Awards, Honours & Persons in News Current Affairs MCQs

1. Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) in May 2025?
[A] N.C. Shrivastava
[B] Atul Sinha
[C] Ajay Kumar
[D] Nilanjan Sanyal

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2. India has received the Certificate of Elimination of Trachoma as a Public Health Problem from the WHO at which event in May 2025?
[A] 78th World Health Assembly, Geneva
[B] G20 Health Ministers’ Meeting, Gujarat
[C] World Health Summit, Berlin
[D] None of the Above

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3. Who has been elected as the President of the 80th session of the UN General Assembly?
[A] Annalena Baerbock
[B] Paulina Kubiak
[C] Johannes Cullmann
[D] Audrey Azoulay

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4. Which Indian has received the United Nations Sasakawa Award 2025 for Disaster Risk Reduction?
[A] Rajendra Singh
[B] Ramesh Agrawal
[C] Sunita Narain
[D] Mrutyunjay Mohapatra

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5. Who has been conferred with the Srimanta Sankardeva Award in June 2025?
[A] Shovana Narayan
[B] Sonal Mansingh
[C] Alarmel Valli
[D] Richa Das

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6. Which country recently honoured Prime Minister Narendra Modi with its highest civilian award, Order of Makarios III?
[A] France
[B] Croatia
[C] Canada
[D] Cyprus

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7. Which senior journalist was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Ministry of Home Affairs in June 2025?
[A] Shekhar Gupta
[B] Rajdeep Sardesai
[C] Ram Bahadur Rai
[D] Madhavrao Bagal

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8. Who has become the first woman and first African President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)?
[A] Joyce Banda
[B] Wangari Maathai
[C] Bonang Matheba
[D] Kirsty Coventry

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9. Who has been appointed as the next Secretary of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW)?
[A] Parag Jain
[B] Amarendra Singh
[C] Rajeev Krishna
[D] Ajay Pal Sharma

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10. Which country recently honoured PM Narendra Modi with its highest civilian award, “Grand Collar of the National Order of the Southern Cross”?
[A] Indonesia
[B] Brazil
[C] Ghana
[D] Nigeria

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