Awards and Honours MCQ Quiz - Objective Question with Answer for Awards and Honours - Download Free PDF

The Correct Answer is ​Sarah Joseph.

In News

• Prominent writer Sarah Joseph conferred with Mathrubhumi Literary Award.

Key Points

• Sarah Joseph, a prominent Malayalam writer, received the 2024 Mathrubhumi Literary Award.

• The award was presented by Jnanpith awardee Pratibha Ray in Kozhikode.

• It includes:
  → a cash prize of ₹3 lakh,
  → a citation,
  → a sculpture by M V Devan.

• Sarah Joseph is also a recipient of:
  → the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award,
  → the Sahitya Akademi Award for her novel ‘Aalahayude Penmakkal’.

The Correct Answer is Honorary Leopard Award.

In News

• Alexander Payne to receive Honorary Leopard Award at Locarno Film Festival.

Key Points

• Alexander Payne, an acclaimed filmmaker, will be honoured at the 78th Locarno Film Festival.

• He will receive the Honorary Leopard Award, officially known as Pardo d’Onore.

• The Locarno Film Festival is held annually in Locarno, Switzerland.

• Payne is known for films like “Election”, “The Descendants”, “Nebraska”, and “The Holdovers.”

The Correct Answer is ​Opal Suchata Chuangsri.

In News

• Thailand’s Opal Suchata Wins 72nd Miss World Title.

Key Points

• Miss Thailand Opal Suchata Chuangsri was crowned Miss World 2025.

• The 72nd Miss World Pageant was held in Hyderabad, India.

• She was crowned by Miss World 2024 Krystyna Pyszková.

• This is Thailand’s first-ever win at the Miss World pageant.

• The Runner-up title went to Hasset of Ethiopia.

• India has won the Miss World title 6 times.

• The last Indian winner was Manushi Chhillar in 2017.

The correct answer is 1 - C, 2 - A, 3 - D, 4 - B.

• Best Picture - *Anora*: *Anora* won Best Picture at the 97th Academy Awards.
• Best Director - Sean Baker: Sean Baker won Best Director for *Anora*.
• Best Actor - Adrien Brody: Adrien Brody won Best Actor for *The Brutalist*.
• Best Actress - Mikey Madison: Mikey Madison won Best Actress for *Anora*.

In News

• 97th Academy Awards (Oscars 2025): The 97th Academy Awards ceremony took place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California.

Key Points

Major Winners:

Additional Information

Other Winners:

The correct answer is Jamaica.

In News

• Jamaica won the "Destination of the Year - Romance" award at the PATWA International Travel Awards 2025.

Key Points

• Jamaica was recognized as the "Destination of the Year - Romance" at the prestigious PATWA International Travel Awards 2025.
• The awards are presented for excellence in tourism, hospitality, and travel services worldwide.
• Jamaica was chosen for its romantic appeal as a travel destination in the awards given at ITB Berlin.
• The event highlighted the Caribbean region along with South America, Europe, and India as key focuses for this year's selections.

Important Points

• Winners:
  • Destination of the Year (DoY)- Romance: Jamaica
  • DoY Natural Attractions: Guyana
  • DoY Scenic Beauty & Historic Sites: Italy
  • DoY Marine Tourism: Nassau and Paradise Island
  • DoY Experiences: Republic of Brasil
  • DoY Eco Adventures: St. Vincent & Grenadines
  • DoY Hidden Treasures: St. Kitts and Nevis
  • DoY Royal Experiences: Rajasthan
  • DoY Adventure Tourism: Republic of Armenia
  • DoY India: Goa

Additional Information

• Patwa International Travel Awards
  • Founded in 1999, the awards honor excellence in the tourism and hospitality sectors.
  • The 2025 awards ceremony took place at ITB Berlin, the world's largest travel fair.
• Jamaica's Tourism Recognition
  • Jamaica was recognized for its romantic tourism offerings, contributing to its appeal as a global travel destination.
• PATWA's Role
  • PATWA promotes sustainable tourism and helps boost growth in travel destinations worldwide.
  • It collaborates with governments, private sector organizations, and global industry stakeholders.

The correct answer is 128 persons. 

Key Points

• 128 people have been honoured for 2022 with the awards that are conferred in three categories - Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri.
• The Home Ministry announced the list of recipients of the Padma awards - one of the highest civilian awards of the country, on 25 January 2022.
• Singer Sonu Nigam and Olympic gold-medallist Neeraj Chopra have been honoured with a Padma Shri.

Important Points​ 

• ​Below is the list of Padma Awardees 2022:

Padma Vibhushan(4):

Padma Bhushan(17):

The correct answer is Simone Biles.

Key Points

• Gymnast Simone Biles from the USA has been named Time’s 2021 Athlete of the Year.
• She has won seven Olympic medals (4 gold, 1 silver, and 2 bronze).
• She holds the record for most gold medals by a USA Gymnast in a single Olympics.
• She won four gold medals at Rio Olympics 2016 in the team, all-around, vault, and floor events.
• She has 32 combined medals in the Olympics and World Championships.

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Important Points

The correct answer is Harnaaz Sandhu.

Key Points

• India's Harnaaz Sandhu, hailing from Chandigarh, has been crowned Miss Universe 2021, two decades after Lara Dutta won the title in 2000.
• She beat contestants from Paraguay and South Africa.
• She was crowned at the contest held in Eilat, Israel on 13 December 2021.
• India had earlier won the coveted crown twice with Sushmita Sen bagging the title in 1994 and Lara Dutta in 2000.

Important Points

• This was the 70th edition of the Miss Universe event.
• Sandhu was presented this year's crown by the former Miss Universe 2020 from Mexico, Andrea Meza.
• Sandhu recently won the title of Miss Diva Universe India 2021.

The correct answer is Mitchell Starc.

Key Points

• Mitchell Starc has claimed his first Allan Border medal while Ashleigh Gardner became the first indigenous person to win the Belinda Clarke award.
• These are the top two honours at Cricket Australia (CA) Awards.
• Starc has also won the men's ODI Player of the Year.
• Travis Head has won the Men's Test Player of the Year.
• Women's ODI Player of the Year was won by Alyssa Healy.

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Important Point

• List of 2022 Australian Cricket Awards:

The correct answer is India.

Key Points

• India won its maiden Thomas Cup title on 15 May 2022, beating 14-time champion Indonesia 3-0 in the final in Bangkok.
• World championships bronze medallist Lakshya Sen defeated Indonesia's Anthony Sinisuka Ginting 8-21, 21-17, 21-16 in the first men's singles to give India a 1-0 lead.
• India had previously reached the semifinals of the Thomas Cup in 1952, 1955, and 1979.

Important Points

• ​The Thomas Cup, sometimes called the World Men's Team Championships, is an international badminton competition among teams representing member nations of the Badminton World Federation (BWF).
• The championships have been conducted every two years since 1982.
• The Uber Cup (first held in 1956–1957) is the world women's team championship.

• The Nobel Peace Prize 2018 was won by Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad.
• The award has been presented to the two figures who have worked to bring attention to ending sexual violence.
• Mukwege is a gynecologist helping victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
• Nadia is a Yazidi rights activist and survivor of sexual slavery by Islamic State.

The correct answer is Joe Root

Key Points

• Winners of the 2021 ICC Awards have been announced.
• ICC Emerging Men’s Cricketer of the Year has been won by Janneman Malan (South Africa).
• ICC Emerging Women’s Cricketer has been won by Fatima Sana (Pakistan).
• ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year has been given to Babar Azam (Pakistan).
• ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Year has been won by Lizelle Lee (South Africa).
• ICC Men’s Test Cricketer of the Year has been won by Joe Root (England).

Important Points

Additional Information

• The International Cricket Council (ICC), the international governing body of Cricket founded in 1909 by representatives from England, Australia, and South Africa, was initially known as Imperial Cricket Conference. 
• In 1965, it was renamed as International Cricket Conference and in 1965, it was renamed the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 1989.
• Headquarters of ICC - Dubai, UAE

The correct answer is Neena Gupta.

Key Points

• Professor Neena Gupta, a mathematician at the Indian Statistical Institute in Kolkata, has been awarded the 2021 DST-ICTP-IMU Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians from developing countries.
• She has been awarded for her outstanding work in affine algebraic geometry and commutative algebra.
• Professor Gupta is the third woman to receive the Ramanujan Prize.

Additional Information

• The award is administered by the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) jointly with the Department of Science and Technology (DST) Government of India and the International Mathematical Union (IMU).
• Ramanujan Prize is given annually to an eminent Mathematician who is less than 45 years of age on 31 December of the year of the award.
• The mathematicians should have conducted outstanding research in developing countries by International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste.
• The DST-ICTP-IMU Ramanujan Prize committee, composed of eminent mathematicians from around the world.
• Professor Gupta's solution for solving the Zariski cancellation problem, a fundamental problem in Algebraic Geometry, earned her the 2014 Young Scientists Award of the Indian National Science Academy.

The correct answer is Shinzo Abe.

Key Points

• Former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe was on 23 Jan 2022 conferred with the Netaji Award 2022 by the Netaji Research Bureau.
• Consul general of Japan in Kolkata, Nakamura Yutaka, received the honour on behalf of Abe.
• Shinzo Abe served as the PM of Japan from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2012- 2020.
• He is the longest-serving PM in the history of Japan.

Important Points 

• Netaji Research Bureau was registered under the Societies Registration Act in 1961.
• It was founded in 1957 by Dr Sisir Kumar Bose.
• Its declared aims and object cover the whole range of historical studies and research on the Indian independence movement, anti-colonial liberation struggles in Asia and related subjects.

Additional Information

• Japan:
  • Capital - Tokyo.
  • Currency - Japanese yen.
  • National Sport - Sumo wrestling.

The correct answer is Ratan Tata.

Key Points

• Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma (As of Feb 2022) conferred the state's highest civilian award 'Assam Baibhav' to Tata Trust's Chairman Ratan Tata in Mumbai on 16 Feb 2022.
• He has been awarded for his exceptional contribution towards furthering cancer care in Assam.
• The award carries a citation, a medal, and a cash amount of Rs five lakh.
• The award was supposed to be given earlier on Jan 24, 2022.

Important Points

• Assam Saurav Award:  The second-highest civilian award of Assam. The award carries prize money of Rs 4 lakhs.
• Assam Gaurav Award: The third-highest civilian award. The Assam Gaurav Award carries a cash prize of Rs 3 lakhs

Additional Information

• ​The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $112 million loan to strengthen skills education and training through the establishment of the Assam Skill University (ASU). 
• Lachit Divas (Lachit Day) is celebrated annually in the Indian state of Assam on November 24, to mark the birth anniversary of the legendary Ahom army general Lachit Borphukan.
• Bandhan Bank has announced Popular Assamese & Bollywood singer Zubeen Garg as the brand ambassador for the Bank in Assam.
  • Assam Governor: Jagdish Mukhi (As of Jan 2022).
  • Assam Chief Minister: Himanta Biswa Sarma (As of Jan 2022).
• ​Assam has set up a tea Park at Chayygaon in Kamrup District.
• The Assam cabinet has decided to remove the name of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi from the Orang National Park in October 2021.