Awards, Honours & Persons in News Current Affairs MCQs

21. 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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22. Which state won the India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) Industry Excellence Award 2025 for Battery Manufacturing?
[A] Haryana
[B] Uttar Pradesh
[C] Telangana
[D] Odisha

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23. Who has been appointed as the first woman Director General (DG) of the Railway Protection Force (RPF)?
[A] Sonali Mishra
[B] Divya Sinha
[C] Priya Semwal
[D] Mitali Madhumita

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24. Which mobile application won the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Prizes 2025 Champion Award for rural digital governance??
[A] UMANG
[B] Meri Panchayat
[C] GeoRurban
[D] eGramSwaraj

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25. Meghnad Desai, who recently passed away, was associated with which field?
[A] Economics
[B] Journalism
[C] Sports
[D] Politics

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26. Who has been appointed as the new Vice-Chief of Army Staff (VCOAS) in August 2025?
[A] Lieutenant General Pushpendra Singh
[B] Lieutenant General Rajeev Sirohi
[C] Lieutenant General Ashwani Kumar
[D] Lieutenant General Manoj Sinha

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27. National Youth Award is an initiative of which ministry?
[A] Ministry of Home Affairs
[B] Ministry of Science and Technology
[C] Ministry of Urban Development
[D] Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports

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28. Which state government has launched the Bhogeswar Baruah National Sports Award?
[A] Rajasthan
[B] Assam
[C] Sikkim
[D] Odisha

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29. Younus Ahamed, who won the Camel International Award 2025, belongs from which Indian state?
[A] Kerala
[B] Maharashtra
[C] Tamil Nadu
[D] Andhra Pradesh

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30. Who has been posthumously conferred the P V Narasimha Rao Memorial Award for Economics in September 2025?
[A] CT Kurien
[B] Amiya Kumar Bagchi
[C] Meghnad Desai
[D] Manmohan Singh

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