lincoln'. The Best Actor Award at the BAFTA Awards distributed in February 2024 was awarded to Cillian Murphy (Film - Oppenheimer).

49. Who among the following has been awarded the prestigious Abel Award for the year 2011? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2011]

(a) Isadore M. Singer
(b) John Briggs Thompson
(c) John Willard Milnor
(d) Peter D. Lacks

Correct Answer: (c) John Willard Milnor

Solution:The 2011 Abel Prize was awarded to American mathematician John Willard Milnor. Abel Prize for 2020 was awarded to American mathematician, Hillel Furstenberg. Luis Caffarelli won this Award for the year 2023.

50. In which year did Sachin Tendulkar get the Arjuna Award? [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2017]

(a) 1990
(b) 1994
(c) 1997
(d) 1999

Correct Answer: (b) 1994

Solution:Sachin Tendulkar, the greatest batsman of the Indian cricket team, was awarded the Arjuna Award of the year 1994.

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