Exercise :: Awards and Honours - Latest Current Affairs
- Awards and Honours - Latest Current Affairs
| 11. | Who has been adjudged 'Coorg Person of the Year, 2019'? |
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Answer: Option A Explanation: Justice A.S. Bopanna, first judge from Kodagu to be elevated to the Supreme Court, was adjudged 'Coorg Person of the Year, 2019' by a Kodagu information portal.
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| 12. | Who presented the Antarrashtriya Yoga Diwas Media Samman? |
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Answer: Option B Explanation: The Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar presented the Antarrashtriya Yoga Diwas Media Samman in New Delhi on 7 January 2020. The award acknowledged the positive role and responsibility of media in disseminating the outreach of Yoga in India and abroad.4
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| 13. | Who recently won the "Cecil B DeMille Award"? |
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Answer: Option A Explanation: At the 2020 Golden Globes, Tom Hanks received the Cecil B. DeMille Award.The 77th Golden Globe Awards presented to the winners in Beverly Hills, California (US).
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| 14. | Who won the Hastings International Chess Congress tournament? |
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Answer: Option B Explanation: Magesh Chandran, the 36-year old Grand Master with a FIDE rating of 2479, remained unbeaten and finished first with 7.5 points from nine games. India's P. Magesh Chandran remained unbeaten in nine rounds to win the title in the 95th edition of the prestigious Hastings International Chess Congress in Hastings, England.
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| 15. | Who has been appointed as an advisor to the Lt Governor of J&K? |
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Answer: Option B Explanation: IPS officer Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar, who recently retired as the CRPF DG, has been appointed as an advisor to the Lt Governor of Jammu-Kashmir. Bhatnagar is a 1983-batch officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre.
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