Awards and Achievements Multiple Choice Question MCQ
Categories: Awards & Achievements
1.Indian activist Safeena Hussain, who has been awarded the prestigious $500,000 WISE Prize recently, has been awarded for her work related to __: [A] Girls’ education [B] Environment [C] Poverty [D] Women empowerment Correct Answer: A 2.Which British-Indian is the new head of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)? [A] Samir Shah [B] Leena Nair [C] Shantanu Narayen [D] Arvind Krishna Correct Answer: A 3.Tshering Tashi, who was seen in the news, is associated with which profession? [A] Artist [B] Author [C] Sports person [D] Politician Correct Answer: B 4.Prashant Agrawal, who was seen in the news, is associated with which profession? [A] Sportsperson [B] Politician [C] Social worker [D] Scientist Correct Answer: C 5.Donald Tusk has become the new Prime Minister of which country recently? [A] Poland [B] Czech Republic [C] Slovakia [D] Belarus Correct Answer: A 6.Recently, Indian Lawyer Uma Sekhar was elected to the governing council of International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) . UNIDROIT is based at which city? [A] Geneva [B] Paris [C] Rome [D] Washington DC Correct Answer: C 7.Annual festival ‘Shar Amartala Torgya’ is celebrated every year in which state? [A] Sikkim [B] Tripura [C] Mizoram [D] Arunachal Pradesh Correct Answer: D 8.Who was named the 2023 ITF World Champions by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)? [A] Carlos Alcaraz [B] Daniil Medvedev [C] Novak Djokovic [D] Rajeev Ram Correct Answer: C 9.Who is the recipient of the Sahitya Akademi English award for 2023? [A] Arundhathi Subramaniam [B] Jhumpa Lahiri [C] Neelam Saran Gour [D] Amitav Ghosh Correct Answer: C 10.Who has been recently awarded the SASTRA-Ramanujan Awards 2023? [A] Yunqing Tang [B] Ruixiang Zhang [C] Shai Evra [D] Will Sawin Correct Answer: B 11.What was the primary field of Ved Prakash Nanda, who passed away recently? [A] Agriculture [B] Environment Protection [C] International Law [D] Human Rights Correct Answer: C 12.Who is the author of “Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology”? [A] Yuval Noah Harari [B] Malcolm Gladwell [C] Chris Miller [D] Walter Isaacson Correct Answer: C 13.Suchetha Satish, who was recently making news for a world record in singing in 140 languages, belongs to which state? [A] Kerala [B] Karnataka [C] Tamil Nadu [D] Andhra Pradesh Correct Answer: A 14.Recently, who has been selected for Assam’s highest civilian award ‘Assam Vaibhav’? [A] Amit Shah [B] Narendra Modi [C] Ratan Tata [D] Ranjan Gogoi Correct Answer: D 15.Recently, which institution has been selected for the Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar-2024 in the institutional category? [A] 60 Parachute field hospital, UP [B] 30 Parachute field hospital, UP [C] KJMU, Lucknow [D] AIIMS, Delhi Correct Answer: A 16.Which two BSF personnel were awarded the President’s Medal for Gallantry posthumously on the eve of the 75th Republic Day? [A] Sanwala Ram Vishnoi and Shishupal Singh [B] Naik Jasbir Singh and Vikas Choudhary [C] Sunil Kumar and Satendra Singh [D] Harminder Singh and Daljeet Singh Correct Answer: A 17.How many individuals were honored with the Jeevan Raksha Padak Series of Awards-2023? [A] 28 [B] 29 [C] 30 [D] 31 Correct Answer: D 18.Who has become the first woman to hold the rank of Subedar in the Indian Army? [A] Preeti Rajak [B] Rajeshwari Kumari [C] Manisha Keer [D] Shreyasi Singh Correct Answer: A 19.Hage Geingob, who passed away recently, was a President of which country? [A] Angola [B] Botswana [C] Zambia [D] Namibia Correct Answer: D 20.Recently, who received the 2024 Best Green Bond-Corporate Award at The Asset Triple A Awards for Sustainable Finance? [A] HINDALCO [B] REC Limited [C] TISCO [D] NALCO Correct Answer: B