Awards – Fill in the Blank – GK Questions

Q: The Grammy Awards are presented by the _____ Academy in the United States.

Recording – The Grammy Awards are presented by the Recording Academy (formerly National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences) to recognize outstanding achievements in the music industry.

Q: The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award was renamed as _____ in 2021.

Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award – In August 2021, the Government of India renamed the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award to Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award to honor the legendary hockey player Major Dhyan Chand.

Q: The Jnanpith Award, India's highest literary honor, was first awarded in the year _____.

1965 – The Jnanpith Award was instituted in 1961 by the Bharatiya Jnanpith and first awarded in 1965 to G. Sankara Kurup for his Malayalam poetry collection 'Odakkuzhal'.

Q: The Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences was first awarded in the year _____.

1969 – The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel was first awarded in 1969 to Ragnar Frisch and Jan Tinbergen. It is not one of the original Nobel Prizes established in 1895.

Q: The Padma Awards are announced every year on the eve of _____ in India.

Republic Day – Padma Awards (Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri) are announced annually on January 25, the eve of Republic Day (January 26), and conferred by the President of India.