Awards and Honours Questions and Answers – General Knowledge

Awards and Honours Questions and Answers – General Knowledge

Awards and Honours Questions and Answers: The Word “Success” Just looks like a small word. But a lot of effort lies in achieving that Success. Success is not to be taken for granted. It is earned on the track, on the field. Hence, let us have an insight into the Awards and Honors Section.

Bharat Ratna – Awards and Honours Questions and Answers

Recipients	Year
C Rajagopalachari	1954
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
C V Raman
Bhagwan Das	1955
M Visvesvaraya
Jawaharlal Nehru
Govind Ballabh Pant	1957
Dhondo Keshav Karve	1958
Bidhan Chandra Roy	1961
Purushottam Das Tandon
Rajendra Prasad	1962
Zakir Husain	1963
Pandurang Vaman Kane
Lal Bahadur Shastry	1966
Indira Gandhi	1971
V V Giri	1975
K Kamaraj	1976
Mother Teresa	1980
Vinoba Bhave	1983
Khan Abdul Ghaffar	1987
M G Ramachandran	1988
B R Ambedkar	1990
Nelson Mandela
Rajiv Gandhi
Vallabhbhai Patel	1991
Moraji Desai
Abul Kalam Azad	1992
J R D Tata
Satyajit Ray
Gulzarilal Nanda	1997
Aruna Asaf Ali
A P J Abdul Kalam
M S Subbulakshmi	1998
Chidambaram Subramaniam
Amartya Sen	1999
Gopinath Bordoloi
Ravi Shankar
Lata Mangeshkar	2001
Bismillah Khan
Bhimsen Joshi	2009
C N R Rao	2014
Sachin Tendulkar
Madan Mohan Malaviya	2015
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Nanaji Deshmukh	2019
Bhupen Hazarika
Pranab Mukherjee

Jnanapith Awards – Awards and Honours Questions and Answers

Recipient	Year	Language
G Sankara Kurup	1965	Malayalam
Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay	1966	Bengali
Umashankar Joshi	1967	Gujrati
Kupalli Venkatappa Puttappa ‘Kuvempu’	Kannada
Sumitranandan Pant	1968	Hindi
Firaq Gorakhpuri	1969	Urdu
Viswanatha Satyanarayana	1970	Telugu
Bishnu Dey	1971	Bengali
Ramdhari Singh ‘Dinkar’	1972	Hindi
D R Bendre	1973	Kannada
Gopinath Mohanty	Odia
Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar	1974	Marathi
Akilan	1975	Tamil
Ashapoorna Devi	1976	Bengali
K Shivaram Karanth	1977	Kannada
Sachidananda Vatsyayan	1978	Hindi
Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya	1979	Assamese
S K Pottekkatt	1980	Malayalam
Amrita Pritam	1981	Punjabi
Mahadevi Varma	1982	Hindi
Masti Venkatesha Iyengar	1983	Kannada
Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai	1984	Malayalam
Pannalal Patel	1985	Gujrati
Sachidananda Routray	1986	Odia
Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar ‘ Kusumagraj’	1987	Marathi
C Narayan Reddy	1988	Telugu
Qurratulain Hyder	1989	Urdu
Vinayaka Krishna Gokak	1990	Kannada
Subhash Mukhopadhyay	1991	Bengali
Naresh Mehta	1992	Hindi
Sitakant Mahapatra	1993	Odia
U R Ananthamurthy	1994	Kannada
M T Vasudevan Nair	1995	Malayalam
Mahasweta Devi	1996	Bengali
Ali Sardar Jafri	1997	Urdu
Girish Karnad	1998	Kannada
Nirmal Verma	1999	Hindi
Gurdial Singh	Punjabi
Mamoni Raisom Goswami	2000	Assamese
Rajendra Shah	2001	Gujrati
Jayakanthan	2002	Tamil
Vinda Karandikar	2003	Marathi
Rehman Rahi	2004	Kashmiri
Kunwar Narayan	2005	Hindi
Ravindra Kelekar	2006	Konkani
Satya Vrat Shastri	Sanskrit
O N V Kurup	2007	Malayalam
Akhlaq Mohammed Khan ‘Shahryar’	2008	Urdu
Amarkant	2009	Hindi
Sri Lal Sukla	Hindi
Chandrashekara Kambara	2010	Kannada
Pratibha Ray	2011	Odia
Ravuri Bharadwaja	2012	Telugu
Kedarnath Singh	2013	Hindi
Bhalchandra Nemade	2014	Marathi
Raghuveer Chaudhari	2015	Gujrati
Shankha Ghosh	2016	Bengali
Krishna Sobti	2017	Hindi
Amitav Ghosh	2018	English
Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri	2019	Malayalam

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awards – Awards and Honours Questions and Answers

Recipient	Year	Sport
Viswanathan Anand	1991-92	Chess
Geet Sethi	1992-93	Billiards
Homi Motivala	1993-94	Yachting
Garg Pushpendra Kumar	1993-94	Yachting
Karnam Malleshwari	1994-95	Weightlifting
Nameirakpam Kunjarani	1995-96	Weightlifting
Leander Paes	1996-97	Tennis
Sachin Tendulkar	1997-98	Cricket
Jyotirmoyee Sikdar	1998-99	Athletics
Dhanraj Pillai	1999-2000	Hockey (Men)
Pullela Gopichand	2000-01	Badminton
Abhinav Bindra	2001	Shooting
K M Beenamol	2002	Athletics
Anjali Bhagwat	Shooting
Anju Bobby George	2003	Athletics
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore	2004	Shooting
Pankaj Advani	2005	Billiards and Snooker
Manavjit Singh Sandhu	2006	Shooting
Mahendra Singh Dhoni	2007	Cricket
Mary Kom	2009	Boxing (Women)
Vijender Singh	Boxing (Men)
Sushil Kumar	Wrestling
Saina Nehwal	2010	Badminton
Gagan Narang	2011	Shooting
Vijay Kumar	2012	Shooting
Yogeshwar Dutt	Wrestling
Ronjan Sodhi	2013	Shooting
Sania Mirza	2015	Tennis
P V Sindhu	2016	Badminton
Dipa Karmakar	Gymnastics
Jitu Rai	Shooting
Sakshi Malik	Wrestling
Devendra Jhajaria	2017	Javelin throw
Sardar Singh	Hockey
Virat Kohli	2018	Cricket
Mirabai Chanu	Weightlifting
Bajrang Punia	2019	Wrestling
Deepa Malik	Athletics
Rohit Sharma	2020	Cricket

Dronacharya Awards – Awards and Honours Questions and Answers

Recipient	Year	Sport
Bhalachandra Bhaskar Bhagwat	1985	Wrestling
Om Prakash Bharadwaj	Boxing
O M Nambiar	Athletics
Desh Prem Azad	1986	Cricket
Raghunandan Vasant Gokhale	Chess
Guru Hanuman	1987	Wrestling
Gurucharan Singh	Cricket
Ramakant Achrekar	1990	Cricket
Syed Naeemuddin	Football
A Ramana Rao	Volleyball
Ilyas Babar	1994	Athletics
Shyam Sunder Rao	1995	Volleyball
Karan Singh	Athletics
Wilson Jones	1996	Billiards & Snooker
Pal Singh Sandhu	Weightlifting
Joginder Singh Saini	1997	Athletics
Hargobind Singh Sandhu	Athletics
Bahadur Singh Chouhan	Athletics
Kenneth Owen Bosen	1999	Athletics
Hawa Singh	Boxing
Ajay Kumar Sirohi	Weightlifting
S M Arif	2000	Badminton
Gudial Singh Bhangu	Hockey
Bhupender Dhawan	Powerlifting
Gopal Purushottam Phadke	Kho Kho
Hansa Sharma	Weightlifting
Michael Ferreira	2001	Billiards & Snooker
Sunny Thomas	Shooting
Maharaj Krishan Kaushik	2002	Hockey
Renu Kohli	Athletics
Homi Motivala	Yachting
E Prasad Rao	Kabaddi
Jaswant Singh	Athletics
Sukhchain Singh Cheema	2003	Wrestling
Robert Bobby George	Athletics
Anoop Kumar	Boxing
Rajinder Singh Jr.	Hockey
Cyrus Poncha	2004	Squash
Arvind Savur	Billiards & Snooker
Sunita Sharma	Cricket
Ismail Baig	2005	Rowing
Maha Singh Rao	Wrestling
Balwan Singh	Kabaddi
M Venu	Boxing
Koneru Ashok	2006	Chess
Damodaran Chandralal	Boxing
R D Singh	Athletics
Jagdish Singh	2007	Boxing
Jagminder Singh	Wrestling
Sanjeev Kumar Singh	Archery
G E Sridharan	Volleyball
Jaydev Bisht	2009	Boxing
Pullela Gopichand	Badminton
S Baldev Singh	Hockey
Satpal Singh	Wrestling
Subhash Agarwal	2010	Billiards & Snooker
Ajay Kumar Bansal	Hockey
Captain Chandrup	Wrestling
A K Kutty	Athletics
L Ibomcha Singh	Boxing
Devendra Kumar Rathore	2011	Gymnastics
Kuntal Kumar Roy	Athletics
Ramphal	Wrestling
Inukurthi Venkateshwara Roy	Boxing
Jasvinder Singh Bhatia	2012	Athletics
Sunil Dabas	Kabaddi
B I Fernandez	Boxing
Bhawani Mukherjee	Table Tennis
Virender Poonia	Athletics
Satyapal Singh	Athletics
Harendra Singh	Hockey
Yashvir Singh	Wrestling
Purnima Mahato	2013	Archery
Narendra Singh Saini	Hockey
Mahavir Singh	Boxing
Raj Singh	Wrestling
K P Thomas	Athletics
Gurcharan Gogi	2014	Judo
Jose Jacob	Rowing
N Lingappa	Athletics
Ganapathy Manoharan	Boxing
Mahabir Prasad	Wrestling
Nihar Ameen	2015	Swimming
Anoop Singh	Wrestling
Naval Singh	Athletics
Swatantra Raj Singh	Boxing
Sagar Mal Dhayal	2016	Boxing
S Pradeep Kumar	Swimming
Bishweshwar Nandi	Gymnastics
Mahavir Singh Phogat	Wrestling
Nagapuri Ramesh	Athletics
Rajkumar Sharma	Cricket
R. Gandhi	2017	Athletics
Heera Nand Kataria	Kabaddi
G. S. S. V. Prasad	Badminton
Brij Bhushan Mohanty	Boxing
P. A. Raphel	Hockey
Sanjoy Chakraverty	Shooting
Roshan Lal	Wrestling
Subedar Chenanda Achaiah Kuttappa	2018	Boxing
Vijay Sharma	Weightlifting
A. Srinivasa Rao	Table Tennis
Sukhdev Singh Pannu	Athletics
Clarence Lobo	Hockey
Tarak Sinha	Cricket
Jiwan Kumar Sharma	Judo
V.R. Beedu	Athletics
Mohinder Singh Dhillon	2019	Athletics
Ranbir Singh Khokar	Kabaddi
U. Vimal Kumar	Badminton
Sandip Gupta	Table Tennis
Sanjay Bhardwaj	Cricket
Merzban Patel	Hockey

Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards 2020 Winners:

S.No.	Award	Winner
1	Best Film	Super 30
2	Best Actor	Hrithik Roshan (Super 30)
3	Most Promising Actor	Kiccha Sudeep
4	Best Actor in Television Series	Dheeraj Dhoopar
5	Best Actress in Television	Divyanka Tripathi
6	Most Favourite Television Actor	Harshad Chopda
7	Most Favourite Jodi in Television Series	Sriti Jha and Shabbir Ahluwalia (Kumkum Bhagya)
8	Best Television Series	Kumkum Bhagya
9	Best Playback Singer Male	Armaan Malik
10	Best Reality Show	Bigg Boss 13

List of previous recipients of Dadasaheb Phalke Award 

Ceremonial Year	Recipient	Film industry
2019 (67th)	Rajnikanth	Tamil
2018 (66th)	Amitabh Bachchan	Hindi
2017 (65th)	Vinod Khanna	Hindi
2016 (64th)	Kasinathuni Viswanath	Telugu
2015 (63rd)	Manoj Kumar	Hindi
2014 (62nd)	Shashi Kapoor	Hindi
2013 (61st)	Gulzar	Hindi
2012 (60th)	Pran	Hindi
2011 (59th)	Soumitra Chatterjee	Bengali
2010 (58th)	K. Balachander	Tamil, Telugu
2009 (57th)	D. Ramanaidu	Telugu
2008 (56th)	V. K. Murthy	Hindi
2007(55th)	Manna Dey	Bengali, Hindi
2006 (54th)	Tapan Sinha	Bengali, Hindi
2005 (53rd)	Shyam Benegal	Hindi
2004 (52nd)	Adoor Gopalakrishnan	Malayalam
2003 (51st)	Mrinal Sen	Bengali
2002 (50th)	Dev Anand	Hindi
2001 (49th)	Yash Chopra	Hindi
2000 (48th)	Asha Bhosle	Hindi, Marathi
1999 (47th)	Hrishikesh Mukherjee	Hindi
1998 (46th)	B. R. Chopra	Hindi
1997 (45th)	Kavi Pradeep	Hindi
1996 (44th)	Sivaji Ganesan	Tamil
1995 (43rd)	Rajkumar	Kannada
1994 (42nd)	Dilip Kumar	Hindi
1993 (41st)	Majrooh Sultanpuri	Hindi
1992 (40th)	Bhupen Hazarika	Assamese
1991 (39th)	Bhalji Pendharkar	Marathi
1990 (38th)	Akkineni Nageswara Rao	Telugu
1989 (37th)	Lata Mangeshkar	Hindi, Marathi
1988 (36th)	Ashok Kumar	Hindi
1987 (35th)	Raj Kapoor	Hindi
1986 (34th)	B. Nagi Reddy	Telugu
1985 (33rd)	V. Shantaram	Hindi, Marathi
1984 (32nd)	Satyajit Ray	Bengali
1983 (31st)	Durga Khote	Hindi, Marathi
1982 (30th)	L. V. Prasad	Hindi, Tamil, Telugu
1981 (29th)	Naushad	Hindi
1980 (28th)	Paidi Jairaj	Hindi, Telugu
1979 (27th)	Sohrab Modi	Hindi
1978 (26th)	Raichand Boral	Bengali, Hindi
1977 (25th)	Nitin Bose	Bengali, Hindi
1976 (24th)	Kanan Devi	Bengali
1975 (23rd)	Dhirendra Nath Ganguly	Bengali
1974 (22nd)	Bommireddy Narasimha Reddy	Telugu
1973 (21st)	Ruby Myers (Sulochana)	Hindi
1972 (20th)	Pankaj Mullick	Bengali & Hindi
1971 (19th)	Prithviraj Kapoor	Hindi
1970 (18th)	Birendranath Sircar	Bengali
1969 (17th)	Devika Rani	Hindi

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