Awards 2016 : Expected Questions - Set 4

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Awards Quiz 2016

1. First edition of Lonavla International Film Festival India (LIFFI) ­ Best Actor ­ ____________ , Best Actress ­ Tannishtha Chatterjee, Best Director ­ Anant Mahadevan ?
1. Ranveer Singh
2. Ranbir Kapoor
3. Akshay Kumar
4. Nawazuddin Siddiqui
5. None of These
2. Indian diplomat in UK, Amitav Banerji has been conferred with one of highest awards of _______________(Island country in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea) ?
   
1. UK
2. USA
3. France
4. Japan
5. Cyprus
3. Advertising Club Madras conferred its 1st Distinguished Service Award on ___________, for contribution to advertising industry ?
1. Baljit Singh
2. Srinivasan K Swamy
3. Harjeet Singh
4. Dhruv Batra
5. None of These
4. Name the DRDO scientist, who has won the first IEI-IEEE Award for Engineering Excellence-2015 ?
1. G. Satheesh Reddy
2. Rajiv Gauba
3. Rajeev Gupta
4. Rajiv Yadav
5. None of These
5. Nandini Bhandaru, a PhD student at IIT-_____________ won Young Scientist Award of European Materials Research Societys (E-MRS) for contribution to materials science, for her contribution to materials science and nanotechnology, particularly nano-patterning of soft films and surfaces ?
1. Kharagpur
2. Delhi
3. Patna
4. Mumbai
5. None of These
6. ____________ Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani has been conferred the prestigious Othmer Gold Medal by Chemical Heritage Foundation, for his entrepreneurial leadership. ?
1. TATA
2. Reliance
3. Aditya Birla Group
4. Motherson
5. None of These
7. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Bollywood actors Katrina Kaif, __________ are among recipients of Priyadarshini Global Awards 2016, instituted by socio­cultural and educational organisation Priyadarshini Academy ?
1. Priyanka Chopra
2. Juhi Chawla
3. Deepika Padukone
4. Hema Malini
5. None of These
8. Ramon Magsaysay Award 2016 (regarded as Asias Nobel Prize), has been given to 6 People. It Includes 2 Indians - Bezwada Wilson and ______ ?
1. Ashutosh Sharma
2. Rajeev Gupta
3. Rajiv Yadav
4. Shyam S Agarwal
5. Thodur Madabusi Krishna
9. __________ footballer Cristiano Ronaldo named UEFA Best Player in Europe for 2015-16. It is is second time he won this award after 2013 - 14. ?
1. Spanish
2. Portuguese
3. Russian
4. German
5. None of These
10. Lakshmi Saravana Kumar, Tamil writer won 2016 Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar award (_______) for his novel “Kaanakan" ?
1. Gujrati
2. Punjabi
3. Hindi
4. Tamil
5. None of These
11. Under Prime Minister Awards for Implementation of Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) - ____________ in North East & Hill states and Bikaner (Rajasthan) awarded in Other States category. ?
1. East Sikkim
2. West Sikkim
3. North Sikkim
4. South Sikkim
5. None of These
12. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw (Chairperson of _____________) has been honored as Knight of the National Order of the French Legion of Honour (Chevalier de lOrdre National de la Légion dHonneur) for her contribution to biosciences and research ?
1. ICICI Bank
2. Google
3. Axis Bank
4. Pepsi
5. Biocon Limited
13. _____________'s $5 polymer note won IBNS Bank Note of the Year Award 2015. This award is an initiative of International Bank Note Society (IBNS) to recognize an exceptional banknote issued each year. ?
1. New Zealand
2. Australia
3. Japan
4. China
5. None of These
14. India's ______ won first prize in UN #LinksSDGs Data Visualization Challenge. He is awarded for his submission Links to Sustainable Cities, an interactive visualization that identifies links between Sustainable Development Goal 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities) and other 16 Goals ?
1. Sanjay Gupta
2. Abdulqadir Rashik
3. Raj Nayak
4. Nanak Shah Fakir
5. None of These
15. __________ has been honored by 2016 Tilak Samman Puraskar for his contribution in Green revolution ?
1. Sharad Pawar
2. Arun Jaitley
3. Atal Bihari Vajpayee
4. Kailash Satyarthi
5. None of These
16. Bharti Enterprises founder ________ honored with 2016 Harvard Business School Alumni Achievement Award ?
1. Lakhsmi Niwas Mittal
2. Mukesh Ambani
3. Sunil Bharti Mittal
4. Vijay Shekhar Sharma
5. None of These
17. Actress ___________won Global Indian of the Year award at NRI of the Year awards. ?
1. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
2. Deepika Padukone
3. Priyanka Chopra
4. Rekha
5. None of These
18. Four Indian-Americans honoured with Great Immigrants (Pride of America) Award 2016 - Sunder Pichai (CEO of ______), Hari Sreenivasan, Vikram Malhotra and Bharati Mukherjee ?
1. Google
2. Yahoo
3. Microsoft
4. Adobe
5. None of These
19. Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) 2016 Awards -> Best Actress - Sonam Kapoor (Neerja), Best Actor - Nawazuddin Siddiqui (Raman Raghav 2.0) Best Director - ShakunBatra. Best Film - Thithi. Lifetime achievement award - _________ ?
1. Jitendra
2. Amitabh Bachchan
3. Rekha
4. Dilip Kumar
5. Rishi Kapoor
20. Indian American teenager from Texas ________ won $50,000 Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award for his work in making a low-cost electronically-aided knee brace device which allows people with weakened legs to be able to walk better ?
1. Ashok Kumar Gupta
2. Neeraj Kumar Gupta
3. Hem Kumar Pande
4. Syamantak Payra
5. None of These

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