Awards and Honours 2020



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1) The President of America presented the prestigious "Legion of the Merit" award to which of the following Prime Minister?

  1. Justin Turodo
  2. Narendra Modi
  3. Emanuel Macron
Important Points:

  • This award presented 3 people Narendra Modi (PM of India), Scott Morrison (PM of Australia), Shinzo Abe (Former PM of Japan).

2) Which country has topped the FIFA rankings in 2020?
  1. China
  2. India
  3. Belgium
Important Points:

  • Top 3 Winners: 1) Belgium 2) France 3) Brazil

3) "Person of The Year" award of PETA to gave which Indian actor?
  1. Akshay Kumar
  2. Amitabh Bachchan
  3. John Abraham
Important Points: PETA Full Form (People For The Ethical Treatment of Animals)


4) Who has won "Global Visionary of Sustainable Business and Peace" by the FIICC?
  1. Mukesh Ambani
  2. Roushani Nadar
  3. Ratan Tata

5) Which heritage park has received the "Award of Excellence 2020" for the cultural heritage conservation was released by UNESCO?
  1. Sunder Nursery
  2. Lodhi Garden
  3. Glass House
Important points: this award given for its "transformative impact in turning a barren site into an urban oasis in the heart of new Delhi"


6) Which Indian has been named for the "Young Champion of the earth 2020" prize announced by UNEP?
  1. Vidyut Mohan
  2. Ritesh Agarwal
  3. Tilak Mehta

7) Who has honoured with "Lifetime Achievement Award" at the TIE Global Summit 2020?
  1. Mukesh Ambani
  2. Bill Gates
  3. Sonu Sood

8) Who has been awarded "Bharati Award 2020"?
  1. Prem Gopal
  2. Jagmohan Reddy
  3. Seeni Viswanathan

9) Who becomes first Non-Indian to win "Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematics"?
  1. Ritibrata Munshi
  2. Adam Harper
  3. Carolina Araujo

10) For which novel Raj Kamal Jha 3rd "Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize" 2020?
  1. She Will Build Him A City
  2. Short Fiction in Es War Einmal
  3. The City and the Sea
Important Points: Novel is based on the atrocities (Nirbhaya) case od sexual assault and murder


11) Who has won UNCTAD "Investment Promotion Award" for 2020?
  1. Vocal for Local
  2. Make In India
  3. Invest India

12) Who has been honoured with "Dadasaheb Phalke Icon Award" 2020?
  1. Anangsha Biswas
  2. Sonu Sood
  3. Vidya Balan

13) Who has won US 1 million "Global Teachers Prize" 2020?
  1. Vineeta Garg
  2. Ranjitsinh Disale
  3. Shuvajit Payne

14) Who has won the best actor award at the 48th "International Emmy Award" 2020?
  1. Vin Diesel
  2. Johnny Depp
  3. Billy Barratt

15) Who has won "Children's Climate Prize" 2020?
  1. Anushka Ravishankar
  2. Vinisha Umashankar
  3. Sudha Murthy
Important points: For given the award its "designing a Mobile Cart using solar panels to power a stream iron box rather than conventional charcoal"


16) Who has been conferred with the "UN Population Award" 2020?
  1. Queen Mother of Bhutan
  2. HelpAge
  3. Both A and B

17) Which film won a prize for best of "Indian Short Film Festival" 2020?
  1. Article 15
  2. Gully Boy
  3. Natkhat

18) Which team won IPL 2020 trophy?
  1. Sunrisers Hyderabad
  2. Mumbai Indians
  3. Delhi Capitals

19) Who won a special prize in "Global Art Competition"?
  1. Kautilya
  2. Anzar Mustaeen Ali
  3. None of these

20) Who has been honoured with "Outstanding Young Person" 2020?
  1. Akash Chourasiya
  2. Jajini Varghese
  3. George Marrah

21) Who has been awarded with Noble Peace Prize 2020?
  1. Asian Development Bank
  2. World Trade Centre
  3. World Food Programme

22) Who has been awarded with Noble Prize 2020 in Economics?
  1. Paul R. Milgrom
  2. Robert b. Wilson
  3. Both A and B
Important Points: Given for Improvements in auction theory and inventions for new auction formats.


23) Who has been awarded Noble Prize 2020 in Physics?
  1. Roger Penrose and Andrea M.Ghez
  2. Reinhard Genzel
  3. All of the above
Important Points: The prize was divided, one half awarded to Roger Penrose "For the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity" the other half jointly to Reinhard Genzel and Andrea M.Ghez "For the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the centre of our galaxy".


24) Who has been awarded Noble prize 2020 in literature?
  1. Roger Penrose
  2. Louis Gluck
  3. Malala Yusufzai
Important Points: For her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal.


25) Who has been honoured with Eklavya Award 2020?
  1. Rani Rampal
  2. Ishika Choudhary
  3. Mithali Raj

26) Who has been honoured with "Asia Game Changer Award" 2020?
  1. Rajesh Kumar
  2. Ranveer Brar
  3. Vikas Khanna

27) Which Indian activist was recently presented with the prestigious "Dan David Prize"
  1. Gita Sen 
  2. Aruna Roy
  3. Indira Jaisingh 

28) Who has been awarded the "International Gandhi Awards for Leprosy"?
  1. Dr Mandeep Kumar Bhandari
  2. Dr Vipun Vinayak
  3. Dr NS Dharmashaktu
Important points: Former principal advisor (Public Health), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare


29)  Who has been awarded "IG Noble Prize" 2020 for Medical Education?
  1. Rajnath Singh
  2. Narendra Modi
  3. None of these

30) Which city has won the prize of Most Cleanest City in Clean City Survey 2020?
  1. Hyderabad
  2. Pune
  3. Indore

31) Which Indian Cricketer has been honoured with Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2020?
  1. Rohit Sharma 
  2. Virat Kohli
  3. Mahendra Singh Dhoni 

32) Which Institution has won prestigious Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy?
  1. BHU
  2. JNU
  3. Punjab University

33) Which has been honoured with 29th Saraswati Samma?
  1. Vasdev Mohi
  2. Tony Joseph
  3. None of these

34) Who has won the title of Miss Diva Universe 2020?
  1. Adlina Castelino
  2. Manushi Chillar
  3. Alia Bhatt

35) Who has won Sharjah Online Chess Championship?
  1. Arjun Kumar
  2. Vasdev Mohi
  3. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov

36) Which film has been awarded Best Film Award in Oscar Awards 2020?
  1. Parasite
  2. Terminator
  3. Cosmos

37) Who has been chosen for "Central Bank of the Year 2020 of Asian Pacific Region"?
  1. Sanjeev Chadha
  2. Shaktikanta Das
  3. SA Bobde

38) Which Indian men's hockey team player has won FIH player of the year award?
  1. Balbir Singh
  2. Akashdeep Singh
  3. Manpreet Singh

39) How many people have been chosen for Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize 2020?
  1. 19
  2. 88
  3. 14

40) Who has been honoured with the old Sanawarian Achiever Award 2020?
  1. Seemanchal Das
  2. Taranjot Singh Sandhu
  3. None of these