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- Question
Who has become the 1st woman player from Jharkhand who has been awarded Dhyan Chand Award 2017 ?
Options- A. Poonam Rani
- B. Samurai Tete
- C. Monika Malik
- D. Navjot Kaur
- Correct Answer
- Samurai Tete
ExplanationThe Apex body for The national sport Hockey India pitched Jharkhand's Samurai Tete, former Team India skipper, for the Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award 2016.
Sumrai Tete is a member of the India women's national field hockey team. She played with the team when it won the Gold at the Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games.
- 1. Arjuna Award was introduced in _____ ?
Options- A. 1971
- B. 1961
- C. 1951
- D. 1987 Discuss
- 2. Which district in Andra Pradesh won the MGNREGA annual award for effective implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act ?
Options- A. Vizianagaram
- B. Vizag
- C. Guntur
- D. Srikakulam Discuss
- 3. Who of the following was awarded ' Bharat Ratna ' posthumously
Options- A. Dr.S.Radhakrishnan
- B. Mother Teresa
- C. Jayaprakash Narayan
- D. Khan abdul Ghaffar Khan Discuss
- 4. Who has been conferred the Ashoka Chakra for year 2019?
Options- A. Syam Prasad
- B. Ahmed Sunani
- C. Nazir Ahmad Wani
- D. Vishnu wagh Discuss
- 5. Which Indian personality has been selected for France?s highest civilian award ?Legion of Honour? ?
Options- A. Amitabh Bachchan
- B. Salman Khan
- C. Soumitra Chatterjee
- D. Shahrukh Khan Discuss
- 6. Which international Airport Ltd has bagged the National Award for 'Excellence' in Energy Management ?
Options- A. New Delhi
- B. Lucknow
- C. Hyderabad
- D. Mumbai Discuss
- 7. The recipient of the first ' Moortidevi literacy Award ' is
Options- A. Masud hussain Khan
- B. Swami Siva balayogi
- C. C.K Nagaraja Rao
- D. Ramanlal Joshi Discuss
- 8. The UNESCO's ' Prix Jules Verne ' prize has been given to which of the following serials of Doordarshan
Options- A. Eye Witness
- B. Surabhi
- C. The World of the week
- D. Turning point Discuss
- 9. Which of the following awards was conferred upon Smt. Aruna Asaf Ali for her role in the welfare of adult and women
Options- A. Kalinga Prize
- B. UNESCo Literacy Award
- C. Tagore Literacy Award
- D. Moorti Devi Award Discuss
- 10. Who has been selected for the 2016 National Geoscience Award in the field of geo-environmental studies?
Options- A. Keshav Krishna
- B. Ashok Kumar Singhvi
- C. P.V. Joseph
- D. Vishnu Deo Sai Discuss
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Correct Answer: 1961
Correct Answer: Vizianagaram
Explanation:
The Ministry of Rural Development has selected Vizianagaram as one among the 17 districts across the nation for the MGNREGA annual award for effective implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act during 2015-16. The award would be presented at the Mahatma Gandhi NREGA Sammelan to the district programme coordinator and District Collector on June 19, 2017 in New Delhi.
Correct Answer: Jayaprakash Narayan
Correct Answer: Nazir Ahmad Wani
Correct Answer: Soumitra Chatterjee
Explanation:
Veteran Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee has been selected for France?s highest civilian award ?Legion of Honour? for his outstanding contribution to cinema and theatre. With this, Chatterjee has become the first Bengali actor to be chosen for the award. The honour comes almost 3 decades after the same recognition was conferred on master director Satyajit Ray in 1987. Chatterjee has acted in several of Ray?s films including ?Apur Sansar?, ?Debi?,? Aranyer Din Ratri?, ?Ghare Bairey? and ?Ganashatru?. Earlier recipients of the Legion of Honour include sitar meastro Pandit Ravi Shankar, Amitabh Bachaan, Shahrukh Khan and Kamal Hasan. Chatterjee was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2012.
Correct Answer: Hyderabad
Correct Answer: C.K Nagaraja Rao
Correct Answer: Turning point
Correct Answer: Moorti Devi Award
Correct Answer: Keshav Krishna
Explanation:
Dr. A Keshav Krishna, a scientist at the National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), has been selected for 2016 National Geoscience Award by the Ministry of Mines in the field of Geo-environmental studies in applied geosciences.
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