QUIZ QUESTIONS ON AWARDS OF INDIA

Directions: In the questions given below, four options have been given. Click on the option which you think is the RIGHT ANSWER to the question.

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1. In which year were the Arjuna Awards instituted?

2. The ‘Dronacharya Award’ is associated with

3. For outstanding contribution to which one of the following fields is Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize given?

4. Which is highest gallantry award for the personnel of armed forces in India?

5. Which of the following States confers the Kabir Samman, Kalidas Samman and Tansen Samman?

6. Which of the following is NOT an award in the field of literature?

7. In whose memory have Manav Sewa Awards for Service to Children instituted by Government of India?

8. In which year were the Padma Awards introduced?

9. Which of the following awards is given to journalists?

10. Which of the following is the highest gallantry award in India given for bravery NOT in the face of enemy?

11. In which of the following years was the first Bharat Ratna awarded?

12. In which of the following fields is the Dhanvantari Award given?

13. Which of the following awards is USUALLY given to only one person in a year?

14. Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna (formerly known as Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award), Arjuna Awards and other sports awards are given to sportspersons on August 29 every year which is the birthday of -

15. Which of the following organisations/states awards the Vyas Samman and Saraswati Samman in the field of literature?


16. The highest Indian decoration for showing valour and gallantry in the war is :

17. Who among the following non-Indians was conferred India’s highest national award ‘Bharat Ratna’?

18. Which of the following has instituted the Bharatendu Harishchandra awards?

19. The name Savitri Khanolkar is associated with design of which of the following awards?

20. How many languages have been recognised by Sahitya Akademi for giving the annual Sahitya Akademi award?

21. Which of the following awards is the peace time equivalent of Maha Vir Chakra?

22. Sportspersons from which discipline have received the maximum number of Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna awards till date?

23. Which organization awards the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards?




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24. Which of these is associated with the National Film awards by Govt of India?

25. How many persons were awarded the Bharat Ratna in the first year i.e. 1954?

26. An award for excellence in disaster management was started by the Govt of India in 2019. After whom is the award named?

27. In which year was the Dada Saheb Phalke Award first given?

28. Which organization confers the Bidhan Chandra Roy award?

29. The first Jnanpith Award was given to Shri G. Sankara Kurup who was a renowned author in which language?

30. Winners of which of the following tournaments are awarded the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy?

31. Who was the first woman to be awarded the Khel Ratna Puraskar?

32. Who was the first woman recipient of the Jnanpith Award?

33. Who was the first writer in English to be awarded the Jnanpith Award?

34. In which year were the Sangeet Natak Akademi awards instituted?

35. Golden Peacock is awarded to the winners at which of the following film festivals?

36. Which of these awards is given by Bhartiya Jnanpith, the organization which gives the Jnanpith Awards?

37. Medallion of which of the following awards is designed in the shape of a peepal leaf (Ficus religiosa)?

38. In which year were the National Film Awards first presented?

39. The award given by Board of Cricket Control in India for lifetime achievement is named after which former cricketer?

40. Who of the following was one of the first persons to be awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 1954?

41. Who of the following political leaders is a recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award, Moortidevi Award and the Saraswati Samman?

42. Who has been awarded the National Film Award for the Best Actor the most number of times?

43. What is the maximum number of persons who can be conferred the Bharat Ratna in a year?

44. Who of the following was awarded the Jnanpith Award for his writings as well as the Sangeet Natak Akademi award for theatre?

45. Who has been awarded the National Film Award for the Best Actress the most number of times?