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Question No: 1

Who won the Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration in

2018 ?

A. Arundhati roy

B. Chetan Bhagat

C. Ramachandra gupta

D. Chandi Prasad Bhatt

Ans. D

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Question No: 2

Dasholi Gram Swarajya Sangh (DGSS) was established by ?

A. Dinesh Mishra

B. Mahatma Gandhi

C. Chandi Prasad Bhatt

D. Arvind Ghosh

Ans. C

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Question No: 3

Who among the following was not conferred with Rajiv

Gandhi Khel ratna award in national sports awards 2020?

A. Rohit Sharma

B. Manika Batra

C. Mariyappan Thangavelu

D. Shashi Malik

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Question No: 4

Joshna Chinappa is an Indian professional ......... player.

A. Cricket

B. Squash

C. Boxing

D. Badminton

Ans. B

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Question No: 5

Who won the Indira Gandhi peace prize 2019?

A. Chandi Prasad Bhatt

B. Sir David Attenborough

C. Swarajya Sangh

D. Amanda Parera

Ans. B

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Question No: 6

Equalisation Levy is also known as –

A. Google Tax

B. Amazon Tax

C. Java Tax

D. GAFA Tax

Ans. A

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Question No: 7

The Anantha Padmanabhaswami Temple is located in –

A. Kerala

B. Chennai

C. Bangalore

D. Odisha

Ans. A

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Question No: 8

Dutee Chand is an Indian professional –

A. Sprinter

B. Badminton player

C. Boxer

D. Chess player

Ans. A

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Question No: 9

Which country announced setting up of a Gandhi Citizenship

Education Prize?

किस देश ने गाांधी नागरििता शशक्षा पुिस्िाि िी स्थापना िी ोषणाा िी?A. AMERICA

B. INDIA

C. BRAZIL

D. PORTUGAL

Ans. D

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Question No: 10

The ............... is India's highest military decoration,

awarded during wartime.

युद्धिाल िे समय ददया जाने वाला सवोच्च सैन्य सम्मान िौन सा है?

A. Param Vir Chakra

B. Ashok Chakra

C. Bharat ratna

D. Padma bhusan

Ans. A

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Question No: 11

Which is India's highest peacetime military

decoration?

शाांततिाल िे समय ददया जाने वाला सवोच्च सैन्य सम्मान िौन सा है?

A. Param Vir Chakra

B. Maha Vir Chakra

C. Ashoka Chakra

D. None of them

Ans. C

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Question No: 13

According to the new laws, what is the limit of investment in

micro industry?

नए िानूनों िे मुताबिि माइक्रष इांडस्री में तनवेश िी सीमा क्या है?A. 1 crore

B. Greater than 1 crore

C. 50 lakh

D. Less than 1 crore

Ans. D

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Question No: 15

Which new organization has been formed by merging CSO

and NSSO?

सीएसओ औि एनएसएसओ िष शमलािि किस नए सांगठन िा गठन किया गया है?A. NSCO

B. CSSO

C. NSO

D. CSNSO

Ans. C

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Question No: 16

Vyas Samman 2019 won by –

A. Arundhati roy

B. Nasira Sharma

C. K.k. Mishra

D. G. Gopalan

Ans. B

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Question No: 17

The honour of vyas samman awarded by-

A. K K Birla Foundation

B. Azim Premji Foundation

C. Indian government

D. M.P. government

Ans. A

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Question No: 18

Who got first Vyas Samman ?

A. Harivansh Rai Bachchan

B. Dr Ram Vilas Sharma

C. K Siva Reddy

D. Leeladhar Jagudi

Ans. B

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Question No: 19

Who won 28th Bihari Puraskar ?

A. Ram Shukla

B. Arundhati roy

C. Manoj Bajpai

D. Amitav Ghosha

Ans. D

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Question No: 20

Who wrote the book ‘kagaj ki naav’ ?

A. Nasira Sharma

B. Arundhati roy

C. Amitabh bacchan

D. Smriti Irani

Ans. A

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List of major International Awards

conferred upon Prime Minister

Narendra Modi

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1- Order of the Holy Apostle Andrew the First (2019)

Russia’s Highest Civilian Award

PM Modi 17th person who got this award.

The Order was established in 1698 by Tsar Peter the Great, in

honour of Saint Andrew,

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रूस का सर्वोच्च नागरिक पुिस्काि पीएम मोदी 17र्वें व्यक्ति को यह पुिस्काि

ममला।

आदेश 1698 में जाि पीटि गे्रट द्वािा सेंट एंड्र यू के सम्मान में स्थामपत मकया

गया था,

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2. Zayed Medal(2019)

The Order of Zayed is the United Arab Emirates’ highest

civil decoration.

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3. Philip Kotler Presidential Award(2019)

Philip Kotler is a world renowned Professor of Marketing

at Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management.

मिमलप कोटलि नॉथथरे्वस्टनथ यूमनर्वमसथटी, केलॉग सू्कल ऑि मैनेजमेंट में माकेमटंग के मर्वश्व

प्रमसद्ध प्रोिेसि हैं ।

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4. Seoul Peace Prize(2018)

PM Modi is the fourteenth recipient of this award.

The Seoul Peace Prize was established in 1990 as a

biennial recognition with monetary award to

commemorate the success of the 24th Summer

Olympic Games held in Seoul, Korea(1988)

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पीएम मोदी इस पुिस्काि के चौदहर्वें प्राप्तकताथ हैं।

मसयोल शांमत पुिस्काि १९९० में मौमिक पुिस्काि के साथ एक मद्वर्वामषथक

मांयता के रूप में स्थामपत मकया गया था मसयोल, कोरिया (१९८८) में

आयोमजत 24 र्वें ग्रीष्मकालीन ओलंमपक खेलो ंकी सिलता के पपल्ष्य में

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5. Rule of Nishan Izzuddeen(2019)

Highest civilian honour of Maldives

6. Champions of the Earth(2018)

UN’s highest environmental honour.

International Solar Alliance and pledge to eliminate

single use plastic in India by 2022.

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5. मनशान इजुददीन का मनयम (2019) मालदीर्व का सर्वोच्च नागरिक

सम्मान

6. पृथ्वी के चैंमपयंस (2018) संयुि िाष्ट्र का सर्वोच्च पयाथर्विण सम्मान ।

अंतिाथष्ट्र ीय सौि गठबंधन औि 2022 तक भाित में एकल पपयोग

प्लाक्तस्टक को खत्म किने की प्रमतज्ञा।

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7. Grand Collar of the State of Palestine(2018)

8. Amir Amanullah Khan Award(2016)

Afghanistan’s top civilian honour

9. The King Abdulaziz Sash(2016)

Saudi Arabia’s highest civilian honour.

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7. मिमलस्तीन िाज्य का ग्रैंड् कॉलि (2018)

8. आममि अमानुल्लाह खान पुिस्काि (2016) अिगामनस्तान का शीषथ

नागरिक सम्मान

9. िाजा अबु्दलअजीज सैश (2016) सऊदी अिब का सर्वोच्च नागरिक

सम्मान।

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• िाजीव गाांधी खेल ित्न जजसे आधधिारिि तौि पि‘स्पषर्ट्स एांड गेम्स में िाजीव गाांधी खेल ित्न पुिस्िाि’िे रूप में जाना जाता है, भाित गािाज्य िा सवोच्चखेल सम्मान है।

• इस पुिस्िाि िी शुरुआत वण् 1991–92 में हुई थी।

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Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, officially known as the Rajiv Gandhi

Khel Ratna Award in Sports & Games, is the highest

sports honour of the Republic of India.

The award was started in the year 1991–92.

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यह पुिस्िाि भाित सििाि िे युवा एवां खेल मामलों िे मांत्रालय (Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports) द्वािा प्रततवण ्प्रदान किया जाता है।

Reward : Rs. 25 Lakh

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The award is presented annually by the Ministry of Youth

Affairs and Sports, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports,

Government of India.

Reward : Rs. 25 Lakh

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The first recipient of the award was Chess

Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand, who was

honoured for the performance in the year 1991–92.

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In 2001, sport shooter Abhinav Bindra, then

aged 18, became the youngest recipient of

the award.

He is currently India's only individual Olympic

gold medalist. His gold in the 10-meter air rifle

event at the 2008 Summer Olympics was also

India's first Olympic gold medal since 1980.

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Pankaj Advani is the only sportsperson to have won

the award for two sports disciplines; Billiards and

Snooker.

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Karnam Malleswari

At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Malleswari

lifted 110 kg in the "snatch" and 130 kg in the

"clean and jerk" categories for a total of 240

kg.

She won the bronze medal and became the

first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal.

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कणथम मले्लश्विी

2000 मसड्नी ओलंमपक में मले्लश्विी ने 110 मकग्रा भाि र्वगथ में सै्नच औि

130 मकग्रा भाि र्वगथ में कुल 240 मकग्रा भाि र्वगथ में 130 मकग्रा भाि र्वगथ में

110 मकग्रा भाि र्वगथ में 110 मकग्रा भाि पठाया।

पन्ोनें कांस्य पदक जीता औि ओलंमपक पदक जीतने र्वाली पहली भाितीय

ममहला बनी।ं

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In 1995, she received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel

Ratna,India's highest sporting honour.(First

woman to get this award)

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Deepa Malik, the first Indian woman

to win a medal in Paralympics, was

conferred the Rajiv Gandhi Khel

Ratna Award by President Ram Nath

Kovind.

She is the oldest sportsperson to be

conferred the award.

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Sahitya Akademi Awards

The Sahitya Akademi was formally inaugurated by the

Government of India on 12 March 1954.

Though set up by the Government, the Akademi functions as

an autonomous organisation.

It was registered as a society on 7 January 1956, under the

Societies Registration Act, 1860.

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Writer and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor was named among the winners for

Sahitya Akademi Awards. He won the prestigious literature award for his novel 'An Era of Darkness' in the creative non-fiction category in English

literature.

The novel which was published in 2016 describes British rule in India.

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Jnanpith Award (2019 & 2018)

Eminent Malayalam poet Akkitham has been chosen for

the 55th Jnanpith Award for his outstanding contribution

to Malayalam language and Poetry.

Amitab Ghosh is honoured with the 54th Jnanpith Award

for his contribution to English Literature and also

became the 1st English language writer in the list as all

previous winners of the prestigious award have been

writers in Indian languages.

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Jnanpith Award is a literary award presented by

the Bharatiya Jnanpith organization to Indian

writers every year.

This was instituted in 1961 and is given only to

Indian writers who write in Indian languages

and English.

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Facts About Jnanpith Award

The winner is given a cash prize of Rs. 11 lakh

and a bronze replica of Goddess Saraswati,

the Hindu goddess of learning.

The first recipient of the award was

Malayalam writer G Sankara Kurup in 1965 for

his novel ‘Odakkuzhal’ (The Bamboo Flute).

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The first woman writer to be awarded this award was Ashapoorna Devi, a Bengali writer,

in 1976.

The organization which presents this award

was founded in 1944 by industrialist and

philanthropist Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain.

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Padma Awards 2020

The Padma Awards are announced annually on

the eve of Republic Day (26th January).

Instituted in the year 1954, it is one of the highest

civilian honours of India.

The Award seeks to recognize achievements in all

fields of activities or disciplines where an element of

public service is involved.

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The Awards are given in three categories:

1. Padma Vibhushan (for exceptional and

distinguished service),

2. Padma Bhushan (distinguished service of higher-

order)

3. Padma Shri (distinguished service).

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The total number of awards to be given in a year (excluding posthumous awards and to NRI/foreigners/OCIs) should not be more

than 120.

In 2020, the President has approved conferment of 141 Padma

Awards including 4 duo cases (in a duo case, the Award is counted as

one).

The list comprises of 7 Padma Vibhushan, 16 Padma Bhushan and 118

Padma Shri Awards.

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Padma Vibhushan

1. George Fernandes (Posthumous)

2. Arun Jaitley (Posthumous)

3. Sir Anerood Jugnauth

4. M. C. Mary Kom

5. Chhannulal Mishra

6. Sushma Swaraj (Posthumous)

7. Sri Vishveshateertha Swamiji (Posthumous)

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