Awards Current Affairs Quiz - August 2015

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1. 24th‚ Saraswati Sammaan‚ 2014 has been presented to _______ for his Kannada work'Sri Ramayana Mahanveshanam. ?

Govind Mishra
M. Veerappa Moily
Sugathakumari
A. A. Manavalan
None of These


2. __________ has been appointed as chairman of India’s Oscar jury, which will select India's official entry in best foreign film category of 88th Academy Awards (Oscars).?

Amol Palekar
Anupam Kher
Maniratnam
S S Rajamouli
None of These


3.______'s novelist Zia Haider Rahman won‚ James Tait Black award 2015‚ for his debut novel‚ In the Light of What We Know‚ at the 2015 Edinburgh international book festival.?

Pakistan
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Vietnam
None of These


4. Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) signed two unilateral APA (__________) with two Multi-National Companies which includes the first APA with a rollback‚ provision ?

Advance Policing Agreements
Advance Publishing Agreements
Aggregate Pricing Agreements
Aggregate Publishing Agreements
Advance Pricing Agreements


5. How many dronacharya awards have been given by government for year 2015 (selected by the committee headed by former badminton player Dipankar Bhattacharya)?

5
3
1
8
9


6. Dhyan Chand Awards 2015 have been given to ______, as recommended by selection committee headed by Zafar Iqbal ?

Sardar Singh (Hockey), Shiv Prakash Mishra (Tennis), T.P.P. Nair (Volleyball)
Romeo James (Hockey), Shiv Prakash Mishra (Tennis), T.P.P. Nair (Volleyball)
Romeo James (Hockey), Shiv Sardar Singh (Hockey), T.P.P. Nair (Volleyball)
Romeo James (Hockey), Shiv Prakash Mishra (Tennis), Sardar Singh (Hockey)
None of These


7. Footballer Lionel Messi (______) has been voted as UEFA's Best season Player in a Europe-wide poll ?

Brazil
Portugal
Germany
Venezuela
Argentina


8. Robert Downey Jr. of ____ has topped Forbes World's Highest-Paid Actors List 2015 for third year in a row with earnings of 80 million USD ?

USA
UK
Spain
France
Germany


9. Gallantry Awards on 69th Indian National Independence Day Included Kirti Chakra for _______ ?

Nectar Sanjenbam and Milind Mohan Monashi
Nectar Sanjenbam and Rajesh Kumar
Tanka Kumar Limbu and Rajesh Kumar
Milind Mohan Monashi and Rajesh Kumar
None of These


10. ______ Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar received Pacific Area Travel Writers Association (PATWA) Safari India South Asia Travel Award 2015 ?

Gujarat
Mizoram
Goa
Assam
None of These


11. Government Launched first lecture award in honour of renowned Physicist _____ ?

M.G.K. Menon
Homi Jahangir Bhabha
Jagdish Chandra Basu
Vikram Sarabhai
None of These


12. Government presented Arjuna Award on Indian cricketer _____ as part of national sports awards 2014. He became 48th cricketer to receive the prestigious Arjuna award ?

Ravichandran Ashwin
Rohit Sharma
Virat Kohli
M S Dhoni
Sachin Tendulkar


13. Indian agricultural scientist ____ has been chosen for inaugural Sunhak Peace Prize for his work in developing sustainable aquaculture as a solution to future food crisis (Blue revolution). ?

Radha Mohan Singh
Dipnarayan Saha
Modadugu Vijay Gupta
Kiren Rijiju
None of These


14. Indian sociobiologist ________ has been awarded with Germany's highest civilian honour Cross of Order of the Merit for his contribution in behavioural ecology and sociobiology and research corporation between India and Germany ?

Lalji Singh
Samir K Brahmachari
M Vijayan
Raghavendra Gadagkar
None of These


15. Indias High Commissioner to Singapore - ______________ received‚ Asian of the Year 2014‚ award by leading Singapore daily‚ The Straits Times. ?

S. Jaishankar
Ranjan Mathai
Rajiv Mehrishi
Sujatha Singh
Vijay Singh Thakur


16. Nivin Pauly (Bangalore Days and 1983) and Sudev Nair (My Life Partner) have been given best actor awards in _____ State Film awards 2014 ?

Karnataka
Uttar Pradesh
Kerala
Gujarat
Rajasthan


17. __________ has been named as‚ Major Port of Year 2014-15‚ at the Gateway Awards 2015 for its growth rate in volumes, capacity utilization and customer satisfaction ?

IGI Delhi Airport
Kolkata Port Trust
Vizag Port Trust
Kandla Port
None of These


18. Mathematician‚ ________‚ has won Ramanujan Prize 2015 for research in algebraic cycles, algebraic K-theory and theory of motives. ?

Shakuntala Devi
Amalendu Krishna
D. R. Kapreka
Harish Chandra
None of These


19. Mountaineer ____ been honoured with Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award 2014-15.?

Gaurav Sharma
Krushnaa Patil
Jitu Rai
Jot Singh
None of These


20. ______ has been presented with‚ Gujar Mal Modi Award‚ for his contribution in Science and Technology ?

Mustansir Barma
C N R Rao
Sanjay Kumar Srivastava‚ 
S S Rajamouli
None of These

21. ___________won Esri Special Achievement in GIS Award 2015 in Dairy Geographical Information System ?

National Dairy Development Board
Motherdairy
Amul and Gujarat Coop.
Orissa State Coop. Milk Ltd.
None of these


22.Selection commitee headed by V K Bali has recommended name of ______ for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2015 ?

M S Dhoni
Sania Mirza
Virat Kohli
Ravichandra Ashwin
None of These


23. Government conferred Arjuna Awards to 17 sportspersons this year including cricketer _____ ?

Ravichandra Ashwin
Virat Kohli
M S Dhoni
Rohit Sharma‚ 
None of These


24. Noted Historian _____________ has been conferred with Maharashtra Bhushan Award 2015 by Maharashtra Government.?

Sumit Sarkar
Ram Sharan Sharma
S T Joshi
Romila Thapar
Babasaheb Purandare


25. _______ (Quoted as‚ Waterman of India) has been conferred with 2015 Stockholm Water Prize for his water restoration efforts and empowering communities of Rajasthan through his organisation Tarun Bharat Sangh (India Youth Association). ?

Dashrath Majhi
Sumit Sarkar
Rajendra Singh
S. Ayyappan
None of These


26. _________'s journalist Zaina Erhaim won Peter Mackler Award 2015 for Courageous Journalism and training citizen reporters in his war-ravaged country.?

Syria
Libya
Nigeria
Egypt
None of These


27. ___________Government approved amended guidelines for Begum Akhtar Award. The award will annually be awarded to renowned singers of ghazal, dadra, and thumri from state.?

Madhya Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Rajasthan
Haryana
None of These


28. Zhanna Nemtsova has been awarded with _________'s Solidarity Prize 2015 for her work for democracy and human rights.?

USA
UK
Poland
Ukraine
Kenya



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