Awards, Honours and Persons in News (MCQs)
Categories: EDUCATION
Q.1. Recently, who has been appointed as the head of the US-India Tax Forum by US-India Strategic and Partnership Forum (USISPF)?
(A) M.N. Srinivasu
(B) Tarun Bajaj
(C) Naveen Aggarwal
(D) Ajit Saxena
Ans. (B) Tarun Bajaj
Q.2. Recently, who has been selected for the prestigious John Dirks Prize in global health?
(A) Dr. SK Bose
(B) Dr. Gagandeep Kang
(C) Dr. Randeep Singh
(D) Dr. Sushovan Banerjee
Ans. (B) Dr. Gagandeep Kang
Q.3. Derek Underwood, who recently passed away, was associated with which sports?
(A) Hockey
(B) Cricket
(C) Football
(D) Basketball
Ans. (B) Cricket
Q.4. DS Majithia, who recently passed away, was associated with which armed force?
(A) Indian Air Force
(B) National Security Guard
(C) Indian Navy
(D) Indian Coast Guard
Ans. (A) Indian Air Force
Q.5. Who is the author of the recently released book ‘India – the Road to Renaissance: A Vision and an Agenda’?
(A) Amish Tripathi
(B) Bhimeswara Challa
(C) Bhavik Sarkhedi
(D) Vikram Seth
Ans. (B) Bhimeswara Challa
Q.6. Raman Subba Row, who passed away recently, was associated with which sports?
(A) Hockey
(B) Football
(C) Cricket
(D) Table Tennis
Ans. (C) Cricket
Q.7. Recently, who received the prestigious Aryabhatta Award from the Astronautical Society of India (ASI)?
(A) G Satheesh Reddy
(B) Ram Narain Agarwal
(C) S. Somnath
(D) Pavuluri Subba Rao
Ans. (D) Pavuluri Subba Rao
Q.8. Recently, which Indian has been selected for the ‘Goldman Environmental Prize 2024’?
(A) Rajendra Singh
(B) Tulsi Gowda
(C) Alok Shukla
(D) Ramesh Agrawal
Ans. (C) Alok Shukla
Q.9. Vinay Vir, who recently passed away, was associated with which field?
(A) Journalism
(B) Politics
(C) Sports
(D) Medicine
Ans. (A) Journalism
Q.10. Recently, who has been appointed as the Presiding Officer of the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT)?
(A) Meera Swarup
(B) Dheeraj Bhatnagar
(C) Dinesh Kumar
(D) JP Devdhar
Ans. (C) Dinesh Kumar