Miscellaneous (Uttar Pradesh)

Total Questions: 44

31. Who of the following players from U.P. has won both the Arjun Award and the Laxman Award? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2004, 2008]

Correct Answer: (d) Ranbir Singh
Solution:Ranbir Singh, the volleyball player has received Arjun and Laxman Awards both. Meena Shah is also one such player who has received Laxman Award and Arjun Award both.

32. Recently in Uttar Pradesh who was honoured with the highest sports award 'Lakshman'? [U.P. Lower Sub. (Spl.) (Pre) 2004]

Correct Answer: (a) Gyanendra Pandey
Solution:When this question was asked, the highest sports honour of Uttar Pradesh-the Laxman Award was given to Gyanendra Pandey. Under this award are given statue of Rani Laxmi Bai and Cash Prize Rs. 3,11,000.

33. Uttar Pradesh government launched 'Sangit Ratna Purashkar' in the memory of - [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2007]

Correct Answer: (c) Ustad Bismillah Khan
Solution:Uttar Pradesh Government on 22 August, 2006 started Sangeet Ratna Award to commemorate the memories of legendary Shahnai player Ustad Bismillah Khan. The award comprises a cash prize of Rs. 5 lakh. The Government also announced to constitute Sangeet Academy with an expense of Rs. 1 crore.

34. 'Uttar Pradesh Ratna Award' has been conferred on which Indian-American? [U.P.R.O./A.R.O. (Mains) 2017]

Correct Answer: (c) Frank Islam
Solution:Frank Islam, a prominent Indian American entrepreneur and philanthropist has been awarded the inaugural UP Ratna Award for his achievements and outstanding contributions as a son of Uttar Pradesh in January 2016.

35. 'Yash Bharti Award' for the year 2005 has been given to which sportsman of U.P.? [U.P.P.C.S. (Spl.) (Mains) 2004]

Correct Answer: (a) Devesh Chauhan
Solution:"Yash Bharati Award' is provided by the Government of Uttar Pradesh. This prize is given for excellent contribution in different fields. 'Yash Bharati Puraskar' for the year 2005 was given to Hockey player Devesh Chauhan among others. Instead of Yash Bharti Puraskar the U.P. Government decided to conferred Uttar Pradesh Gaurav Samman. For the first time this award was conferred to Lucknow based senior ISRO scientist Dr. Ritu Karidhal Srivastav and Kanpur based entrepreneur Naveen Tiwari in January, 2024.

36. Narsingh Yadav of Uttar Pradesh has won the Gold Medal in recent Commonwealth Games for- [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2010]

Correct Answer: (d) Wrestling
Solution:Narsingh Yadav of Uttar Pradesh won Gold Medal in 2010 Commonwealth Games in 74 kg freestyle wrestling category.

37. In March 2008, Kanshiram Khel Ratna Award was conferred to- [U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2004]

Correct Answer: (b) Praveen Kumar
Solution:Praveen Kumar from Meerut, U.P. was given 'Kanshiram Khel Ratna Award' by the Uttar Pradesh Government in March, 2008. This prize comprised a cash prize of Rs. 10 lakh.

38. Consider the following statements: [U.P.RO/ARO (Pre)-2017]

Assertion (A): 'Bhojpuri' is lingua franka of eastern Uttar Pradesh.

Reason (R): People in eastern Uttar Pradesh are not at home with other languages.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

Codes:

Correct Answer: (c) (A) is true, but (R) is false
Solution:'Bhojpuri' is lingua Franka of eastern Uttar Pradesh, western Bihar and northern Jharkhand. Bhojpuri is a Dialect of Hindi. Hence statement A is right but statement R ie.: people in Uttar Pradesh are not at home with other languages is wrong.

39. In Uttar Pradesh, Urdu was declared the second state language in the year [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2013]

Correct Answer: (c) 1989
Solution:Hindi written in Devnagari script was declared the official language of Uttar Pradesh in October, 1947. In 1989, the Government of Uttar Pradesh passed U.P. Official Language (Amendment) Act 1989 and declared Urdu as the second official language of the state. Notably, Uttar Pradesh Urdu Academy was established in January, 1972 for the promotion of Urdu language.

40. The year Urdu was granted government recognition as the language of Uttar Pradesh is - [U.P.P.C.S. (Spl.) (Pre) 2008]

Correct Answer: (b) 1989
Solution:Hindi written in Devnagari script was declared the official language of Uttar Pradesh in October, 1947. In 1989, the Government of Uttar Pradesh passed U.P. Official Language (Amendment) Act 1989 and declared Urdu as the second official language of the state. Notably, Uttar Pradesh Urdu Academy was established in January, 1972 for the promotion of Urdu language.