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.
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 › - Q2.
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 › - Q3.
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 › - Q4.
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 › - Q5.
Guru Shyama Charan Pati received the Padma Shri for his contribution to which dance?
A. OdissiB. SambalpuriC. GotipuaD. ChhauhardAsked in SSCView solution › - Q6.
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 › - Q7.
Guru Maguni Charan Das received the Padma Shri for his contribution to which dance?
A. ChhauB. GotipuaC. SambalpuriD. DalkhaihardAsked in SSCView solution › - Q8.
Purushottam Dadheech, who received the Padma Shri in 2020, is an exponent of which dance?
A. KathakB. KuchipudiC. OdissiD. ManipurihardAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q9.
Kanaka Raju, who received the Padma Shri in 2021, is an exponent of which tribal dance?
A. BihuB. GussadiC. LavaniD. GhoomarhardAsked in SSCView solution › - Q10.
The Lata Mangeshkar Award was instituted by the Government of Madhya Pradesh in which year?
A. 1974B. 2001C. 1984D. 1999hardAsked in SSCView solution › - Q11.
Ghanakanta Bora Borbayan received the Padma Shri in 2013 for his contribution to which dance?
A. ManipuriB. OdissiC. SattriyaD. BihuhardAsked in SSCView solution › - Q12.
In 1968, Mrinalini Sarabhai received a gold medal from the Mexican government for choreography for:
A. The Royal BalletB. The Ballet Folklorico of MexicoC. The Bolshoi BalletD. KalakshetrahardAsked in SSCView solution › - Q13.
The National Tansen Samman, given by the Government of Madhya Pradesh, was instituted in which year?
A. 1965B. 2001C. 1980D. 1950hardAsked in SSCView solution › - Q14.
The Bihari Puraskar, a literary award, was instituted by the K.K. Birla Foundation in which year?
A. 1991B. 2001C. 1954D. 1965hardAsked in SSCView solution › - Q15.
The playback singer Manna Dey was honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for which year?
A. 2005B. 2010C. 2007D. 2001hardAsked in SSCView solution › - Q16.
The Sangeet Natak Akademi instituted the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar in which year?
A. 1999B. 2001C. 2006D. 2011hardAsked in SSCView solution › - Q17.
The Vyas Samman, a literary award for Hindi, was first awarded in which year?
A. 2001B. 1965C. 1991D. 1983hardAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q18.
Annapurna Devi, the reclusive surbahar maestro, received the Padma Bhushan in which year?
A. 1977B. 2004C. 1991D. 1958hardAsked in Police +1View solution › - Q19.
Ileana Citaristi, an Italian-born dancer, received the Padma Shri in 2006 for her contribution to which dance?
A. BharatanatyamB. OdissiC. KathakaliD. KathakhardAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q20.
Ashapoorna Devi, the first woman to receive the Jnanpith Award, received it in which year?
A. 1992B. 1984C. 1965D. 1976hardAsked in PoliceView solution ›