Awards & Honors 2024 MCQs for SSC, UPSC and other Exams

Awards are honors a testament to outstanding achievements and contributions in the fields of science and literature, sports, and public service. They give light to the efforts of people and organizations who make their mark in society for the better. In 2024, several prestigious awards were conferred worldwide, celebrating excellence, innovation, and dedication.

The most common recurring topics for aspirants studying exams like SSC, UPSC, and other similar tests include current affairs or general knowledge about awards or honours. Knowing these contemporary awardees’ names, the work these have been able to do because of them, and the implication or value attached to their existence is beneficial.

This blog offers a great collection of MCQs on the major awards and honors of 2024. Designed to enhance your preparation, it will help you confidently tackle questions on this important topic. Let’s explore and celebrate the remarkable achievements that have shaped this year

MCQs Awards & Honors

Q1. Who Has Honored with Prestigious Pen Pinter Prize 2O24?
A. Ravish Kumar
B. Chetan Bhagat
C. Arundhati Roy
D. Ruskin Bond
Ans : C
Pen Pinter Prize

• Est : 2009 By – English PEN

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2024 Winner : Arundhati Roy – Indian Author.

Q2. Which State Won Best Agriculture State Award for 2024?
A. Odisha
B. Maharashtra
C. Gujarat
D. Haryana
Ans : B
Announced by : 15th Agriculture
Leadership Awards Committee

Headed by : P Sathasivam

Q3. Who has been Awarded Prestigious Olympic Order by IOC?
A. Abhinav Bindra
B. PV Sindhu
C. Neeraj Chopra
D. None
Ans : A
Abhinav Bindra (Shooter) : India’s First Individual Olympic Gold Medallist

Awarded by : International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Q4. Which Institution won ‘risk manager of the year award 2024’ ?
A. RBI
B. UNCTAD
C. SEBI
D. None
Ans : A
Given by : London’s Central Banking publication

Q5. Who has been Named Land Hero by UN Agency recently ?
A. Siddhesh
Sakore
B. Aravind Kumar
C. Naveen Sinha
D. None
Ans : A
SIDDHESH SAKORE : Farmer From Maharashtra

Q6. Who Has Won ‘International Booker Prize 2024 ?
A. Geetanjali Shree
B. David Diop
C. Georgi Gospodinov
D. Jenny Erpenbeck
Ans : D
International Booker Prize 2024

• Won : Jenny Erpenbeck (Germany)
• For His Novel → Kairos
• Translated Into English By → Michael Hofmann

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2023 → Georgi Gospodinov (For Time Shelter)

Q7. Which Institute Has Been Honoured with Prestigious Nelson Mandela Award 2024 for Health Promotion?
A. AIIMS Delhi
B. ISC Benguluru
C. NIMHANS
D. None
Ans : C
National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS)

Located @ → Bengaluru

Q8. Who won Prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize 2024?
A. Alok Shukla
B. Sanjay Kumar
C. Amit Singh
D. None
Ans : A
Goldman Environmental Prize → Known As » Green Nobel Awards

• Prize : $ 2 Lakhs

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His Campaign Saved → 4.45 lakh acres of biodiversity-rich forest In Chhattisgarh

Alok Shukla : Environmental activist.

Q9. Who Has Been Awarded With The ‘Shaw Prize 2024’ In Astronomy?
A. Duncan Lorimer
B. Shrinivas R.
Kulkarni
C. Matthew Bailes
D. None
Ans : B
SHAW PRIZE

• Given @ Fields → Astronomy,
  Medicine And Life Sciences
• Prize → $1.2 Million
• 2024 : Shrinivas R. Kulkarni (USA – IND Origin)

Q10. Which Indian Film won the prestigious Grand Prix award at 77th Cannes Film Festival?
A. Dunki
B. Salaar
C. All We Imagine as
Light
D. None
Ans : C
Directed by : Payal Kapadia → 1st Indian To Win This Award

Q11. Who Won the ‘Green Oscar’ Whitley Gold Award 2024?
A. Ankita Sharma
B. Purnima Devi
Barman
C. Abhishek Singh
D. None
Ans : B
Purnima Devi Barman : From Assam

Q12. Recently, who was honoured with the ‘International Culture Award 2024’?
A. Ankita Gupta
B. Meena Charanda
C. Arpita Singh
D. None
Ans : B

Q13. Who Won Laureus Sportsman Of The Year Award 2024 ?
A. Novak Djokovic
B. Lionel Messi
C. Mbappé
D. Virat Kohli
Ans : A
2024 Laureus World Sports Award Winners

Breakthrough Of The Year Award : Jude Bellingham (football )

Sportsman Of The Year Award → Novak Djokovic (Tennis)

Sportswoman Of The Year : Aitana Bonmatí (Football)

Q14. Who has been Honoured with the Prestigious Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award?
A. Amitabh Bachchan
B. Ranveer Singh
C. Kumar Sanu
D. None
Ans : A

Q15. Who has been named as 2024 Young Global Leader’?
A. Ankita Sharma
B. Adwaita Nayar
C. Aruna Kumari
D. None
Ans : B

Named by : World Economic Forum

• Adwaita Nayar : Co-founder of Nykaa

Q16. Who has received Prestigious Romain Rolland Book Prize 2024?
A. Geetanjali Shri
B. Pankaj Kumar Chatterjee
C. Ruskin Bond
D. None Of These
Ans : B
For his translation of → Jean-Daniel’s
Book → “Le Divan de Staline” → Into Bengali

Bengali Title → Staliner Divan

Q17. Who has been awarded the prestigious G. D. Birla Award 2023 for Scientific Research ?
A. Aditi Sen De
B. Arohi Sinha
C. Ajay Wanga
D. Sandeep Reddy
Ans : A

Q18. Which film won the Best Film award at Oscars 2024
A. King Richard
B. Oppenheimer
C. CODA
D. West Side Story
Ans : B

96th Academy Awards Or Oscar Awards 2024

Winners

1. Best Actor : Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer)
2. Best Film : Oppenheimer
3. Best Actress : Emma Stone (Poor Things)
4. Best Director : Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer)

Q19. Who Won the title of Miss World 2024?
A. Yasmina Zaytoun
B. Karolina Bielawska
C. Krystyna Pyszkova
D. None Of These
Ans : C

Miss World 2024 Event

Title Won : Krystyna Pyszkova {Czech Republic}
Runner-Up: Yasmina Zaytoun of Lebanon

Hosted By : Mumbai (IND) Winners

Q20. Who has Been Honoured With “Saraswati Samman, 2023”
A. Ramdarash Mishra
B. Ranan Prasad
C. Prabha Varma
D. Deepak Mishra
Ans : C
33rd Saraswati Samman 2023 : Literary Awards
Given By : KK Birla Foundation
Winners

• 2023 Winner : Prabha Varma (Malyalam Poet) → For ‘Roudra Sathwikam’

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First Winner : Harivansh Rai Bachchan

Q21. Who has been awarded with the “Abel Prize 2024”
A. Dennis P. Sullivan
B. Michel Talagrand
C. Luis Caffarelli
D. Philip David
Ans : B
Abel Prize 2024 (Mathematics Award)

Given By : The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.

Winner : Michel Talagrand.

Q22. Who Won “Pritzker Architecture Prize 2024”
A. Riken Yamamoto
B. Philip Johnson
C. Diébédo Francis Kéré
D. None Of These
Ans : A
Pritzker Architecture Prize 2024

Winner : Riken Yamamoto (Japan)

Q23. Who Has Been Honoured with Bhutan’s ‘Order of the Druk Gyalpo’ Award?
A. Rajnath Singh
B. PM Modi
C. Draupadi Murmu
D. S Jaishankar
Ans : B
Order of the Druk Gyalpo’ : Bhutan’s Highest Civilian Award

PM Modi : 1st non-Bhutanese to receive this award.

Q24. Who has beenAwarded with the ‘Sangita Kalanidhi Award 2024?
A. T.M. Krishna
B. Jakir Hussain
C. Asad Khan
D. Aravind Kumar
Ans : A
T.M. Krishna : Carnatic Musician

Q25. Who has been honoured with Maharashtra Bhushan Award 2024?
A. Asha Parekh
B. Shahrukh Khan
C. Dr Pradeep Mahajan
D. None Of These
Ans : C
Maharashtra Bhushan Award Highest Civilian Award Of MH Govt

Q26. Who has been awarded the prestigious G. D. Birla Award 2023 for Scientific Research ?
A. Aditi Sen De
B. Arohi Sinha
C. Ajay Wanga
D. Sandeep Reddy
Ans : A

Q27. How Many People Awarded With The “Bharat Ratna Award 2024”?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8
Ans : A

1. KARPOORI THAKUR : 11th Chief Minister of Bihar
2. L. K. ADVANI : 7th Deputy Prime Minister of India

• Co- Founder of → BJP

1. MS SWAMINATHAN :Father of the Green Revolution
2. P. V. NARASIMHA RAO : 9th PM Of India
3. CHAUDHARY CHARAN SINGH → 5th PM Of India

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First awarded : C. Rajagopalachari & Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan & C. V. Raman

BHARAT RATNA : IND’s Highest Civilian Award

Est : 1954

Q28. Recently Who Has Received 58th ‘Jnanpith Award 2023’ ?
A. Jagadguru Rambhadracharya
B. Gulzar
C. Namita Gokhle
D. Both A & B
Ans : D
Jnanpith Award : Oldest & Highest Indian Literary Award

• First Winner : 1965 → G. Sankara Kurup
• Cash Prize : ₹11 Lakhs

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• 58th Jnanpith Award (2023)

Urdu poet and lyricist → Gulzar

Sanskrit scholar → Jagadguru Rambhadracharya

Q29. How Many Personalities Have Been Awarded With Padma Award 2024?
A. 100
B. 132
C. 106
D. 111
Ans : B

PADMA AWARDS 2024

Total : 132 Awards
Padma Vibhushan: 5
Padma Bhushan: 17
Padma Shri: 110

PADMA VIBHUSHAN 2024 : 5

Q30. Which Film Won Best Film Award At ‘Filmfare Awards 2024’ ?
A. 12th Fail
B. Animal
C. Dunki
D. Jawan
Ans : A
Filmfare Awards 2024

WINNERS

• Best Film → 12th Fail
• Best Director → Vidhu Vinod Chopra (12th Fail)
• Best Actor (Male) : Ranbir Kapoor (Animal)
• Best Actor (Female) : Alia Bhatt (Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani)

Q31. Which State has Won Best State Tableau Award Of Republic Day Parade 2024
A. Uttar Pradesh
B. Odisha
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Uttrakhand
Ans : B
Best State Tableau Award → Of Republic Day Parade 2024

• First Prize → Odisha (Theme → Woman Empowerment in Viksit Bharat)
• Followed By → Gujarat & Tamil Nadu _______Other Winners

Among CAPF (Central Armed Police Force) → Delhi Police Women Marching Contingent

Best Marching Contingent → Army’s Sikh Regiment

Ministries/ Departments Category → M/o Culture

Q32. Which city has been declared as the cleanest city in India in Swachh Survekshan 2023?
A. Indore
B. Surat
C. Both A & B
D. Mumbai
Ans : C
Swachh Survekshan Awards 2023

Cleanest Ganga Towns : Varanasi and Prayagraj

By : M/o Housing & Urban Affairs Cleanest City

Rank 1 → Indore (MP) & Surat (Guj)

Rank 3 → Navi Mumbai

Cleanest State : Maharashtra

Q33. Who Has Been Awarded With The ‘Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2023’ ?
A. Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
B. Chirag Shetty
C. Both A & B
D. None Of These
Ans : C
Recently President of India → Droupadi Murmu Presented → National Sports Awards 2023 » At The Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi.

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