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.
In which year was the shehnai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan awarded the Bharat Ratna?
A. 2008B. 2001C. 1999D. 1998mediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q5.
In which year did Pandit Birju Maharaj, the Kathak maestro, receive the Padma Vibhushan?
A. 1986B. 2003C. 1971D. 1992mediumAsked in SSC +1View solution › - Q6.
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 › - Q7.
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 › - Q8.
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 › - Q9.
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 › - Q10.
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 › - Q11.
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 › - Q12.
Lakha Khan, the noted sindhi sarangi player who received the Padma Shri in 2021, belongs to which state?
A. GujaratB. PunjabC. HaryanaD. RajasthanmediumAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q13.
Who became the first writer in English to receive the Jnanpith Award?
A. Vikram SethB. Amitav GhoshC. Salman RushdieD. Arundhati RoymediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q14.
In which year did A.R. Rahman win two Academy Awards (Oscars) for the film 'Slumdog Millionaire'?
A. 2009B. 2008C. 2010D. 2011mediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q15.
The Moortidevi Award, an Indian literary award, is presented annually by:
A. Sahitya AkademiB. Sangeet Natak AkademiC. K.K. Birla FoundationD. Bharatiya JnanpithmediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q16.
Who received the 48th Dadasaheb Phalke Award (for the year 2000)?
A. Mohammed RafiB. Lata MangeshkarC. Asha BhosleD. Manna DeymediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q17.
'Kalaimamani' is an award for excellence in the arts given by the government of which state?
A. Tamil NaduB. Andhra PradeshC. KeralaD. KarnatakamediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q18.
The Sahitya Akademi was inaugurated by the Government of India in which year?
A. 1969B. 1961C. 1947D. 1954mediumAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q19.
Who became the first rapper to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music?
A. Kendrick LamarB. EminemC. Jay-ZD. Kanye WestmediumAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q20.
M.S. Subbulakshmi became the first musician to receive the Bharat Ratna in which year?
A. 2001B. 1998C. 1975D. 1954mediumAsked in PoliceView solution ›