Awards 2016 : Expected Questions - Set 1

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1. First Jesse Owens Olympic Spirit Award­ 2016 will be bestowed to which Olympic champion ?
1. Muhammad Ali
2. Michael Phelps
3. Usain Bolt
4. Larisa Latynina
5. None of These
2. Name the Indian-American who was recently honoured by USA as 2016 Texas Elementary Teacher of the Year for her excellent work in the field of education ?
1. Revathi Balakrishnan
2. Sunder Pichai
3. Satya Nadela
4. Vivek Murthy
   
5. None of These
3. Renowned author of Harry Potter series, JK Rowling has been honoured with highest ____________ civilian honour Legion Of Honour ?
1. Russian
2. German
3. French
4. Spanish
5. None of These
4. Jadavpur University won 12th National Youth Parliament Competition for Universities and Colleges conducted by Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs. This university is located at ?
1. Jaipur
2. Kolkata
3. Rohtak
4. Lucknow
5. None of These
5. National Indian Students and Alumni Union (NISAU) awarded Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar with Honorary Fellowship in for his contributions to world peace and culture. NISAU is in  ?
1. Germany
2. Spain
3. Russia
4. USA
5. UK
6. Name the singer, who has been selected for 23rd Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award 2016. ?
1. Lata Mangeshkar
2. Shreya Ghoshal
3. Sunidhi Chauhan
4. Sonu Nigam
5. Shubha Mudgal
7. Advay Ramesh has won Google Community Impact Award from Asia for creating a device that enhances fishermen’s safety and productivity, named FishErmen Lifeline Terminal (FELT). He is from  ?
1. Lucknow
2. Ahmedabad
3. Chennai
4. Delhi
5. None of These
8. ________ Tourism has won the Lonely Planet Group’s Best Indian Destination for Wildlife Award ?
1. Meghalaya
2. Madhya Pradesh
3. Mizoram
4. Manipur
5. None of These
9. In national Sports Awards 2016, Arjun Award has been given to 15 Sportspersons including Cricketer _______________ ?
1. Virat Kohli
2. Ajinkya Rahane
3. Rohit Sharma
4. MS Dhoni
5. None of These
10. ___________ won the ‘Best Horticulture State’ award at Agricultural Leadership Summit 2016 organized by ICFA in New Delhi. 
1. Uttar Pradesh
2. Haryana
3. Rajasthan
4. Kerala
5. None of These
11. ____________ won 5 Medals for Young Scientists award 2016, awarded by the Indian National Science Academy (INSA). ?
1. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
2. Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
3. Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
4. Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
5. None of These
12. Ecologist and conservation activist Bibhuti Lahkar became first Asian to win prestigious ‘Heritage Heroes Award’ of International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). He is from  ?
1. Meghalaya
2. Assam
3. Maniput
4. Kerala
5. None of These
13. Name the Cookbook author and food blogger, who has recently won Gourmand World Cookbook Award 2015-16, for her cookbook 4 oclock Temptations of Kerala”. It was chosen for award in the ‘Best Indian Cuisine Cookbook section ?
1. Sanjeev Kumar
2. Tarla Dalal
3. Nimi Sunilkumar
4. Amish Tripathi
5. None of These
14. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (OSCAR Academy) presented Technical Award to Indian - origin actor ______________ and Cottalango Leon.
1. Priyanka Chopra
2. Bobby Jindal
3. Rahul Thakkar
4. Kal Penn
5. None of These
15. _____________ conferred with Bharat Gaurav Award in London (UK) by Sanksriti Yuva Sansth, a Jaipur-headquartered NGO ?
1. Neerja Bhanot
2. Sachin Tendulkar
3. Atal Bihari Vajpayee
4. C R Rao
5. None of These
16. __________, noted Indian sand artist won gold medal in People’s Choice Prize at 2016 world championship festival of sand sculpting Russe in Bulgaria for his sand sculpture Drugs kill Sports ?
1. Nitish Bharti
2. Sudarsan Pattnaik
3. Badal Barai
4. A. S. Kiran Kumar
5. None of These
17. __________ Agriculture Project won World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) 2016 prize in e-Agriculture category. 
1. Rajasthan
2. Madhya Pradesh
3. Kerala
4. Uttar Pradesh
5. Andhra Pradesh
18. Bethool Ajmal from ______ named as winner of The Little Miss Princess of Asia 2016 at a beauty pageant held in Georgia ?
1. Kerala
2. Karnataka
3. Manipur
4. Meghalaya
5. Maharashtra
19. Name the Industrialist, who has been conferred with 10th Annual Clinton Global Citizen Award for leadership in business and philanthropy ?
1. Mukesh Ambani
2. Ratan Tata
3. Adi Godrej
4. Kumar Birla
5. None of These
20. Oscar winning Legendary Indian music composer A R Rahman honored by ____________'s Fukuoka prize 2016 in Grand Prize category for his outstanding contribution towards showcasing South Asian traditional fusion music ?
1. China
2. Japan
3. Vietnam
4. South Korea
5. None of These

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