Awards, Honours & Persons in News Current Affairs MCQs

51. Which bank received the National Award for Outstanding Performance in Self-Help Group (SHG) Bank Linkage 2024–25?
[A] State Bank of India (SBI)
[B] Karnataka Grameena Bank (KGB)
[C] Canara Bank
[D] Punjab National Bank (PNB)

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52. Who was honoured with the Women Empowerment Award for Art and Culture at the House of Commons in the United Kingdom?
[A] Rituparna Sengupta
[B] Preeti Kalyani
[C] Reema sen
[D] Suman Singh

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53. Who has been appointed as Mumbai’s first female Municipal Commissioner?
[A] Ashwini Bhide
[B] Savitri Sinha
[C] Ankita Prakash
[D] Poonam Mehta

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54. Which country’s airport ranked first in the Skytrax World Airport Awards 2026?
[A] Singapore
[B] China
[C] Japan
[D] South Korea

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55. Who has been selected for the UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair for Quantum Devices in the United States?
[A] Deep Jariwala
[B] Arvind Krishna
[C] Raghunath Mashelkar
[D] Ajay Kumar Sood

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56. Who has been re-elected to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2027-2030)?
[A] Preeti Saran
[B] Vartika Sinha
[C] Asmita Pal
[D] Shivani Rawat

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57. Who has been appointed as India’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh?
[A] Khalilur Rahman
[B] Amit Malviya
[C] Dinesh Trivedi
[D] Satish Rai

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58. Who became the first woman Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court?
[A] Indira Banerjee
[B] Lisa Gill
[C] Hima Kohli
[D] R. Banumathi

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59. Who has won the 2026 Whitley Award for protecting the endangered Indian skimmer?
[A] Kanchan Sinha
[B] Parveen Shaikh
[C] Sheetal Devi
[D] Aakrati Bhandari

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60. Who has been appointed as the new Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) in May 2026?
[A] NS Raja Subramani
[B] Anil Chauhan
[C] Manoj Pande
[D] Upendra Dwivedi

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