Awards 2016 : Expected Questions - Set 3

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Awards Quiz 2016

1. Name the Hindustani classical singer who is going to be honoured with 2016 'Lalit Arpan Samman' ?
1. A R Rehmaan
2. Jagjeet Singh
3. Shankar Mahadevan
4. Hariharan
5. Shubha Mudgal
2. Name the Indian American author who has won the International Dublin Literary Award 2016 for his semi­autobiographical novel Family Life ?
1. Ashwin Sanghi
   
2. Amish Tripathi
3. Ramachandra Guha
4. Chetan Bhagat
5. Akhil Sharma
3. ___________ Police department has won National Award for Smart Policing in the category of Road Safety and Traffic Management for initiative of SMS based Vehicle Monitoring System, by FICCI.
1. Nagaland
2. Gujarat
3. Meghalaya
4. Goa
5. None of These
4. SK Sharma has been awarded as Most Enterprising CEO in Electronics Sector by Indo Global Business Council (IGBC). He is the Chairman of  ?
1. SAIL
2. GAIL
3. BHEL
4. BEL
5. None of These
5. Name the Chinese action movie star, who will be awarded with honorary Academy Award (Oscar) by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for his extraordinary achievements in movies.  ?
1. Zhang Ziyi
2. Bruce Lee
3. Jackie Chan
4. Jet Li
5. None of These
6. Name the Indian­ origin person who was honored with 'Lifetime Achievement Award' at Asian Achievers Awards for his work in medical profession and public life in Britain ?
1. Sekhar Basu
2. Pradeep Kumar Sinha
3. G. Gurucharan
4. Narendra Babubhai Patel
5. None of These
7. Maharashtra’s sixth Chess GM Shardul Gagare, and steeplechase specialist _________ chosen for Sports Journalists Association of Mumbai’s (SJAM) Golden Jubilee Annual Awards 2016 ?
1. Dipa Karmakar
2. Lalita Babar
3. Aditi Ashok
4. Khushbir Kaur
5. None of These
8. _____________ honoured UN Secretary­ General Ban Ki­moon with Order of Friendship Award. ?
1. Spain
2. Russia
3. France
4. Germany
5. None of Theses
9. _____________ is selected for 2016 Prof MV Pylee Award as best academician of India ?
1. A P J Abdul Kalam
2. E Sridharan
3. Sunder Pichai
4. Jancy James
5. None of These
10. In National sports awards 2016, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy was given to _____________. 
1. Punjabi University (Patiala)
2. Delhi University
3. Jawaharlal Nehru University
4. Lucknow University
5. None of These
11. Alejandro Aravena won 2016 Pritzker Architecture Prize. He will receive a $100,000 grant and a bronze medal. He is from ?
1. Chile
2. USA
3. Brazil
4. Argentina
5. None of These
12. __________ ice hockey winger Artemi Panarin won 2015-16 season Calder Memorial Trophy at US National Hockey League (NHL’s) Rookie of the Year at NHL Awards ceremony ?
1. French
2. British
3. Russian
4. German
5. Spanish
13. In National Sports Awards 2016, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award have been give to - PV Sindhu (Badminton), Sakshi Malik (Wrestling), Dipa Karmakar (Gymnastics) and __________ (Shooting). ?
1. Heena Sidhu
2. Gagan Narang
3. Jitu Rai
4. Abhinav Bindra
5. None of These
14. Name the Indian author who has won the 2016 Computer History Museum Book Prize for his book “The Outsourcer: The Story of Indias IT Revolution” ?
1. Ravi Subramanian
2. Dinesh C. Sharma
3. Chetan Bhagat
4. Amish Tripathi
5. None of These
15. Noted BJP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy has been honoured with Tamil Ratna award by Tamil Sangam in ___________ ?
1. Spain
2. France
3. Russia
4. UK
5. USA
16. Former Indian Army Chief __________ conferred with Officer of the Legion of Honour, highest French civilian distinction.
1. JJ Singh
2. V K Singh
3. Bikram Singh
4. Deepak Kumar
5. None of These
17. In 20th CEAT Cricket Awards 2016 - Lifetime Achievement - Dilip Vengsarkar, International Cricketer - Joe Root (England), International Bowler - Ravichandran Ashwin, Test Cricketer - Kane Williamson (New Zealand), ODI Cricketer - Martin Guptill (__________) ?
1. New Zealand
2. England
3. South Africa
4. Zimbabwe
5. None of These
18. MK Gandhi's granddaughter Tara Gandhi Bhattacharjee is conferred with Order of Arts and Letters, one of __________' s top honours, for her work for promoting peace, solidarity, culture, education, and development. ?
1. Germany
2. France
3. Spain
4. Russia
5. None of These
19. Name the Indian author who has won the Scholastic Asian Book Award 2016 for her 32,000-word manuscript Codex: The Lost Treasure Of The Indus ?
1. Jhumpa Lahiri
2. Aditi Krishnakumar
3. Rashmi Bansal
4. Shobha De
5. None of These
20. 58th Annual Grammy Award for Best album of the year has been given to Album 1989 by ___________ ?
1. Taylor Swift
2. Adele
3. Lll Wayne
4. Pitbull
5. None of These

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