Awards, Honours and Persons in News (MCQs)
Categories: OTHERS
Q.1. Recently, which medical institution has won the 2024 Nelson Mandela Award for Health Promotion by WHO?
(A) NIMHANS, Bengaluru
(B) KGMU, Lucknow
(C) AIIMS, Delhi
(D) CMC, Vellore
Ans. (A) NIMHANS, Bengaluru
Q.2. Recently, which regulatory body has been awarded the ‘Risk Manager of the Year Award 2024’ by Central Banking, London, UK?
(A) RBI
(B) NABARD
(C) SEBI
(D) SBI
Ans. (A) RBI
Q.3. David Johnson, who recently passed away, was associated with which sports?
(A) Hockey
(B) Cricket
(C) Football
(D) Badminton
Ans. (B) Cricket
Q.4. Recently, which institute has won joint second prize in the Trinity Challenge’s second competition for addressing antimicrobial resistance (AMR)?
(A) IIT, Ahmedabad
(B) IIT, Kanpur
(C) IIIT, Delhi
(D) IIT, Roorkee
Ans. (C) IIIT, Delhi
Q.5. Mark Rutte, recently appointed as the new Secretary General of NATO, is the Prime Minister of which country?
(A) Singapore
(B) Indonesia
(C) Netherlands
(D) Australia
Ans. (C) Netherlands
Q.6. Who has been appointed as the new Chairperson of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) recently?
(A) Suman Sharma
(B) Preeti Sudan
(C) Pradeep Kumar Joshi
(D) Rajiv Nayan
Ans. (B) Preeti Sudan
Q.7. Anshuman Gaekwad, who recently passed away, was associated with which sports?
(A) Cricket
(B) Football
(C) Hockey
(D) Boxing
Ans. (A) Cricket
Q.8. Recently, who has become the first woman to be appointed the Director General of Medical Services?
(A) Lt Gen Punita Arora
(B) Lt Gen Sadhna Saxena Nair
(C) Lt Gen Madhuri Kanitkar
(D) Lt Gen Kavita Sahai
Ans. (B) Lt Gen Sadhna Saxena Nair
Q.9. Recently, who has been conferred with Fiji’s highest civilian award ‘Companion of the Order of Fiji’?
(A) Droupadi Murmu
(B) Narendra Modi
(C) S. Jaishankar
(D) Amit Shah
Ans. (A) Droupadi Murmu
Q.10. Rajya Shakti Tilu Rauteli Award, recently seen in the news, is associated with which state?
(A) Madhya Pradesh
(B) Uttarakhand
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Himachal Pradesh
Ans. (B) Uttarakhand