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Awards and Honours 2024
Q. Who has been honored with “33rd Saraswati Samman 2023”?
Ans. Prabha Verma
Note: Award given by K.K Birla Foundation to Prabha Verma for his Novel “Raudra Satvikam“
First winner – Harivansh Rai Bachchan[/expand]
Q. Who has been awarded with the mathematics award “Able Prize 2024”?
Ans. Michel Taalagrand
Note: Award given by The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters [/expand]
Q. ‘Sangeeta Kala Nidhi Award 2024’ has been awarded to whom?
Ans. (a) T.M Krishna (Carnatic Musician)
Q. First Indian woman honoured with Arjun Award for Equestrian (घुड़सवार) sports?
Ans. Divya Kirti Singh
Q. Who won the FIFA Men’s Player Award 2024?
Ans. Lionel Messi
Q. How many persons have been awarded the Bharat Ratna Award 2024?
Ans. 5
1. LK Advani – 7th deputy prime minister of India
2. Karpoori Thakur – 11th chief minister of Bihar
3. PV Narasimha Rao – 9th PM of India
4. MS Swaminathan – father of the Green Revolution
5. Chaudhari Charan Singh – 5th PM of India
Q. Who has received the prestigious Roman Rolland Book Prize 2024?
Ans. Pankaj Kumar Chatterjee
Note: for translation of Jean Daniel’s Book (Le Divan de Staline) into Bengali (Title- Staliner Divan)
Q. Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Award 2024 has been given to which of the following actors?
Ans. Shahrukh Khan
Note:
Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival award 2024
Best film – Jawan
Best Director – Sandeep Reddy Vanga (Animal movie)
Shahrukh Khan – Best actor (Jawan movie)
Rani Mukherjee – Best actress (Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway)
Q. For scientific research who has been awarded the prestigious “G.D. Birla Award 2023”?
Ans. Aditi Sen De
Q. Which film won the Best Film award at the 96th Oscar 2024?
(a) Oppenheimer
(b) The Godfather Part 2
(c) Poor Things
(d) None of the above
”Answer”
Note: 96th Oscar 2024
Best Film – Oppenheimer
Best Director – Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer)
Best Actor – Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer)
Best Actress – Emma Stone (Poor Things)
Q. Who won the title of Miss World 2024?
(a) Audrey Vanessa
(b) Divyanshi Batra
(c) Yasmina Zaytoun
(d) Krystyna Pyszkova
”Answer”
Q. Recently who has been awarded with oldest and highest Indian Literary award 58th Gyanpith Award 2023?
(a) Padma Subramanyam
(b) Jagadguru rambhadracharya
(c) Gulzar
(d) Both b & c
”Answer”
Note: 1st award was given in 1965 to G.Sankara Kurup
Q. How many people have been awarded the Padam Award 2024?
(a) 132
(b) 101
(c) 106
(d) 108
”Answer”
Q. Best state Tableau Award of Republic Day Parade 2024 was given to which state?
(a) Punjab
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Odisha
”Answer”
Note:
Odisha – first prize in Best State Tableau Award of Republic Day Parade 2024 (Theme- Women Empowerment in Viksit Bharat)
Army Sikh regiment – Best Marching Contingent
Q. Who has won the “International Booker Prize 2024” for the novel Kairos?
(a) Ravi Kannan R
(b) Shrinivas R Kulkarni
(c) Jenny Erpenbeck
(d) Swati Nayak
”Answer”
Note: International Booker Prize 2024 won by Jenny Erpenbeck (Germany) for his novel Kairos. The novel was translated into English by Michael Hofmann.
International Booker Prize 2023 – Georgi Gospodinov (for Time Shelter)
Q. __________has been named as the 2024 young Global leader?
(a) Adwaita Nayar
(b) Sneha Padayan
(c) Maroti Gejik
(d) Rafia Mahir
”Answer”
Q. Which film has been awarded the best film award at Filmfare Award 2024?
(a) Animal
(b) 12th Fail
(c) Jawan
(d) Lagaan 2
”Answer”
Note:
Filmfare Award 2024
Best film – 12th Fail
Best Director – Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Best Male Actor – Ranbir Kapoor (Film – Animal)
Q. Who has won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023 for economics?
(a) Claudia Goldin
(b) L Huillier
(c) Jon Fosse
(d) Pierre Agostini
”Answer”
Note:
Nobel Prize is given in the name of Alfred Nobel (Sweden) Dynamite Inventor
Price Nobel Prize is given in 6 field
1. Physics – Pierre Agostini (French experimental physicist) , French Krausz (Hungarian Austrian Physicist) & Anne L Huillier ( French Physicist)
2. Chemistry – Moungi Gabriel Bawendi (Chemist), Alexey Ekimov (Russian Physicist), Louis E Brus (USA)
3. Literature – Jon Fosse
4. Physiology or medicine – Katalin Kariko ( Hungarian American Biochemist), Drew Weissman ( American Physician)
5. Economics – Claudia
(1 to 5) Given at Sweden
6. Peace (Nobel Peace Prize) – Narges Mohammadi
Given at Norway
Q. Lata Dinanath Mangeshkar award has been given to _________?
(a) Mithun Chakraborty
(b) Shahrukh Khan
(c) Amitabh Bachchan
(d) Rani Mukherjee
”Answer”
Q. ______has been presented with the Indian of the Year award for 2023?
(a) ISRO
(b) DRDO
(c) Both a & b
(d) None of the above
”Answer”
Q. Jivan Raksha Padak has been honored to which of the following persons?
(a) Rajesh Agrawal
(b) Manoj Kumar
(c) Hardik Patel
(d) Shashikant Kumar
”Answer”
Q. _________has been honored with Buddha’s “Order of the Druk Gyalpo” Award?
(a) S Jaishankar
(b) PM Narendra Modi
(c) Rajnath Singh
(d) Nirmala Sitaraman
”Answer”
Q. Who won the Laureus Sportsman of the Year Award 2024?
(a) Rafael Nadal (Tennis)
(b) Cristiano Ronaldo (Football)
(c) Lionel Messi (Football)
(d) Novak Djokovic (Tennis)
”Answer” Note: 2024 Laureus world sports Award winners :- Sportsman of the Year award Novak Djokovic (Tennis) Sportswomen of the Year Award Aitana Bonmati (Football)Novak Djokovic won gold in men’s single tennis at the Paris Olympics 2024 Q. In Swachh Sarvekshan 2023, which city has declared the cleanest city in India? (a) Delhi (b) Indore (c) Surat (d) Both a & b ”Answer” Note: Cleanest Ganga towns – Varanasi and Prayagraj Cleanest City – Indore and Surat Cleanest State – Maharashtra Q. Who won the prestigious Gold Man Environment Price 2024? (a) Shrinivas R Kulkarni (b) Ravi Kannan R (c) Alok Shukla (d) Jenny Erpenbeck ”Answer” Note: Goldman Environmental price also known as Green Nobel Award. Alok Shukla is an environmental activist who had saved 4.45 lakh acres of biodiversity rich forest in Chhattisgarh. Q. In astronomy who has been awarded the “Shaw Prize 2024” (a) Shrinivas R Kulkarni (b) Swati Nayak (c) Ravi Kannan R (d) Alok Shukla ”Answer” Q. Which film get the best film award at 77th Baffta Award 2024? (a) Oppenheimer (b) Society of the snow (c) Perfect days (d) Zone of interest ”Answer” Note: 77th Baffta Award 2024 Cillian Murphy – Best Actor (Film Oppenheimer) Emma Stone – best actress (Film Poor Thinking) Christopher Nolan – Best Director (Film Oppenhaimer) Q. For health production which institute has been honoured with the prestigious Nelson Mandela Award 2024? (a) The University Of Oxford (b) NIMHANS (c) ONGC (d) AIIMS ”Answer” Note: NIMHANS – National Institute of Mental Health and Neuroscience located in Bengaluru. Q. Which of the following Indian films won the prestigious “Grand Prix Award” at the 77th Cannes Film Festival? (a) Bookworm (b) All we imagine as light (c) Gangubai Kathiawadi (d) Aavasavyuham ”Answer” Note: Directed by Payal Kapadia (First Indian to win this award) Q. Who has been awarded the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratan Award 2023? Ans. Satwiksairaj Rankieddy & Chirag Shetty Note: Highest National sports Award 2023 given at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. Satwiksairaj Rankieddy – badminton Chirag Shetty – Badminton Arjun Award given to 26 players Maulana Abul Kalam Azad trophy 2023 Winner – Guru Nanak Dev University (Amritsar) Dronacharya Award given to coaches Shivendra Singh – hockey Lalit Kumar – wrestling Mahaveer Saini – Para Athletics RB Ramesh – Chess Ganesh Prabhakaran – mallakham Q. Who won the gold medal in men’s singles tennis at the Paris Olympics 2024? Ans. Novak Djokovic Note: 2024 Laureus World Sports Award winners:- Sportsman of the Year award Novak Djokovic (Tennis) Q. Which city has been honored with the title of Water Warrior City? Ans. Noida Q. Who had been awarded with “International Culture Award 2024”? Ans. Mina Charanda Q. Who won “Pritzker Architecture Prize 2024? Ans. Riken Yamamto (Japan) Q. Who won the Green Oscar Wilde gold Award 2024? Ans. Purnima Devi Burman Note: Purnima Devi Burman belongs to Assam Current Affairs July 2024 – Click Here