Awards – GK Questions

The Sahitya Akademi Award carries a cash prize of ₹1,00,000 (one lakh rupees), along with a casket containing an engraved copper plaque and a shawl.

The Nobel Prize medals for Physics, Chemistry, and Physiology or Medicine feature a left-facing portrait of Alfred Nobel on the obverse, along with his birth and death years in Roman numerals.

The International Booker Prize (formerly Man Booker International Prize) is awarded annually for a single book translated into English and published in the UK or Ireland, recognizing the growing importance of translated fiction.

The Indo-Pak War of 1971 saw the highest number of Param Vir Chakra awards (4) conferred in a single conflict, recognizing extraordinary acts of bravery during the liberation of Bangladesh.

A.R. Rahman won two Grammy Awards in 2010 for the 'Slumdog Millionaire' soundtrack: Best Compilation Soundtrack Album and Best Song Written for a Motion Picture for 'Jai Ho'.

The Arjuna Award is indeed presented by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India, as part of the National Sports Awards ceremony held annually.

Amartya Sen won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1998 for his contributions to welfare economics, particularly his work on famine, poverty, and social choice theory.

The Padma Awards Committee is constituted by the Prime Minister of India every year. The committee submits its recommendations to the Prime Minister and the President for final approval.

The Pulitzer Prize for Public Service is unique in that it is awarded to a newspaper, magazine, or news organization (not an individual) and is represented by a gold medal, recognizing meritorious public service through journalism.

The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (now Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna) is awarded only once to a sportsperson in their career. No individual has received it multiple times.

The Sahitya Akademi Award was instituted in 1954 by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, to recognize outstanding literary works in Indian languages.

Legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray was awarded an Honorary Academy Award (Oscar) in 1992 for his rare mastery of the art of motion pictures and profound humanitarian outlook, shortly before his death.

In 2019, the Bharat Ratna was posthumously awarded to Nanaji Deshmukh and Bhupen Hazarika, and conferred on former President Pranab Mukherjee, making all three recipients of the award that year.

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.

The Param Vir Chakra is India's highest military decoration, awarded for displaying distinguished acts of valour during wartime, equivalent to the British Victoria Cross or the American Medal of Honor.

The Padma Awards are conferred by the President of India in ceremonial functions held at Rashtrapati Bhavan, usually around March/April each year, not by the Prime Minister.

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.

Linus Pauling won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1954) for his research on chemical bonds and the Nobel Peace Prize (1962) for his activism against nuclear weapons testing, making him the only person to win two unshared Nobel Prizes in different categories.