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  • Question 1
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    Which one of the following is not an award given on the National Awards Day?
    Solution
    The National Sports Day is observed every year on 29th August every year to birth anniversary of the legendary hockey player Dhyan Chand who was born on 29 August 1905. On this occasion, the President presents National sports Awards to sportspersons. The awards conferred are Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, Arjuna Award and Dronacharya Award.
  • Question 2
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    Which one of the following awards is given along with the National Film Award towards the end of the year?
    Solution
    Every year since its inception in 1954, the Sahitya Akademi Awards are given to the most outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the major Indian languages recognised by the Akademi. The first Awards were given in 1955. Akademi gives 24 awards annually to literary works in the languages it has recognised and an equal number of awards to literary translations from and into the languages of India, both after a year long process of scrutiny, discussion and selection. 
  • Question 3
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    Consider the following statements.
    $$1$$. The Nobel Prize awarding ceremony takes place on December $$10$$ of every year.
    $$2$$. The Nobel Prize for Literature was added later on to the other five existing areas- Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Peace and Economics.
    Which of the statements given is/are correct?
  • Question 4
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    Consider the following statements.
    $$1$$. Devika Rani was the first Indian to win Dadasaheb Phalke Award.
    $$2$$. Bhanu Athaiya was the first Indian Oscar Winner.
    $$3$$. Arundhanti Roy is the first Indian to win Booker Prize.
    Which of the statements given is/are correct?
    Solution
    The Dadasaheb Phalke Award was introduced in 1969 by the government to recognise the contribution of film personalities towards the development of Indian Cinema. The first recipient of this award was Devika Rani. Oscar award is a group of 24 artistic and technical honours that recognises excellence in cinematic achievements in the US film industry. Bhanu Athaiya got the Oscar award for costume design in film Gandhi. The Man Booker International Prize was established in 2005, biannually rewarding an author for a body of work originally written in any language as long as it was widely available in English. Arundhati Roy won the Man Booker prize for her debut novel The God of Small Things.
  • Question 5
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    Match the following.
    List IList II
    A. Padma Vibhushan$$1$$. For distinguished service in any field
    B. Padma Bhushan$$2$$. For distinguished service of high order
    C. Padma Shri$$3$$. For exceptional and distinguished service

    Solution
    Padma Awards, which were instituted in the year 1954, is announced every year on the occasion of Republic Day. The award seeks to recognize works of distinction and is given for distinguished and exceptional achievements/ service in all fields of activities/disciplines. All nominations received for Padma Awards are placed before the Padma Awards Committee, which is constituted by the Prime Minister every year. The Padma Awards Committee is headed by the Cabinet Secretary and includes Home Secretary, Secretary to the President and four to six eminent persons as members. The recommendations of the committee are submitted to the Prime Minister and the President of India for approval.
  • Question 6
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    Tansen Samman has been instituted by the government of ____________.
    Solution
    Instituted by the Government of Madhya Pradesh in 1980, Tansen award is presented every year for excellence in Hindustani classical music. It is presented during the Tansen Samaroh at Gwalior.
  • Question 7
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    Which one of the following fields is related with the Bidhan Chandra Roy Award which was instituted in $$1976$$ in memory of BC Roy?
    Solution
    Dr. B.C. Roy National Award fund was established under the aegis of Medical Council of India to cherish the memory of Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy who was not only the First Indian President of Medical Council of India but the guiding force and inspiring spirit for the Medical Council throughout his life. To commemorate the memory of Dr. B.C. Roy, whose birthday and by rare coincidence, the date of demise also fall on the same day i.e. on 1 st of July, the Government of India declared that 1 st of July of every year be known as “Doctors’ Day”.
  • Question 8
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    Former Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission is awarded the Indian Nuclear Society's Homi Bhabha Lifetime Achievement Award. Who is he?
    Solution
    The Homi Bhabha Lifeime Achievement Award is given to scientist, engineers, technologists who have made a significant impact on Atomic Energy programmes. Anil Kakodkar, the ex-Director of BARC has worked for the development of the atomic energy programme in India throughout his professional life. He was amongst the chosen few involved in the first successful Peaceful Nuclear Explosion Experiment that India conducted on May 18, 1974, at Pokhran. And later, he played a key role in the series of successful Nuclear Tests conducted during May 1998, again at Pokhran.
  • Question 9
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    The Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence is related to which of the following field?
    Solution
    The Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, set up in Delhi in 1995, has instituted the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration, Academics and Management. Each year, the award honours an Indian who is an exceptionally outstanding and distinguished business leader, management practitioner, public administrator, educator or institution builder for his/her sustained individual contributions and achievements. 
  • Question 10
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    The Kalidas Samman is a prestigious arts award presented annually by the government of ________.
    Solution
    The Kalidas Samman is a prestigious arts award presented annually by the government of Madhya Pradesh in India. The award is named after Kālidāsa, a renowned Classical Sanskrit writer of ancient India. The winners are selected by a five-member committee appointed by the Government of Madhya Pradesh, which consists of eminent artists, art critics and officials from the Sangeet Natak Akademi (India’s National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama).
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