Awards – MCQ – GK Questions

Answer: Aravind Adiga

Aravind Adiga won the Booker Prize in 2008 for his debut novel 'The White Tiger', a darkly humorous exploration of class struggle and corruption in modern India.

Answer: Period. End of Sentence.

Period. End of Sentence., a documentary short about menstrual hygiene in rural India, won the Oscar for Best Documentary Short Subject in 2019. It was produced by Guneet Monga and directed by Rayka Zehtabchi.

Answer: Nobel Prize

The Ramon Magsaysay Award, established in 1957, is often regarded as Asia's Nobel Prize. It honors individuals and organizations in Asia who have demonstrated exceptional courage and creativity in addressing societal challenges.

Answer: Lifetime contribution to sports development

The Dhyan Chand Award, instituted in 2002, honors sportspersons for their lifetime contribution to sports development in India, recognizing those who have continued to contribute to sports even after retirement.

Answer: Colonel Balbir Singh Dhillon

Colonel Balbir Singh Dhillon is not a Param Vir Chakra recipient. Captain Vikram Batra (Kargil War), Major Shaitan Singh (1962 War), and Flight Lieutenant N.J.S. Sekhon (1971 War) are all PVC awardees.

Answer: S. Chandrasekhar

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, an Indian-American astrophysicist, won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1983 for his theoretical studies on the physical processes important to the structure and evolution of stars, particularly the Chandrasekhar limit for white dwarfs.

Answer: Dhyan Chand

In 2021, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award was renamed as the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award to honor Major Dhyan Chand, the legendary Indian hockey player known as the 'Wizard of Hockey'.

Answer: Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar became the first sportsperson to receive the Bharat Ratna in 2014, recognizing his unparalleled contributions to cricket and inspiration to millions of Indians.

Answer: Anuradha Roy

Anuradha Roy was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2015 for 'Sleeping on Jupiter' but did not win. Arundhati Roy (1997), Salman Rushdie (1981), and Kiran Desai (2006) are all Booker Prize winners.

Answer: ₹21 lakh

The Jnanpith Award carries a cash prize of ₹21 lakh (2.1 million rupees), along with a citation plaque and a replica of Saraswati, the goddess of knowledge and arts.

Answer: Academy of Television Arts & Sciences

The Primetime Emmy Awards are presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS), while the Daytime Emmys are presented by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS).

Answer: Citizenship of a specific country

The Fields Medal has no citizenship requirement; it is awarded based on mathematical excellence and potential, regardless of nationality. The key criteria are age (under 40), outstanding achievement, and future promise.

Answer: 45 years

The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize is awarded to scientists who are 45 years of age or below as of December 31 of the year preceding the award, recognizing outstanding research contributions.

Answer: ₹1,00,000

The Sahitya Akademi Award carries a cash prize of ₹1,00,000 (one lakh rupees), along with a casket containing an engraved copper plaque and a shawl.

Answer: Indo-Pak War 1971

The Indo-Pak War of 1971 saw the highest number of Param Vir Chakra awards (4) conferred in a single conflict, recognizing extraordinary acts of bravery during the liberation of Bangladesh.

Answer: Amartya Sen

Amartya Sen won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1998 for his contributions to welfare economics, particularly his work on famine, poverty, and social choice theory.

Answer: No one has won it more than once

The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (now Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna) is awarded only once to a sportsperson in their career. No individual has received it multiple times.

Answer: All of the above

In 2019, the Bharat Ratna was posthumously awarded to Nanaji Deshmukh and Bhupen Hazarika, and conferred on former President Pranab Mukherjee, making all three recipients of the award that year.

Answer: Midnight's Children

Salman Rushdie won the Booker Prize in 1981 for his novel 'Midnight's Children', which is widely regarded as a landmark work of postcolonial literature and magical realism.

Answer: R.K. Narayan

R.K. Narayan, though a legendary Indian writer, never received the Jnanpith Award. Rabindranath Tagore (1913 Nobel, not Jnanpith), Harivansh Rai Bachchan, and Kuvempu are Jnanpith recipients. Correction: Tagore died before Jnanpith was instituted; he didn't receive it. Harivansh Rai Bachchan and Kuvempu did receive it.