SSC CGL (Prelims) GK: Awards and Honours questions with solutions

Q1. Lata Mangeshkar was honoured with the Bharat Ratna in which year?

1. 2001
2. 2003
3. 2004
4. 2002

Answer: 2001

Lata Mangeshkar was awarded the Bharat Ratna in 2001. She is one of India's most celebrated playback singers and received the country's highest civilian honour that year.

Q2. Hariprasad Chaurasia, an Indian flutist in the Hindustani classical tradition, was awarded which of the following awards in 2000?

1. Padma Shri
2. Padma Vibhushan
3. Bharat Ratna
4. Padma Bhushan

Answer: Padma Vibhushan

Hariprasad Chaurasia received the Padma Vibhushan in 2000. It is one of India’s highest civilian awards and is commonly awarded for exceptional and distinguished service.

Q3. Madhuri Barthwal, a folk singer and Padma Shri 2022 awardee, belongs to which of the following states of India?

1. Uttarakhand
2. Himachal Pradesh
3. Uttar Pradesh
4. Maharashtra

Answer: Uttarakhand

Madhuri Barthwal is a folk singer from Uttarakhand and was awarded the Padma Shri in 2022. She is associated with the folk music traditions of the Garhwal region.

Q4. Who among the following was conferred the Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2021?

1. Gita Press
2. Gita Vidyalaya
3. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
4. Ramkrishna Mission

Answer: Gita Press

The Gandhi Peace Prize for 2021 was conferred on Gita Press. It was recognized for its contribution to social and cultural values through publishing.

Q5. Who was the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize?

1. C.V. Raman
2. Rabindranath Tagore
3. Mother Teresa
4. Amartya Sen

Answer: Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore was the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 for his work Gitanjali. The other options won the prize later or in different categories.

Q6. Which award is given for excellence in the field of cinema in India?

1. Padma Shri
2. Bharat Ratna
3. Dadasaheb Phalke Award
4. Arjuna Award

Answer: Dadasaheb Phalke Award

The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is the highest award in Indian cinema, given for outstanding contribution to the growth and development of Indian films. The other options are general civilian or sports awards.

Q7. Who was the first Indian to receive the Nobel Prize?

1. Rabindranath Tagore
2. C.V. Raman
3. Mother Teresa
4. Amartya Sen

Answer: Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore was the first Indian to receive the Nobel Prize. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 for Gitanjali.

Q8. Who was the first Indian to receive the Bharat Ratna award?

1. Jawaharlal Nehru
2. C.V. Raman
3. Dr. Radhakrishnan
4. C. Rajagopalachari

Answer: C. Rajagopalachari

C. Rajagopalachari was one of the first recipients of the Bharat Ratna in 1954 and is regarded as the first Indian to receive it. The award was first given to three people that year.

Q9. Who was the first woman to receive the Bharat Ratna?

1. Lata Mangeshkar
2. Mother Teresa
3. Indira Gandhi
4. Sarojini Naidu

Answer: Indira Gandhi

Indira Gandhi was the first woman to receive the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian award. She received it in 1971.

Q10. Who was the first Indian to receive a Nobel Prize in Physics?

1. C. V. Raman
2. Amartya Sen
3. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
4. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

Answer: C. V. Raman

C. V. Raman was the first Indian to receive the Nobel Prize in Physics. He won it in 1930 for his work on the scattering of light, known as the Raman Effect.