Awards, Honours and Persons in News (MCQs)
Categories: OTHERS
Q.1. Farooq Nazki, who passed away recently, was associated with which profession?
(A) Poet
(B) Wrestler
(C) Scientist
(D) Politician
Ans. (A) Poet
Q.2. Sebastian Pinera, who recently passed away, was the former President of which country?
(A) Peru
(B) Chile
(C) Brazil
(D) Argentina
Ans. (B) Chile
Q.3. Who has been appointed as the non executive chairman and independent director of the NPCI?
(A) Ajay Kumar Choudhary
(B) Shailendra Trivedi
(C) Biswamohan Mahapatra
(D) Noopur Chaturvedi
Ans. (A) Ajay Kumar Choudhary
Q.4. Where was the statue of Khasi freedom fighter U Tirot Sing recently unveiled?
(A) Kathmandu
(B) Dhaka
(C) Hyderabad
(D) Kolkata
Ans. (B) Dhaka
Q.5. Which of the following litterateurs have been named the recipients of the 58th Jnanpith Award?
(A) Kiran Desai and Arvind Adiga
(B) Kedarnath singh and Vikram Seth
(C) Gulzar and Jagadguru Rambhadracharya
(D) Vikram Seth and Arvind Adiga
Ans. (C) Gulzar and Jagadguru Rambhadracharya
Q.6. Recently, who has been elected as the new president of the International Court of Justice (ICJ)?
(A) Nawaf Salam
(B) Dalveer Bhandari
(C) Joan Donoghue
(D) Ronny Abraham
Ans. (A) Nawaf Salam
Q.7. Who has been bestowed with the prestigious ‘Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur’, France’s highest civilian honour?
(A) Rajnath Singh
(B) Shashi Tharoor
(C) Neeraj Chopra
(D) LK Advani
Ans. (B) Shashi Tharoor
Q.8.Manohar Joshi, who passed away recently, was former Chief Minister of which state?
(A) Gujarat
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Karnataka
(D) Tamil Nadu
Ans. (B) Maharashtra
Q.9. Pankaj Udhas, who passed away recently, was associated with which field?
(A) Politics
(B) Sports
(C) Singing
(D) Scientist
Ans. (C) Singing
Q.10. Recently, which Indian received an Honorary Knighthood from United Kingdom’s King Charles III?
(A) Rajan Bharti Mittal
(B) Sunil Bharti Mittal
(C) Sushil Kumar Sayal
(D) Akhil Gupta
Ans. (B) Sunil Bharti Mittal