Awards & Honours GK Multiple Choice Questions and Answers 2024 (Latest Updated)

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Awards & Honours GK Questions 2024 (Latest Updated)

1. Which country’s Prime Minister was granted the ‘Grand Cross of the Order of Honour’ by Greece in 2023?
  1. China
  2. USA
  3. Ukraine
  4. India

Answer: India

2. Who has been nominated as the Ambassador for ‘War Against Waste’ in Jammu & Kashmir?
  1. Sachin Tendulkar
  2. Vidya Balan
  3. Captain Bana Singh
  4. Viswanathan Anand

Answer: Captain Bana Singh

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3. Which Union Ministry confers the National Intellectual Property Awards in India?
  1. Ministry of Commerce and Industry
  2. Ministry of MSME
  3. Ministry of Finance
  4. Ministry of Corporate Affairs

Answer: Ministry of Commerce and Industry

4. Narges Mohammadi, who won 2023 Nobel Prize for Peace, is from which country?
  1. Israel
  2. Iran
  3. UAE
  4. Oman

Answer: Iran

5. Who is the recipient of the first-ever ‘Lifetime Disturbing the Peace Award’?
  1. Salman Rushdie
  2. Arundhati Roy
  3. Joe Biden
  4. Rory Stewart

Answer: Salman Rushdie

6. Who has been named as the ‘Person of the year 2023’ by Time magazine?
  1. Volodymyr Zelensky
  2. Taylor Swift
  3. Simone Biles
  4. Xi Jinping

Answer: Taylor Swift

7. Who is the author of song “Banglar Mati Banglar Jal”, recently declared as State Song of West Bengal?
  1. Rabindranath Tagore
  2. Nazrul Islam
  3. Nabagopal Mitra
  4. Sarojini Naidu

Answer: Rabindranath Tagore

8. Who won the first prize at the ‘National Youth Parliament Festival 2024’?
  1. Vaishna Pitchai
  2. Yatin Bhaskar Duggal
  3. Kanishka Sharma
  4. Aastha Sharma

Answer: Yatin Bhaskar Duggal

9. Recently, who has become the first Indian monk to be honoured with the American President’s Gold Volunteer Service award?
  1. Acharya Lokesh Muni
  2. Raghaveshwara Bharathi
  3. Vijayendra Saraswati
  4. Bharathi Tirtha

Answer:Acharya Lokesh Muni

10. Sivasankari, who received the ‘Saraswati Samman 2022’, is a famous author of which language?
  1. Malayalam
  2. Tamil
  3. Telugu
  4. Kannada

Answer: Tamil

11. Which Indian state bagged the Global Responsible Tourism Award 2023?
  1. Assam
  2. Kerala
  3. Goa
  4. Uttarakhand

Answer: Kerala

12. Which organization recently awarded Captain Abhilash Rawat and his crew of oil tanker ‘Marlin Luanda for Exceptional Bravery in Red Sea Mission?
  1. World Meteorological Organization
  2. International Maritime Organisation
  3. World Bank
  4. United Nations Environment Programme

Answer: International Maritime Organisation

13. Who was awarded the Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar 2024 in the category of Vigyan Ratna?
  1. Prof. Govindarajan Padmanabhan
  2. Dr. Anandharamakrishnan C.
  3. Prof. Umesh Varshney
  4. Prof. Syed Wajih Ahmad Naqvi

Answer: Prof. Govindarajan Padmanabhan

14. Nobel Prize in Medicine 2023 was awarded to Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman for their work in _:
  1. Hepatitis C virus
  2. mRNA Vaccines
  3. Human evolution
  4. Receptors for temperature

Answer: mRNA Vaccines

15. Which film received the Special Jury or Silver Peacock Award at the 54th International Film Festival of India?
  1. Featherweight
  2. Kantara
  3. Sarpatta Parambarai
  4. A Thursday

Answer: Kantara

16. Who is / was the first tribal Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh?
  1. Vishnu Deo Sai
  2. Ajit Jogi
  3. Bhupesh Baghel
  4. Arun Sao

Answer: Ajit Jogi

17. Which of the following numbers is called Hardy–Ramanujan number or most famous taxicab number?
  1. 1729
  2. 5436
  3. 38787
  4. 19083

Answer: 1729

18. Recently, which medical institution has won the 2024 Nelson Mandela Award for Health Promotion by WHO?
  1. NIMHANS, Bengaluru
  2. KGMU, Lucknow
  3. AIIMS, Delhi
  4. CMC, Vellore

Answer: NIMHANS, Bengaluru

19. In the year 2022, total how many persons have been honoured with Padma Awards?
  1. 128 persons
  2. 18 persons
  3. 04 persons
  4. 34 persons

Answer: 128 persons

20. Tharman Shanmugaratnam has been elected as President of which country?
  1. Singapore
  2. Malaysia
  3. Maldives
  4. Mauritius

Answer: Singapore

21. Recently, who has been selected for Assam’s highest civilian award ‘Assam Vaibhav’?
  1. Amit Shah
  2. Narendra Modi
  3. Ratan Tata
  4. Ranjan Gogoi

Answer:Ranjan Gogoi

22. Recently, who was honored with the World Literary Prize for her contribution to literature by the World Organization of Writers (WOW)?
  1. Mahasweta Devi
  2. Mamta Ji Sagar
  3. Anita Desai
  4. Manjit Singh

Answer: Mamta Ji Sagar

23. Which ministry has recently conferred National Metallurgist Awards to recognize outstanding contributions in the metallurgical field?
  1. Ministry of Science and Technology
  2. Ministry of Mines
  3. Ministry of Steel
  4. Ministry of Earth Sciences

Answer: Ministry of Steel

24. Who will be honored with the Donostia Award at the San Sebastian Film Festival this year?
  1. Pedro Almodovar
  2. Tilda Swinton
  3. Penelope Cruz
  4. Antonio Banderas

Answer: Pedro Almodovar

25. Which movie won the best Feature Film award at the 69th National Film Awards in 2023?
  1. Rocketry: The Nambi Effect
  2. Gangubai Kathiawadia
  3. Sarpatta Parambarai
  4. RRR

Answer: Rocketry: The Nambi Effect

26. Which Nobel Prize is awarded in 2023 for creation of ‘Quantum dots’?
  1. Physics
  2. Chemistry
  3. Physiology
  4. None of the above

Answer: Chemistry

27. Which Union Ministry instituted the National Metallurgist Award (NMA)?
  1. Ministry of Commerce and Industry
  2. Ministry of MSME
  3. Ministry of Steel
  4. Ministry of Power

Answer: Ministry of Steel

28. Annual festival ‘Shar Amartala Torgya’ is celebrated every year in which state?
  1. Sikkim
  2. Tripura
  3. Mizoram
  4. Arunachal Pradesh

Answer: Arunachal Pradesh

29. Recently, who has received the ‘Maharashtra Bhushan Award 2024’ in recognition of his contributions to the field of regenerative medicine?
  1. Pradeep Mahajan
  2. Ashok Saraf
  3. Babasaheb Purandare
  4. Anil Kakodkar

Answer: Pradeep Mahajan

30. Recently, who has been selected for the prestigious John Dirks Prize in global health?
  1. Dr. SK Bose
  2. Dr. Gagandeep Kang
  3. Dr. Randeep Singh
  4. Dr. Sushovan Banerjee

Answer: Dr. Gagandeep Kang

31. Which two Indian space scientists received the honour at the Global Space Conference from the prestigious organization Committee on Space Research (COSPAR)?
  1. Prahlad Chandra Agrawal and Anil Bhardwaj
  2. Ajay Kumar Sood and Pawan Kumar
  3. Lalitha Abraham and Rajiv Gauba
  4. Ashwin Vasavada and Sharmila Bhattacharya

Answer: Prahlad Chandra Agrawal and Anil Bhardwaj

32. Which award was Wing Commander Vernon Desmond Keane conferred with for his exceptional gallantry and courage?
  1. Param Vir Chakra
  2. Ashoka Chakra
  3. Kirti Chakra
  4. None of the above

Answer: Shaurya Chakra

33. Dr Shanta Thoutam, who received the World Innovation Award, is the Chief Innovation Officer (CIO) of which state?
  1. Tamil Nadu
  2. Telangana
  3. Odisha
  4. New Delhi

Answer: Telangana

34. Pablo Picasso is a celebrated artist from which country?
  1. USA
  2. Spain
  3. Italy
  4. Australia

Answer: Spain

35. Peace activist Ali Abu Awwad, who is one of the 2 recipients of Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament, and Development for 2023, belongs to __:
  1. Qatar
  2. Palestine
  3. Bangladesh
  4. India

Answer: Palestine

36. Recently, which Indian airport received recognition at UNESCO’s 2023 Prix Versailles?
  1. Kempegowda International Airport
  2. Indira Gandhi International Airport
  3. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport
  4. Chennai International Airport

Answer: Kempegowda International Airport

37. Who has been conferred the Sangita Kalanidhi award in 2024 by the Madras Music Academy?
  1. Aruna Sairam
  2. N G Ganesan
  3. Ritha Rajan
  4. T M Krishna

Answer: T M Krishna

38. Which public sector company was awarded with the third rank in the Talent Development category at the ATD BEST Awards 2024?
  1. NTPC
  2. NHPC
  3. REC
  4. SJVN

Answer: NTPC

39. Recently, which airport has been awarded the best airport title at the India Travel Awards?
  1. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport
  2. Jaipur International Airport
  3. Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
  4. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport

Answer: Rajiv Gandhi International Airport

40. Jon Fosse, who won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature, is from which country?
  1. USA
  2. Germany
  3. Norway
  4. Australia

Answer: Norway

41. Indian activist Safeena Hussain, who has been awarded the prestigious $500,000 WISE Prize recently, has been awarded for her work related to __:
  1. Girls’ education
  2. Environment
  3. Poverty
  4. Women empowerment

Answer: Girls’ education

42. Shirshendhu Mukyopadhyaya, who recently won the 2023 Kuvempu Rashtriya Puraskar is a prolific writer of which language?
  1. Kannada
  2. Bengali
  3. Tamil
  4. Hindi

Answer: Bengali

43. Recently, which mission received the 2024 John L ‘Jack’ Swigert Jr. Award for space exploration?
  1. Chandrayaan-3 Mission
  2. Chandrayaan-2 Mission
  3. Mars Orbiter Mission
  4. Gaganyaan Mission

Answer: Chandrayaan-3 Mission

44. Which actor won the Best Asian Actor award and which film won the Best Asian Film award at the 2024 Septimius Awards held in the Netherlands?
  1. Actor: Irfan Khan; Film: "Dangal"
  2. Actor: Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub; Film: "Maidaan"
  3. Actor: Nawazuddin Siddiqui; Film: "Gully Boy"
  4. Actor: Rajkummar Rao; Film: "Newton"

Answer: Actor: Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub; Film: "Maidaan"

45. State Bank of India (SBI) has onboarded which Indian personality as its brand ambassador?
  1. Amitabh Bachchan
  2. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
  3. Mary Kom
  4. P V Sindhu

Answer: Mahendra Singh Dhoni

46. Recently, which Indian peacekeeper received the ‘United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year for 2023’?
  1. Lakshmi Sehgal
  2. Radhika Sen
  3. Sophia Qureshi
  4. Priya Jhingan

Answer: Radhika Sen

47. Who is currently (December, 2023) India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations?
  1. Arindam Bagchi
  2. Indra Mani Pandey
  3. K Nandini Singla
  4. Ruchira Kamboj

Answer: Ruchira Kamboj

48. Which Indian writer was awarded with the ‘Erasmus Prize’ 2024 for highlighting the climate change crisis?
  1. Kiran Desai
  2. Aravind Adiga
  3. Arundhati Roy
  4. Amitav Ghosh

Answer: Amitav Ghosh

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