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(a) Justice Ranjana P Desai
(b) Justice V. K. Bali
(c) Justice Deepak Verma
(d) Justice A. K. Patnaik
The correct answers to the above question in:
Answer: (b)
Two successive years of controversies in the Arjuna award forced the Union sports ministry to appoint V.K. Bali, former Chief Justice of Kerala High Court, as the head of the selection committee in July 2015.
Recommendations made by the earlier panels headed by Michael Ferreira (2013) and Kapil Dev (2014) led to intense lobbying amongst rival athletes.
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Question : 1
Who announced first ever Dadabhai Naoroji Awards ?
a) Pakistan
b) Bangladesh
c) India
d) U.K.
Answer »Answer: (d)
The UK government announced the inaugural Dadabhai Naoroji Awards to honour individuals who have worked to strengthen the UK- India relationship over the years.
Question : 2
Who was the first Ramon Magsaysay Award winner from India?
a) Dr. Verghese Kurien
b) Jayaprakash Narayan
c) C.D. Deshmukh
d) Acharya Vinoba Bhave
Answer »Answer: (d)
The Ramon Magsaysay Award is an annual award established to perpetuate former Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay’s example of integrity in government, courageous service to the people, and pragmatic idealism within a democratic society. The Ramon Magsaysay Award is often considered Asia’s Nobel Prize.
The prize was established in April 1957 by the trustees of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund based in New York City with the concurrence of the Philippine government. Sir Chintaman Dwarakanath Deshmukh won this award in 1959, becoming the second recipient of this award after Jipson John of Taiwan in 1958. He was an Indian civil servant and the first Indian to be appointed as the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India in 1943 by the British Raj authorities. He subsequently served as the Finance Minister in the Union Cabinet (1950–1956).
After their resignation from the Union Cabinet He worked as Chairman of U.G.C.(1956–1961). He served as vice-chancellor of the University of Delhi (1962–67). He was also President of I.S.I.(Indian Statistical Institute) from 1945 to 1964, Honorary Chairman of National Book Trust (1957–60).
Note: The Ramon Magsaysay Award is an annual award established to perpetuate former Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay’s example of integrity in governance, courageous service to the people, and pragmatic idealism within a democratic society. Human rights activist Bezwada Wilson and Carnatic musician Thodur Madabusi Krishna are winners of the Magsaysay Award from India in 2016. Acharya vinobha Bhave was the first Indian to receive the Ramon Magsaysay award in 1958 for community leadership.
Question : 3
Who among the following is not a recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award?
a) Mukesh Bhatt
b) Raj Kapoor
c) V. Shantaram
d) Lata Mangeshkar
Answer »Answer: (a)
The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is India’s highest award in cinema given annually by the Government of India for its lifetime contribution to Indian cinema. The Dadasaheb Phalke Award was conferred on V. Shantaram in 1985.
Lata Mangeshkar has won several awards and honours, including
- Bharat Ratna (India’s Highest Civilian Award),
- Padma Bhushan (1969),
- Padma Vibhushan (1999),
- Dada Saheb Phalke Award (1989),
- Maharashtra Bhushan Award (1997),
- NTR National Award (1999),
- Bharat Ratna (2001),
- ANR National Award (2009),
- three National Film Awards, and
- 12 Bengal Film Journalists’ Association Awards.
The Government of India honoured Raj Kapoor with the Padma Bhushan in 1971 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1987 for his contributions towards Indian cinema.
Question : 4
Consider the following Statements.
- Roger Federer of Switzerland has won the US Open Men’s Singles title.
- Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut won the Men’s Doubles trophy of the US Open.
- Sania Mirza (India) and Martina Hingis (Switzerland) pair won the Switzerland women’s Doubles trophy of the US Open.
- Leander Paes (India) and Martina Hingis (Switzerland) pair won the Mixed Doubles trophy of Final Grand Slam of the US Open.
a) 1, 3 and 4 only
b) 1 and 2 only
c) 1 only
d) 2, 3 and 4 only
Answer »Answer: (d)
Novak Djokovic of Serbia has won the US Open Men’s Singles defeating Roger Federer of Switzerland.
Question : 5
Which of the following statements is /are correct?
- Mathematician Dr. Amalendu Krishna is the recipient of Ramanujan Prize for year 2015.
- Sania Mirza has been recommended for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award 2015.
- Uttarakhand Tourism has won 2015 Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) award.
a) 2 and 3 only
b) 2 only
c) 1 and 2 only
d) All of these
Answer »Answer: (c)
Kerala Tourism has won 2015 Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) award.
Question : 6
Consider the following statements:
- Nobel prize in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology and Literature is awarded in Oslo, Norway.
- The Nobel peace prize is awarded in Stockholm, Sweden.
a) Both 1 and 2
b) 1 only
c) 2 only
d) Neither 1 nor 2
Answer »Answer: (a)
Both the given statements are correct regarding the Nobel Prize.
The Nobel Prize is a set of annual international awards bestowed in a number of categories by Swedish and Norwegian committees in recognition of cultural and/or scientific advances. The will of the Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel established the prizes in 1895.
The prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace were first awarded in 1901. The related Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was created in 1968.
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