Awards Current Affairs Quiz - April 2017

1. 2017 Pulitzer Prize Winners (Given for achievement in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature, and musical composition in __________) -

1. Letters, Drama & Music
   1. Fiction - The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
   2. Drama - Sweat by Lynn Nottage
   3. History: Blood in the Water (Heather Ann Thompson).
   4. Biography or Autobiography - The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between (Hisham Matar)
   5. Poetry: Olio (Tyehimba Jess)
   6. General Nonfiction: Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (Matthew Desmond)
   7. Music: Angel’s Bone (Du Yun)
2. Journalism
   1. Public Service - New York Daily News and ProPublica
   2. Breaking News Reporting - Staff of East Bay Times (Oakland)
   3. Investigative Reporting - Eric Eyre of Charleston Gazette-Mail, Charleston
   4. Explanatory Reporting - International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, McClatchy and Miami Herald
   5. Local Reporting - The Salt Lake Tribune Staff
   6. National Reporting - David A. Fahrenthold of The Washington Post
   7. International Reporting - The New York Times Staff

USA UK Russia France None of These

2. 52nd Jnanpith Awardhas been conferred upon _________ poet Sankha Ghosh ?

Gujarati Marathi Bengali Hindi None of These

3. _________ National Film Awards 2016 -

1. Winners in feature films category were chosen by jury headed by Priyadarshan and winners in non-feature category were chosen by jury headed by Raju Misra.
2. Best Feature Film - Kasaav (Marathi).
3. Non-Feature Film - Fireflies in the Abyss.
4. Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment - Sathamanam Bhavathi
5. Best Direction - Rajesh (Ventilator)
6. Best Actor - Akshay Kumar (Rustom)
7. Best Actress - Surabhi Lakshmi (Minnaminungu)
8. Best Supporting Actress - Zaira Wasim (Dangal)
9. Best Child Artist - Adhish Praveen (Kunju Daivam), Saj (Noor Islam), Manohara (Railway Children)
10. Best Children’s Film: Dhanak (Hindi)
11. Best Film on social issue: Pink
12. Best Male Playback Singer: Sundara Iyer (Joker)
13. Best Female Playback Singer: Thume jaake
14. Best Music Direction: Babu Padmanabha (Kannada Lama)
15. Special Jury award - Mohanlal( Pulimurugan), Janatha Garage and Munthirivallikal Thalirkkumbol.
16. Best feature films in regional languages -
    1. Madipur (Tulu)
    2. Joker (Tamil)
    3. Wrongside Raju (Gujarati)
    4. Pelli Chupulu (Telugu)
    5. Dashakriya (Marathi)
    6. Bisarjan’ (Bengali)
    7. Maheshinte Prathikaram (Malayalam)
    8. Ke Sara Sara (Konkini)
    9. Reservation (Kannada)
    10. Neerja (Hindi)

94th 84th 75th 64th None of These

4. 6th M.S. Swaminathan Award for agriculture has been given to __________ (Chairperson of‚ Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Authority) ?

D.M. Mulay‚  Prabhas Kumar Jha Preeti Saran M. Nair Rajeevan‚  Rayappa Ramappa Hanchinal

5. One Part Woman, a translation work of Perumal Murugan’s controversial _________ novel Maadhorubaagan, by Aniruddhan Vasudevan chosen for 2016 Sahitya Akademi’s award for translation in English ?

Telugu Malaualam Tamil Urdu None of These

6. Actress ________ received lifetime achievement award at 80th Bengal Film Journalists' Association (BFJA) awards ?

Moushumi Chatterjee Hema Malini Jaya Bachchan Rekha None of These

7. Actress Saira Banu and Actor Jackie Shroff named for Raj Kapoor awards by __________ Government.

1. Saira Banu awarded with Raj Kapoor Lifetime achievement award.
2. Jackie Shroff selected for Raj Kapoor Special contribution award.

Meghalaya Maharashtra Nagaland Manipur None of These

8. ___________ CM N Chandrababu Naidu selected for US India Business Council Award of ‘Transformative Chief Minister’ ?

Andhra Pradesh Telangana Mizoram Odisha None of These

9. Bhubaneswar (Capital of _____________) became first Indian city to win Pierre L’enfant International Planning excellence award-2017 instituted by the American Planning Association (APA). 5 APA Awards recipients will be honoured in New York in May 2017. ‚ 

1. Pierre L’enfant Awards Pierre L’enfant was a‚ French-born American‚ architect‚ and‚ civil engineer and is credited for designing layout of streets of Washington, D.C. American Planning Association (APA) named an award in his honour.

Odisha Jharkhand Chhattisgarh West Bengal None of These

10. ____________ Computer Scientist Tim Berners Lee won 1 Million USD Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) A.M. Turing Award, Often referred as‚ Nobel Prize of computing ?

Russian German French British None of These

11. Central Hindi Institute announced _________ writers for Hindi Sevi Samman Awards 2015 -

1. Ganga Sharan Singh Award (promotion and training of Hindi) -
   1. S. Shesharatnam, M. Govind Rajan, Harmahendra Singh Bedi, H. Subadani Devi
2. Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Award (Journalism and creative literature)
   1. Baldev Bhai Sharma
   2. Rahul Dev
3. Atmaram Award (Science and Technology literature and Machinery growth)
   1. Girish Chandra Saxena
   2. Phani Bhushan Das
4. Subramanyam Bharti Award (Promotion of Hindi in constructive or criticism way)
   1. Surya Prasad Dixit
   2. Chandrakanta
5. Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan Award (field exploration and research as well as for description on its journey)
   1. Chitra Mudgal
   2. Jai Prakash Kardam
6. Dr. George Grierson Award (Awarded to people of foreign origin for promotion and training of Hindi outside India)
   1. Fujii Takeshi (Japan)
   2. Gabriela Nik Ilieva (New York)
7. Padmabhushan Dr. Moturi Satyanarayan Award (Awarded to people of Indian origin for promotion and training of Hindi outside India)
   1. Pushpita Avasthi (Netherlands)
   2. Padmesh Gupt (London)

30 16 36 26 None of These

12. Dadasaheb Phalke Excellence Awards 2017 -

1. Best Actress - __________ (Sarabjit).
2. Kala Shree Award - Hema Malini.
3. Zeenat Aman received Lifetime Achievement Award.
4. Creative Director - Shoojit Sircar (Pink).
5. Negative Role - Rohit Roy‚ (Kaabil).
6. Best Debutant - Saiyami Kher (Mirzya).

Kangana Ranaut Aishwarya Rai Deepika Padukone Hema Malini None of These

13. Dr. Paduru Gururaja Bhat Award 2017 has been conferred upon A.V. Narasimha Murthy from University of Mysore.

1. Paduru Gururaja Bhat researched history and culture of Tulu Nadu Region (Tulu speaking region in _____________ states). Paduru Gururaja Bhat Award was instituted in 2010 and carries a citation and INR 50000.

Kerala and Goa Karnataka and Goa Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka Andhra Pradesh and Kerala Karnataka and Kerala

14. Eritrean-Swedish journalist ___________ awarded with 2017 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize ?

Dawit Isaak Edword Snowden Rex Tillersen Oprah Winfrey None of These

15. Film Director & Actor Kasinadhuni Viswanath will be honored with _________ Dadasaheb Phalke Award for year 2016. The Award consists of a Swarn Kamal (Golden Lotus), a cash prize of Rs. 10 lakhs and a shawl. ?

38th 58th 42nd 48th None of These

16. Former Union minister ________ has been selected by‚ Japan for This Year's Spring Imperial Decorations,‚ for his contribution to strengthening of Indo - Japan bilateral ties ?

Mallikarjun Kharge Sushil Kumar Shinde Ashwani Kumar‚  Rajnath Singh None of These

17. Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilisers and Chemicals Ltd (GNFC) won Golden Globe Tigers Award for Excellence and Leadership in CSR for 2017 in category of ‘E-Payment Leadership’, for implementation of digital transactions in its township at Bharuch (Gujarat). Awards ceremony was held at Kuala Lumpur (_____________).

Thailand Malaysia Indonesia Myanmar None of These

18. Hindi film ‘Newton’ won Jury Prize for Best Film at ________ International Film Festival (Asia’s oldest international film festival).

1. Newton is a political comedy film directed by Amit Masurkar. The story revolves around a clerk on election duty in a conflict-ridden region of Chhattisgarh.

Singapore Hong Kong Goa Beijing None of These

19. Hyderabad Police’s HYD COP’ app has been awarded Golden Peacock Innovative Product Service Award for 2017, during IOD India's Golden Peacock awards ceremony in ___________ ?

Singapore New York Delhi Dubai None of These

20. India's Srishti Kaur won Miss Teen Universe 2017 Title at Managua (___________).

1. Miss Teen Universe pageant was started six years ago for teens aged 15 to 19.

Nicaragua Paraguay Uruguay Chile None of These

21. Indian - origin British educationist ______________ has been named‚ Asian Business woman of the year‚ at 5 th annual Asian Business Awards Midlands, That honours outstanding achievements of local Asian business ?

Asha Khemka Nikki Haley Seema Verma Elaine Chao None of These

22. Indian Army Chief Bipin Rawat conferred with honorary rank of general of ________ Army.‚  ?

Bangladesh Nepal Myanmar Sri Lankan None of These

23. Indian Cricketer Kapil Dev and Bollywood Actor _____________ will receive 75th Master Dinanath Mangeshkar Awards ?

Salman Khan Akshay Kumar Shah Rukh Khan Aamir Khan None of These

24. Indian environmental engineer Trupti Jain won 2016’s‚ Cartier Women’s Initiative Award‚ in ________________ for providing women working on farms with water management solutions and protecting them against droughts and flash floods ?

France UK USA Germany Singapore

25. Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik (Odisha) won jury prize gold medal at 10th Moscow (_____________________) Sand art Championship. Theme of championship was‚ The world around us ?

Spain France Russia Germany None of These

26. India’s youngest ever chancellor (of North East Frontier Technical University (_______________)), Dileep K. Nair received Dr. B.R. Ambedkar International Foundation Kerala State Award for 2016-17 for his performance in field of education ?

Arunachal Pradesh Manipur Mizoram Nagaland None of These

27. Minister of State (IC) for Labour & Employment Bandaru Dattatreya awarded NSCI Safety Awards 2016 to _________ Organisations. ?

80 70 90 100 None of These

28. Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare selected Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh and Tripura for Krishi Karman awards 2015-16 (Cash Award 5 Crores).

1. Apart from these, ___________ would get commendation prize for total food grain production and would be given a cash award of Rs 1 crore.
2. Tamil Nadu has been chosen in large category (production over 10 million tonnes), Himachal Pradesh in medium category (1 to 10 million tonnes) and Tripura in small category (less than 1 million tonnes)

Nagaland Sikkim Meghalaya Manipur None of These

29. Nobel Laureate and social activist ________ has been honored by PC Chandra Puraskar for his work against child slavery and child labour ?

Malala Yousafzai Anil Swarup‚  Rajendra Singh Nripendra Singh Kailash Satyarthi

30. Noted playback singer Vani Jayaram presented with Ghantasala National Award by Ghantasala National Art Academy in _________ ?

Meghalaya Mizoram Andhra Pradesh Odisha None of These

31. President Pranab Mukherjee conferred National Geoscience Awards 2016 on _______ geoscientists in New Delhi ?

56 36 46 26 None of These

32. S.P. Bala Subramanyam awarded with NTR National Film Award for 2012 and actress __________ awarded with same award for year 2013 ?

Jaya Bachchan Hema Malini Rekha Deepika Padukone None of These

33. Sanjay Pratihar (Tezpur University(_______________)) has been selected for Indian National Science Academy (INSA) medal for Young Scientist Award 2017, for his contribution to multi-metal complexes, theoretical understanding, selective sensing of Hq2+ions and applications in agriculture ?

Assam Manipur Meghalaya Nagaland None of These

34. Social activist ____________ is among 6 winners of Goldman Environmental Prize 2017.

1. Other 5 winners are: Mark Lopez (USA), Uro Macerl‚ (Slovenia), Rodrigo Tot (Guatemala), Rodrigue Katembo (Congo), Wendy Bowman (Australia).
2. Goldman Environmental Prize was created in 1990 to honour environmentalists risking their lives for protecting the environment. It is given to 6 persons, one from 6 geographical regions of world - Africa, Asia, Europe, Islands and Island Nations, North America, South America. The prize is also called as‚ Green Nobel.

Ajay Mittal Girish Shankar Rajendra Singh Kailash Satyarthi Prafulla Samantra

35. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres selected Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai (___________) as Messenger of Peace, making her UN’s youngest-ever Messenger of Peace. She also became youngest ever to address Canadian Parliament and 6th person to get honorary Canadian Citizenship ?

Afghanistan Pakistan UAE Serbia None of These

36. UNESCO named Giuseppina Nicolini (Mayor of Lampedusa (_______________)) and non-governmental organisation‚ SOS M©diterran©e (France)‚ as winners of Felix Houphouet-Boigny Peace Prize 2017, for their work to save lives of refugees and migrants and welcome them with dignity ?

Italy France Germany Switzerland None of These

37. ___________ appointed Officer of Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to fashion industry. ?

Theresa May Rex Tillersen Viola Davis Angela Merkel Victoria Beckham

38. World’s fifth highest Tower - Lotte World Tower opened in Seoul (___________). It has height of 1819 feet (555 Metres). World's Highest Tower is Dubai's Burj Khalifa (828 Metres) ?

South Korea Japan Vietnam China None of These

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