Exercise :: Awards and Honours - Latest Current Affairs
- Awards and Honours - Latest Current Affairs
| 16. | The Sahitya Akademi named the authors Yashodhara Mishra as the winner of the 2020 awards for his work in which language? |
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Answer: Option B Explanation: The Sahitya Akademi named authors Yashodhara Mishra and Omcherry N.N. Pillai as the winners of the 2020 awards for their works in Odia and Malayalam, respectively.
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| 17. | Who is going to receive Sahitya Akademi Award 2020 for her work in Odia? |
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Answer: Option B Explanation: Noted writer and poet Dr Yashodhara Mishra will be receiving Sahitya Akademi Award 2020 for her work in Odia.
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| 18. | Who will be given the 1st Congressional Gold Medal for recognition of his promotion of peace and nonviolence? |
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Answer: Option B Explanation: An influential US lawmaker from New York on 16th August reintroduced a resolution in the US House of Representatives to posthumously award the prestigious Congressional Gold Medal to Mahatma Gandhi in recognition of his promotion of peace and nonviolence.
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| 19. | Who have been conferred with the inaugural Prof CR Rao Centenary Gold Medal (CGM)? |
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Answer: Option C Explanation: The Indian Econometric Society (TIES) Trust has selected two renowned economic scholars for the Prof. C.R. Rao Centenary Gold Medal award. Renowned economists Jagdish Bhagwati and C Rangarajan have been conferred with the inaugural Prof CR Rao Centenary Gold Medal (CGM).
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| 20. | Who has been chosen for the prestigious Lokmanya Tilak National Award for 2021? |
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Answer: Option A Explanation: Dr Cyrus Poonawalla, Chairman of the Pune-based vaccine maker Serum Institute of India (SII), has been chosen for the prestigious Lokmanya Tilak National Award for 2021.
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