Honours and Awards Questions

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Saraswati Saman is given annually for outstanding contribution to

A) Literature B) Education
C) Fine arts D) Classical Dance
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Literature

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Which Indian airport has won the 2016 Golden Peacock Award for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the transportation sector under the Aviation category?

A) Delhi International Airport Limited B) Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport
C) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport D) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Delhi International Airport Limited

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Which international Airport Ltd has bagged the National Award for 'Excellence' in Energy Management ?

A) New Delhi B) Lucknow
C) Hyderabad D) Mumbai
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Hyderabad

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Which Indian personality has been selected for France’s highest civilian award “Legion of Honour”  ?

A) Amitabh Bachchan B) Salman Khan
C) Soumitra Chatterjee D) Shahrukh Khan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Soumitra Chatterjee

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Veteran Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee has been selected for France’s highest civilian award “Legion of Honour” for his outstanding contribution to cinema and theatre. With this, Chatterjee has become the first Bengali actor to be chosen for the award. The honour comes almost 3 decades after the same recognition was conferred on master director Satyajit Ray in 1987. Chatterjee has acted in several of Ray’s films including ‘Apur Sansar’, ‘Debi’,’ Aranyer Din Ratri’, ‘Ghare Bairey’ and ‘Ganashatru’. Earlier recipients of the Legion of Honour include sitar meastro Pandit Ravi Shankar, Amitabh Bachaan, Shahrukh Khan and Kamal Hasan. Chatterjee was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2012.

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In which categories did Marie Curie win her two different Nobel Prizes

A) Physics and chemistry B) Chemistry and Medicine
C) Physics and Medicine D) Chemistry and Peace
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Physics and chemistry

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Which Indian director won the Lifetime Achivement Oscar in 1992

A) Devika Rani B) Alan Ara
C) Bhanu Athaiya D) Satyjit Ray
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Satyjit Ray

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Who has become the 1st woman player from Jharkhand who has been awarded Dhyan Chand Award 2017  ?

A) Poonam Rani B) Samurai Tete
C) Monika Malik D) Navjot Kaur
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Samurai Tete

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The Apex body for The national sport Hockey India pitched Jharkhand's Samurai Tete, former Team India skipper, for the Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award 2016.

Sumrai Tete is a member of the India women's national field hockey team. She played with the team when it won the Gold at the Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games.

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Dilip Sardesai Award is awarded to the following cricketer

A) Zaheer Khan B) Virat Kohli
C) Yuvaraj Singh D) Rohit Sharma
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Rohit Sharma

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