Exercise :: Awards and Honours - Latest Current Affairs
- Awards and Honours - Latest Current Affairs
| 1. | Who has presented the 1st ever "AICTE Visvesvaraya Best Teachers Award 2020"? |
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Answer: Option D Explanation: On 15th September 2020, on the occasion of National Engineers Day, Ramesh Pokhriyak 'Nishank', Union Minister of Education presented the first ever "AICTE Visvesvaraya Best Teachers Award 2020" to the 12 faculty members of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) approved institutions over a virtual ceremony.
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| 2. | Who was honoured with Asia Game Changer Award 2020? |
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Answer: Option A Explanation: Chef Vikas Khanna has been chosen to be honoured with the prestigious Asia Game Changer Award 2020. This award is given to him for feeding millions of people across India in the COVID-19 pandemic through a massive food distribution drive 'FeedIndia'. He is the only Indian among the six honourees named by the leading organisation. He coordinated his massive food distribution drive in India from thousands of miles away in his Manhattan home in New York.
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| 3. | Which airport awarded the world's 1st 5-star Anti-Covid award? |
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Answer: Option A Explanation: The Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) in Rome, Italy, has become the first airport in the world to be certified with "COVID-19 5-star airport rating" from Skytrax, a U.K.-based airport and airline review firm. FCO, also known as the Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport, is the busiest airport in Italy.
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| 4. | Who conferred Lifetime Achievement Award by Euromoney 2020? |
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Answer: Option C Explanation: Managing Director of HDFC Bank, Aditya Puri has been conferred the Lifetime Achievement Award by Euromoney Awards of Excellence 2020. He has been awarded for his skills in building a world-class bank in India at a time where there were no similar institutions in existence.
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| 5. | Who was awarded Indira Gandhi Peace Prize? |
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Answer: Option A Explanation: Sir David Attenborough was conferred with the prestigious Indira Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2019. He is an English broadcaster and a historian. He is popular for writing and presenting the BBC Natural History Unit. He worked to make aware to preserve and protect the biodiversity of the planet.
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