Awards and Honours 2024 (For all competitive exams)
Stay updated with the latest Awards and Honours 2024. Explore the significant achievements in this comprehensive blog post. Informative and engaging content for general audience.
1. Who has been felicitated with the Lakshminarayana International Award?
Ana: Pyarelal Sharma
2. Who has been awarded the prestigious Times Power Icon 2024 Award by the Times Group?
Ans: Vijay Jain
3. Who has been awarded the Vayu Sena Medal for Gallantry on the 75th Republic Day?
Ans: Nikita Malhotra
4. Who has been honored with the M S Swaminathan Award in January 2024?
Ans: Prof B R Kamboj
(Facts: Prof. B. R. Kamboj is the Vice Chancellor of the Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University.
He has been honored with this prestigious award in recognition of his contributions as a scientist and extension specialist in the field of agronomy.)
5. KPP Nambiar Award for 2024 has been given to …?
Ans: S. Somanath
(Facts: The award is named after KPP Nambiar, founder-chair of IEEE Kerala Section.
It is an annual award. It is instituted to honour individuals in Kerala.
Somanath was selected for his contributions in steering Chandrayan-3, ISRO’s lunar exploration programme.)
6. Who has recently received the ‘Lifetime Achievement’ award from the sports Journalists Federation of India and the Delhi Sports Journalists Association?
Ans: PT Usha
7. Who has been given the “Maha Gaurav 2024” award by Maharashtra government?
Ans: Nikhil Wagh
(Facts: This award was handed to him by Ajit Pawar, the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, during a ceremony at Kaneri Math in Kolhapur.
The award is an important deal because it recognizes Nikhil’s great work in public relations.)
8. Who has been honoured with ‘Devi Shankar Awasthi Samman’ for 2023?
Ans : Nishant
(Facts: Nishant has given this honour for his criticism book ‘Kavita Pathak Aalochna‘.
Abour Dr. Devishankar Awasthi Award
Devishankar Awasthi was a renowned critic of Hindi literature. In his memory, the honor has been given to a young critic every year for the last 29 years. )
9. Which veteran playback singer was recently honoured with the Lata Mangeshkar award?
Ans Suresh Wadkar
(Facts: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis presented him with special mementoes.
Wadkar is known for his playback singing in Hindi and Marathi.
In 2021, he also became a recipient of Padma Shri, The fourth-highest civilian award.)
10. Who will be awarded the highest honour of Assam state ‘Asam Vaibhav’?
Ans: Ranjan Gogoi
11. Recently India’s great billiards player has been inducted into the ‘Hall of Fame of the world Billiards Museum’. What is his name?
Ans: Pankaj Adwani
(Facts: The World Billiards Museum is located in Shangrao, China.
Pankaj received four Indian honors:
- Arjuna Award (2004)
- Major DhyanChand Khel Ratna (2006)
- Padma Shri (2009)
- Padma Bhushan (2018)
12. In Swachh Survekshan Awards 2023, Indore and Surat are the ‘cleanest cities’ in India. This is the ____ time that Indore has won the accolade of the cleanest city in India.
Ans: Seventh
(Swachh Survekshan Awards 2023 presented by President Draupadi Murmu.
Maharashtra got the first prize for cleanliness in the state category.
Varanasi and Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh Clinched the top spots as the Cleanest Ganga Towns.)
13. Renowned Urdu poet Gulzar and Sanskrit scholar Jagadguru Rambhadracharya have been named the recipients of ________ Jnanpith Award.
Ans: 58th
(Facts: Sampooran Singh Kalra, popularly known as Gulzar, 89, is celebrated for his works in Hindi cinema and is considered one of the finest Urdu poets of this era.
Rambhadracharya, 74, the founder and head of Tulsi Peeth in Chitrakoot, it a renowned Hindu spiritual leader, educator and writer of more than 240 books and texts, including four epics.
About Jnanpith Award:
Established in 1961, the Jnanpith Award is given annually for outstanding contributions to Indian literature.
The award carries a prize money of Rs 21 lakh, a statue of Vagdevi and a citation.)
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