Awards & Honours Questions with Solutions
This topic covers national and international awards: Bharat Ratna and the Padma awards, gallantry awards, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, Jnanpith and Sahitya Akademi awards, sports awards, Nobel Prizes, the Ramon Magsaysay Award and other global honours, along with the fields they recognise and notable winners. Static questions ask about the field each award is given for, the year it started, and the first winners. For example, the Jnanpith Award is for literature and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award is for cinema. Questions on recent winners change every year, so revise those from the latest announcements and treat older winner lists as background only. Practise the awards and honours questions below, written in the style of the general awareness sections of exams such as SSC, banking, railways, CUET GAT, MAH CET and CLAT. Each question comes with a detailed explanation that adds related facts, so every question helps you revise more than one point.
- Q1.
In which year was Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, the Hindustani classical vocalist of the Kirana gharana, awarded the Bharat Ratna?
A. 1999B. 2008C. 2015D. 2001mediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q2.
Who was the first person from Odisha to receive the Padma Vibhushan, in the year 2000?
A. Guru Deba Prasad DasB. Sanjukta PanigrahiC. Guru Pankaj Charan DasD. Guru Kelucharan MohapatramediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q3.
In which year was Pandit Ravi Shankar awarded the Bharat Ratna?
A. 1999B. 2008C. 2001D. 1992mediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q4.
The lyricist Gulzar (Sampooran Singh Kalra) won an Oscar and a Grammy for which song?
A. Dil Se ReB. Kajra ReC. Jai HoD. Chaiyya ChaiyyaeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q5.
In which year was the shehnai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan awarded the Bharat Ratna?
A. 2008B. 2001C. 1999D. 1998mediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q6.
In which year did Pandit Birju Maharaj, the Kathak maestro, receive the Padma Vibhushan?
A. 1986B. 2003C. 1971D. 1992mediumAsked in SSC +1View solution › - Q7.
Who was the first musician to be awarded the Bharat Ratna?
A. Ustad Bismillah KhanB. Lata MangeshkarC. M.S. SubbulakshmiD. Pandit Ravi ShankareasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q8.
Who became the first dancer of foreign origin to be conferred the Padma Shri, in 2006?
A. Sharon LowenB. Ileana CitaristiC. Louise LightfootD. Milena SalvinihardAsked in SSCView solution › - Q9.
Who was the first Indian musician to receive the Ramon Magsaysay Award for public service?
A. Ustad Bismillah KhanB. Lata MangeshkarC. M.S. SubbulakshmiD. Pandit Ravi ShankarmediumAsked in SSC +1View solution › - Q10.
Who became the first trans woman to win a Padma Shri for Bharatanatyam?
A. Sudha ChandranB. Alarmel ValliC. Manjamma JogatiD. Narthaki NatarajmediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q11.
R. Muthu Kannammal, who received the Padma Shri in 2022, is a dancer of which traditional form?
A. MohiniyattamB. SadirC. KathakaliD. YakshaganahardAsked in SSCView solution › - Q12.
Who was the first recipient of the National Film Award for Best Music Direction?
A. IlaiyaraajaB. K.V. MahadevanC. S.D. BurmanD. NaushadhardAsked in SSCView solution › - Q13.
The title of 'Rajya Gayika' was given to Kesarbai Kerkar, the Hindustani classical vocalist, by:
A. The Government of MaharashtraB. The Government of GoaC. The Government of GujaratD. The Government of IndiahardAsked in SSCView solution › - Q14.
Guru Shyama Charan Pati received the Padma Shri for his contribution to which dance?
A. OdissiB. SambalpuriC. GotipuaD. ChhauhardAsked in SSCView solution › - Q15.
Arjun Singh Dhurve received the Padma Shri in 2022 for his contribution to which art?
A. Baiga dance and musicB. PandwaniC. Gond paintingD. Bhil paintinghardAsked in SSCView solution › - Q16.
Ricky Kej won his first Grammy Award (57th Grammy Awards) for which album?
A. A Meeting by the RiverB. Winds of SamsaraC. Divine TidesD. Global Drum ProjectmediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q17.
Who became India's first transgender folk dancer to receive the Padma Shri, in 2021?
A. Manjamma JogatiB. Narthaki NatarajC. Gulabo SaperaD. Teejan BaimediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q18.
Guru Maguni Charan Das received the Padma Shri for his contribution to which dance?
A. ChhauB. GotipuaC. SambalpuriD. DalkhaihardAsked in SSCView solution › - Q19.
Dr. Radhe Shyam Barle received the Padma Shri for his contribution to which folk dance?
A. Gaur MariaB. PanthiC. Raut NachaD. SuwamediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q20.
Who became the first Indian woman to win a Grammy Award, for the song 'Jai Ho'?
A. Alka YagnikB. Shreya GhoshalC. Tanvi ShahD. Kavita KrishnamurthymediumAsked in SSCView solution ›