Awards – Medium Level – GK Questions

The Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, is responsible for awarding the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, as specified in Alfred Nobel's will.

The Dronacharya Award is open to coaches of both able-bodied sports and para-sports, recognizing excellence in training sportspersons who have achieved success at international levels.

Salman Rushdie won the Booker Prize in 1981 for his novel 'Midnight's Children', which is widely regarded as a landmark work of postcolonial literature and magical realism.

R.K. Narayan, though a legendary Indian writer, never received the Jnanpith Award. Rabindranath Tagore (1913 Nobel, not Jnanpith), Harivansh Rai Bachchan, and Kuvempu are Jnanpith recipients. Correction: Tagore died before Jnanpith was instituted; he didn't receive it. Harivansh Rai Bachchan and Kuvempu did receive it.

The Arjuna Award is given for outstanding achievement in both individual and team sports. Many recipients have been from team sports like cricket, hockey, football, and kabaddi.

The Bharat Ratna medal is crafted in the shape of a peepal leaf, made of toned bronze, with the sunburst design and the words 'Bharat Ratna' inscribed in Devanagari script on the obverse.

Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 for his works originally written in Bengali, including 'Gitanjali'. Thus, a writer in an Indian language has indeed received the Nobel Prize in Literature.

The Maha Vir Chakra is made of standard metal. The obverse features a five-pointed heraldic star with the national emblem in the center and the words 'Maha Vir Chakra' in Hindi and English around the rim.

Any Indian citizen can recommend candidates for Padma Awards through the online nomination portal on the Rashtrapati Bhavan website during the nomination period (typically May to September).

Bhojpuri is not among the 24 languages recognized by Sahitya Akademi for its awards. The recognized languages include major Indian languages like Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Sanskrit, Urdu, and Konkani.

The Booker Prize was established in 1969 and was originally sponsored by Booker McConnell Ltd., hence named the Booker-McConnell Prize. It was later shortened to the Booker Prize.

Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain has won multiple Grammy Awards. He won his first Grammy in 1992 for 'Planet Drum' (not 'Golden Drum') in the Best World Music Album category. Correction: The correct album is 'Planet Drum'.

The Arjuna Award was indeed instituted in 1961 by the Government of India to recognize outstanding achievement in national sports and has since become one of the most coveted sports honors.

Sir C.V. Raman won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930 for his work on light scattering and the discovery of the Raman Effect, becoming the first Asian to win a Nobel Prize in science.

The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction is awarded to American authors for novels or short story collections published in the U.S. during the calendar year. However, the author must be American, making this statement False. Correction: The author must be American, so the correct answer is False.

The song 'Naatu Naatu' from the Telugu film 'RRR' won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2023, marking the first Oscar win for an Indian-produced film in this category.

As of 2024, Ratan Tata has not been awarded the Bharat Ratna. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (1997), Sachin Tendulkar (2014), and Lata Mangeshkar (2001) are all Bharat Ratna awardees.

Hilary Mantel, though British, won the Booker Prize twice (2009 for 'Wolf Hall' and 2012 for 'Bring Up the Bodies'). Among Indian-born authors, no one has won twice; Salman Rushdie won once for 'Midnight's Children' (1981).

The Param Vir Chakra is made of standard metal (a bronze alloy). The obverse bears the national emblem of India surrounded by four copies of Indra's Vajra with the words 'Param Vir Chakra' inscribed in Hindi and English.

Alfred Nobel, inventor of dynamite, established the Nobel Prizes in his 1895 will to award those who confer the 'greatest benefit to humankind' in Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature, and Peace.