Awards and Honours Questions and Answers – General Knowledge
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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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