Awards, Honours & Persons in News Current Affairs MCQs

1. Who has become the first Indian lawyer to receive the ‘Medal of Honour’ from the World Jurist Association (WJA) in May 2025?
[A] Bhuwan Ribhu
[B] Asheeb Gupta
[C] Gauranshi Sharma
[D] Mahesh Chandra Mehta

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2. Who were the recipients of the 58th Jnanpith Award 2025?
[A] Amitav Ghosh and Mahasweta Devi
[B] Gulzar and Jagadguru Rambhadracharya
[C] R Rajashree and Anwar Ali
[D] Amrita Pritam and Krishna Sobti

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3. 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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4. Who has become first Indian-origin musician to win American Music Award 2025?
[A] Rasika Sekhar
[B] Raja Kumari
[C] Aditi Ramesh
[D] Manju Mehta

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5. 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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6. Which country’s startup, NitroCapt, won the 2025 Food Planet Prize?
[A] Sweden
[B] Norway
[C] India
[D] Poland

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7. The JCB Prize, which has been discontinued recently, is associated with which field?
[A] Journalism
[B] Sports
[C] Literature
[D] Agriculture

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8. Which country recently conferred its highest civilian award “Officer of the Order of the Star” to Prime Minister Narendra Modi?
[A] Ghana
[B] Guyana
[C] Egypt
[D] Cyprus

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9. Who has become the first woman to be streamed into the fighter stream of Naval Aviation?
[A] Riti Singh
[B] Vartika Joshi
[C] Payal Gupta
[D] Aastha Poonia

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10. Which district in Kerala won the Fisheries Department Excellence Award 2025?
[A] Alappuzha
[B] Ernakulam
[C] Kasaragod
[D] Kollam

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