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.
- Q21.
Purushottam Dadheech, who received the Padma Shri in 2020, is an exponent of which dance?
A. KathakB. KuchipudiC. OdissiD. ManipurihardAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q22.
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 › - Q23.
Kanaka Raju, who received the Padma Shri in 2021, is an exponent of which tribal dance?
A. BihuB. GussadiC. LavaniD. GhoomarhardAsked in SSCView solution › - Q24.
The Kalidas Samman is awarded annually by the government of which state?
A. Uttar PradeshB. Madhya PradeshC. RajasthanD. MaharashtraeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q25.
The Lata Mangeshkar Award was instituted by the Government of Madhya Pradesh in which year?
A. 1974B. 2001C. 1984D. 1999hardAsked in SSCView solution › - Q26.
Who became the first writer in English to receive the Jnanpith Award?
A. Vikram SethB. Amitav GhoshC. Salman RushdieD. Arundhati RoymediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q27.
Ghanakanta Bora Borbayan received the Padma Shri in 2013 for his contribution to which dance?
A. ManipuriB. OdissiC. SattriyaD. BihuhardAsked in SSCView solution › - Q28.
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 › - Q29.
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 › - Q30.
The National Tansen Samman, given by the Government of Madhya Pradesh, was instituted in which year?
A. 1965B. 2001C. 1980D. 1950hardAsked in SSCView solution › - Q31.
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 › - Q32.
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 › - Q33.
Who received the 48th Dadasaheb Phalke Award (for the year 2000)?
A. Mohammed RafiB. Lata MangeshkarC. Asha BhosleD. Manna DeymediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q34.
Who was the first recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award?
A. Devika RaniB. Raj KapoorC. Prithviraj KapoorD. Satyajit RayeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q35.
The playback singer Manna Dey was honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for which year?
A. 2005B. 2010C. 2007D. 2001hardAsked in SSCView solution › - Q36.
The Sangeet Natak Akademi instituted the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar in which year?
A. 1999B. 2001C. 2006D. 2011hardAsked in SSCView solution › - Q37.
'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 › - Q38.
The Sahitya Akademi was inaugurated by the Government of India in which year?
A. 1969B. 1961C. 1947D. 1954mediumAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q39.
The Vyas Samman, a literary award for Hindi, was first awarded in which year?
A. 2001B. 1965C. 1991D. 1983hardAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q40.
Who became the first rapper to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music?
A. Kendrick LamarB. EminemC. Jay-ZD. Kanye WestmediumAsked in RailwayView solution ›