Awards, Honours and Persons in News (MCQs)
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Q.1. Karnail Singh Isru, who was seen in the news, was a social activist from which state?
(A) Punjab
(B) Gujarat
(C) Kerala
(D) Sikkim
Ans. (A) Punjab
Q.2. Who has been conferred with the first ever ‘Udyog Ratna’ award instituted by Maharashtra?
(A) Ratan Tata
(B) Lakshmi Mittal
(C) Mukesh Ambani
(D) Gautam Adani
Ans. (A) Ratan Tata
Q.3. Who has been recognised as the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) national icon for voter awareness and education?
(A) Amitabh Bachchan
(B) Sachin Tendulkar
(C) Alia Bhatt
(D) Kangana Ranaut
Ans. (B) Sachin Tendulkar
Q.4. Which country’s Prime Minister was granted the ‘Grand Cross of the Order of Honour’ by Greece in 2023?
(A) China
(B) USA
(C) Ukraine
(D) India
Ans. (D) India
Q.5. Which Indian has won the 2023 Ramon Magsaysay award?
(A) Ravi Kannan
(B) Gautam Adani
(C) Ghazal Alagh
(D) Kailash Vidyarthi
Ans. (A) Ravi Kannan
Q.6. Ig Nobel Prize 2023 is provided for which category?
(A) Sports achievements
(B) Humorous scientific feats
(C) Literary feats
(D) Business achievements
Ans. (B) Humorous scientific feats
Q.7. What is the revised prize amount for Nobel Prize Winners, as of 2023?
(A) 1 million Swedish crowns
(B) 11 million Swedish crowns
(C) 21 million Swedish crowns
(D) 31 million Swedish crowns
Ans. (B) 11 million Swedish crowns
Q.8. ‘Dadasaheb Phalke Lifetime Achievement Award’ was recently conferred to which actor?
(A) Waheeda Rehman
(B) Madhubala
(C) Sridevi
(D) Shabana Azmi
Ans. (A) Waheeda Rehman
Q.9. Who is called the ‘Father of Green Revolution’ in India?
(A) Verghese Kurien
(B) M S Swaminathan
(C) Dhyan Chand
(D) Vikram Sarabhai
Ans. (B) M S Swaminathan
Q.10. K.N. Shanth Kumar has been appointed as the Chairperson of which institution?
(A) Press Trust of India
(B) Press Information Bureau
(C) Central Bureau of Investigation
(D) Central Reserve Police Force
Ans. (A) Press Trust of India