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1. 14th Tripadvisor Travelers Choice Awards named Umaid Bhawan Palace of ______ (Rajasthan) As best hotel of 2016 ?

Jodhpur
Bikaner
Jaipur
Udaipur
None of These


2. In 61st Britannia Filmfare Awards, Film ______ won most awards (8) ?

Piku
PK
Bajirao Mastani
Bajrangi Bhaijaan
None of These


3. 61st Britannia Filmfare Awards - Best Actor: ______ , Best Actress: Deepika Padukone, Best Film : Bajirao Mastani and Best Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali ?

Salman Khan
Aamir Khan
Akshay Kumar
Ranveer Singh
None of These


4. In 73rd Golden Globe Awards, Best Picture (Drama) - The Revenant and Best Picture (Musical/Comedy) - ______ ?

Jurassic World
Interstellar
Avengers 2
Furious 7
The Martian


5. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (OSCAR Academy) presented Technical Award to Indian - origin actor ____ and Cottalango Leon ?

Priyanka Chopra
Bobby Jindal
Rahul Thakkar
Kal Penn
None of These


6. Alejandro Aravena (_____) won 2016 Pritzker Architecture Prize. He will receive a $100,000 grant and a bronze medal ?

Chile
USA
Brazil
Argentina
None of These


7.____ Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has been chosen for K Veeramani Social Justice Award for his contribution for upliftment of weaker and marginalised sections. ?

Uttar Pradesh
Bihar
Madhya Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
None of These


8. In Costa Book Awards 2015 - First Novel Award has been won by _____ for The Loney ?

Andrew Michael Hurley
Andrea Wulf
Kate Atkinson
Don Paterson
None of These


9. _______ has been awarded 2016 Allan Border Medal by Cricket Australia ?

David Warner
Steve Smith
Shaun Marsh
Andrew Symonds
None of These


10. For 2012 - 13, RakshaMantri Awards for Excellence‚  in performance was given to HAL and Best performance in Exports given to _______ ?

BHEL
SAIL
GAIL
BEML
BEL


11. For 2013 - 14, RakshaMantri Awards for Excellence‚  in performance was and Best performance in Exports has been given to _______ ?

NMDC
BEML
SAIL
BEL
GAIL


12. Delhi-based Journalist-writer ____ won Lorenzo Natali Media Prize for 2015 under Asia Pacific Amateur category for her article ¹Stirrings beneath the peepul ?

Chetan Bhagat
Ankita Anand
Nandan Nilekani
Shobha De
None of These


13. Easterine Kire from ____ won Hindu Literary Prize 2015 for her novel When the River Sleeps. ?

Assam
Meghalaya
Manipur
Mizoram
Nagaland


14. ______ won National Award on e-Governance 2015-16 for launching Universal Account Number (UAN) ?

Employees' Provident Fund Organisation
LIC
RBI
SBI
None of These


15._____ is selected for 2016 Prof MV Pylee Award as best academician of India. ?

A P J Abdul Kalam
E Sridharan
Sunder Pichai
Jancy James
None of These


16. President approved 365 Gallantry awards to Armed Forces personnel including 1 Ashoka Chakra (______), 4 Kirti Chakras and 11 Shaurya Chakras ?

Satish Kumar
Santosh Yashwant Mahadik
Mohan Nath Goswami
Mahendra Singh
None of These


17. Government Issued list of 20 Smart Cities winning smart city challenge. ______ (Odisha) placed at Top. Government will invest Rs 50,802 crore in the 20 cities and towns over five years ?

Cuttack
Bhubaneswar
Angul
Balasore
None of These


18. Government conferred Jeevan Raksha Padak Awards 2015 on ______ persons Including 3 Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padaks - Ullas Unnikrishnan, Ramdars Sisodiya, Ankit Kumar Mishra ?

60
50
70
80
100


19. Government will introduce a new category of award - Most _______ under National Film Awards to be conferred at the 63rd National Film Awards in May 2016 ?

Peoplr Friendly State/UT
Rural Friendly State/UT
Environment Friendly State/UT
Film Friendly State/UT
None of These


20. Ilaiyaraja has been selected for _____ Tourisms Nishagandhi Puraskaram 2016. Award carries Rs 150000, citation and a statuette ?

Kerala
Uttar Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
None of These

 

21. Indian Author and foreign affairs expert _____ won 2016 William E. Colby Award for his book Midnights Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India's Partition ?

Nisid Hajari
Ravi Subramanian
Ashwin Sanghi
Salman Rushdie
Khushwant Singh


22. Indian lawyer and human rights defender ______ has been selected for 2016 Amnesty International Human Rights Award. ?

Kailash Satyarthy
Henri Tiphagne
Anant Pai
Subroto Bagchi
None of These


23. Indian writer ____ won $50,000 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature for her novel 'Sleeping on Jupiter' ?

Rashmi Bansal
Shobha De
Jhumpa Lahiri
Anuradha Roy
Nita Mehta


24. Indian-origin cancer research expert _______ has been honoured with Knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II for his influential work on prevention and treatment of cancer ?

Bobby Jindal
Deepak Chopra
Ram Charan
Girish Karnad
Harpal Singh Kumar


25. Israeli journalist Gideon Levy and Palestinian pastor Mitri Raheb won 2015 _______ for their fight against occupation and violence ?

Pritkzer Prize
UN Peace Prize
Olof Palme human rights prize
Nobel Peace Prize
None of These


26. _____ won Government's Krishi Karman Award in maximum food grains production for 2014-15 for 4th consecutive year ?

Madhya Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Punjab
Haryana
Uttar Pradesh


27. Morton Mower (______), Michael Marmot (UK) won 2015 Prince Mahidol Award for their achievements in healthcare sector ?

Germany
USA
Spain
France
Russia


28. Noted Actress ____ has been conferred with third Yash Chopra Memorial Award. ?

Jayaprada
Deepika Padukone
Rekha
Priyanka Chopra
None of These


29. Noted Classical vocalist _____ has been conferred with prestigious 2015 Sangita Kalanidhi award by Madras Music Academy in Chennai ?

Dr Balamuralikrishna
Bhimsen Joshi
M S Subbulakshmi
Pandit Jasraj
Sanjay Subrahmanyam


30. Noted poet _____ has been honoured with second Harikrishna Devsare Baalsahitya Award 2015 for his collection of poems for children - BaalGeet ?

Ravinder Singh
Amitav Ghosh
Balkrishna Garg
Ravi Subramanian
None of These


31. PEN American Center gave its 2016 PEN/Allen award to author ______ ?

Jonathan Franzen
Richard Ford
Jonathan Safran Foer
J.K. Rowling
None of These


32. In Padma Awards 2016 - Government honored 10 People with Padma Vibhusan, 29 with Padma Bhushan and 112 as Padma Shri Decorations. Noted Actor ____ received Padma Vibhushan ?

Anupam kher
Rajnikanth
Akshay Kumar
Amitabh Bachchan
None of These


33. Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented National Bravery Awards to __ children. He also released book Life progression of ICCW National Bravery Awardees. ?

25
35
45
55
None of These


34. Reserve Bank of India Governor ______ has been conferred with Central Banker of the Year Award (Global and Asia Pacific) 2016 by The Banker, a monthly publication of Financial Times Group ?

R Gandhi
H R Khan
Urijit Patel
Arvind Mayaram
Raghuram Rajan


35. _____ honoured with Neerja Bhanot Award for her endeavour to help people in distress and for empowering widows of martyrs and their families ?

Arunima Sinha
Subhashini Vasanth
Sushma Swaraj
Smriti Irani
None of These


36. _____ Deputy Chief Minister Mohammed Mahmood Ali received World Peace and Prosperity Foundation Award 2016 from World Peace and Prosperity Foundation (London) ?

Telangana
Uttar Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Tamilnadu
Rajasthan


37. Three persons of Indian-origin - Chennupati Jagadis, Jay Chandra and Sajeev Koshy have been awarded 2016 Medal of Order, ______’s highest civilian honour for their contribution in various fields. ?

USA
UK
UAE
Spain
Australia


38. Wildlife filmmaker _____ has been conferred with V Shantaram Life Time Acheivement Award at 14th edition of 2016 Mumbai International Festival (MIFF), Mumbai ?

Naresh Bedi
Shekar Dattatri
Ashish Chandola
Tarun Gogoi
None of These


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