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(a) Anshu Gupta
(b) Bezwada Wilson
(c) T.M. Krishna
(d) Sanjiv Chaturvedi
The correct answers to the above question in:
Answer: (b)
Bezwada Wilson, a renowned campaigner against manual scavenging, and Carnatic singer T.M. Krishna from Chennai were, in July 2016, named for the prestigious Magsaysay Award.
Wilson received the award for “asserting the inalienable right to a life of human dignity.” He is the national convener of the Safai Karmachari Andolan.
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Question : 1
Who received Sangeet Natak Akademi’s Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar for Dance in 2009 ?
a) Abanti Chakravorty and Sukracharya Rabha
b) Ragini Chander Sarkar
c) Omkar Shrikant Dadarkar
d) K. Nellai Manikandan
Answer »Answer: (b)
The Sangeet Natak Akademi, on July 14, 2010, announced the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskars for 2009.
Recipients of the award in different fields are as follows:
Music:
- Omkar Shrikant Dadarkar – Hindustani vocal;
- Murad Ali – Hindustani instrumental – sarangi;
- Sanjeev Shankar and Ashwani Shankar (joint award) – Hindustani instrumental – shehnai;
- C.S. Sajeev – Carnatic vocal;
- Mysore A. Chandan Kumar – Carnatic instrumental – flute;
- V. Balaji - Carnatic instrumental – mridangam;
- Anil Srinivasan – creative and experimental music; and
- Moirangthem Meina Singh other major tradition of music – Nata Sankirtana of Manipur.
In Dance the awardees were:
- Ragini Chander Shekar – Bharatanatyam;
- Monisa Nayak – Kathak;
- Hanglem Indu Devi – Manipuri;
- Chinta Ravi Balakrishna – Kuchipudi;
- Lingaraj Pradhan – Odissi;
- Menaka P.P. Bora – Sattriya;
- Manjula B. Murthy – Mohiniattam;
- Swamimalai K. Suresh (music for dance) – Bharatanatyam nattuvangam and vocal.
Question : 2
Nikhil Srivastava who has been recently declared as the joint winner of the prestigious George Polya Award is a/an
a) Biologist
b) Mathematician
c) Physicist
d) Social Scientist
Answer »Answer: (b)
Nikhil Srivastava has been declared as the joint winner of the George Polya Award for solving the Kadison Singer problem.
Question : 3
Who had been selected for the Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award 2013 ?
a) Aashish Khan
b) Gautam Ghosh
c) Amjad Ali Khan
d) Muzaffar Ali
Answer »Answer: (c)
Sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan was chosen for the 21st Rajiv Gandhi National Sadhbhavna Award (2013) for his contribution towards the promotion of communal harmony and peace.
The award was conferred on him on 20 August 2013, the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
Note: In 2016 Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award is presented to Shobha Mudgal (singer).
Question : 4
Consider the following statements
- Renowned Malayalam filmmaker I.V. Sasi was awarded the prestigious J.C. Daniel Award for the year 2014.
- Angus Deaton wins the 2015 Nobel Prize in Economics.
a) Neither 1 nor 2
b) 1 only
c) 2 only
d) Both 1 and 2
Answer »Answer: (d)
I.V. Sasi was awarded the prestigious J.C. Daniel Award for the year 2014 for his contributions towards the Malayalam entertainment industry on 12th October 2015.
Angus Deaton was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Economics on 12th October 2015 for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare.
Question : 5
Who, among the following, is a non-Indian who was conferred “Bharat Ratna”?
a) Nelson Mandela
b) Sheikh Mujibur Rehman
c) Mother Teresa
d) Lord Mountbatten
Answer »Answer: (a)
Nelson Mandela, a South African politician who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, the first-ever to be elected in a fully representative democratic election, became the second non-citizen and first non-Indian recipient of the Bharat Ratna in 1990.
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan was the first nonIndian recipient of this honour in 1987.
Question : 6
International children’s peace prize 2014 was won by–
a) Neha Gupta
b) Sonali Patel
c) C.S. Verma
d) Sweta Mukherjee
Answer »Answer: (a)
Neha Gupta was awarded with the prestigious international children’s peace prize 2014. Neha an 18 year old Indian American from Philadelphia was awarded for her work to help orphans in India and other vulnerable children.
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