Awards, Honours & Persons in News Current Affairs MCQs
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31. Which country has created a world record for Fastest Road construction?
[A] China
[B] Japan
[C] India
[D] UAE
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Correct Answer: C [India]
Notes:
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari announced that India holds the world record for fastest road construction.
India has entered Guinness World Records by building a 2.5 km 4-lane concrete road within 24 hours. It also built 25-km bitumen Solapur-Bijapur road within 24 hours. A record construction of 37 km per day was achieved in financial year 2020-21.
32. Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays is an honour conferred by which country?
[A] China
[B] Japan
[C] Russia
[D] France
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Correct Answer: B [Japan]
Notes:
79-year-old Bengaluru Teacher Shyamala Ganesh, 79, who has been teaching Japanese language in Karnataka for four decades, received the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays of Japan.
The order is awarded to those who have made achievements in international relations, promotion of Japanese culture, advancements in their field or preservation of the environment. This is the fifth class in the Order of the Rising Sun.
33. Which music icon, who was recently in news, is the best-selling teenage artist of all time?
[A] Rihanna
[B] Taylor Swift
[C] Beyoncé
[D] Britney Spears
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Correct Answer: D [Britney Spears]
Notes:
A Los Angeles court has denied the music star’s request to eject her father from a guardianship arrangement that gives him control of her affairs. This a week after the singer made an impassioned plea to end the “abusive” conservatorship during which she said she has been medicated to control her behaviour, prohibited from making decisions on friendships or finances and prevented from having a contraceptive implant removed, despite wanting more children.
34. Virbhadra Singh, who passed away recently, was the former Chief Minister of which state?
[A] Uttar Pradesh
[B] Himachal Pradesh
[C] Madhya Pradesh
[D] Arunachal Pradesh
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Correct Answer: B [Himachal Pradesh]
Notes:
The former Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh and Congress veteran Virbhadra Singh passed away recently at Shimla after he suffered cardiopulmonary arrest.
He has been the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh for 6 times and has been into active politics for over 6 decades with a very rich political and administrative experience.
35. Shankar Balasubramanian and David Klenerman, from which University, were awarded the 2020 Millennium Technology Prize?
[A] Yale University
[B] Cambridge University
[C] Oxford University
[D] Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Correct Answer: B [Cambridge University]
Notes:
Cambridge University chemists Shankar Balasubramanian and David Klenerman were awarded the 2020 Millennium Technology Priz.
It is a prestigious global science and technology prize awarded by Technology Academy Finland (TAF) at two-year intervals since 2004. They were declared winners in May 2021. They co-invented the Solexa-Illumina Next Generation DNA Sequencing (NGS), the technology enabling fast genome sequencing.
36. To which profession “Danish Siddiqui” belonged to?
[A] Sports
[B] Politics
[C] Journalism
[D] Poetry
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Correct Answer: C [Journalism]
Notes:
Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui, who is a Pulitzer Prize awardee for the year 2018, was killed in Afghanistan at Kandahar, while covering the escalating conflict in Afghanistan. He is known for his breath-taking images of wars, riots and human suffering across the globe.
He was reportedly killed while covering the clash between Afghan security forces and Taliban fighters, near the Pakistan border.
37. Satish Kalsekar, who recently passed away, is a renowned poet in which language?
[A] Hindi
[B] Urdu
[C] Marathi
[D] Gujarati
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Correct Answer: C [Marathi]
Notes:
Renowned Marathi poet Satish Kalsekar recently passed away in Maharashtra at the age of 78.
Satish Kalsekar was awarded with Sahitya Akademi Award in the year 2014 for his collection of essays ‘Vachanaryachi Rojanishee’. He had written several popular collections of poems. He worked in several forms of literature and contributed in the various fields including poetry, translation, prose writing and editing.
38. Padma Sachdev, who recently passed away, was author and poet of which language?
[A] Dogri
[B] Maithili
[C] Bangla
[D] Bodo
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Correct Answer: A [Dogri]
Notes:
Noted Dogri author and poet Padma Sachdev died in Mumbai on 4th August, 2021 at the age of 81. She authored many books in Dogri and Hindi, and her poetry collections, including Meri Kavita Mere Geet, won her the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1971. She received the Padma Shri, the country’s fourth-highest civilian award, in 2001 and was awarded the Kabir Samman for poetry for 2007-08 by the Madhya Pradesh government.
39. Who has been awarded the Behler Turtle Conservation Award?
[A] Joseph L. Goldstein
[B] Shailendra Singh
[C] Richard Dawkins
[D] Priyambada Mohanty Hejmadi
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Correct Answer: B [Shailendra Singh]
Notes:
Indian biologist Shailendra Singh has been awarded the Behler Turtle Conservation Award for bringing three critically endangered turtle conservation species back from the brink of extinction. The award has been bestowed by several global bodies involved in turtle conservation such as Turtle Survival Alliance, IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group, Turtle Conservancy, and the Turtle Conservation Fund.
40. Who is the author of the book “My Life in Full: Work, Family and our Future”?
[A] Jeff Bezos
[B] Andy Jassy
[C] Indra Nooyi
[D] Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
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Correct Answer: C [Indra Nooyi]
Notes:
The book titled “My Life in Full: Work, Family and our Future” has been written by Indra Nooyi, Indian American Executive, and the former Chairperson of Pepsico.
She has narrated her life experience of settling in America, negotiating the boardroom, balancing work and family. She has also touched upon the role which organisations play in working women’s lives.
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