Awards - General Knowledge Questions

Correct Answer :   Alia Bhatt

The 68th Hyundai Filmfare Awards 2023 was held on 27th April 2023 evening at the Jio World Conventional Centre in Mumbai.

A major star of the night turns out to be Alia Bhatt, the actor who ruled the red carpet not just in terms of style but also bagged the Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female) award at the Filmfare Awards.

She won the award for her performance in the Sanjay Leela Bhansali film, Gangubai Kathiawadi.  The movie also won Best Film along with Best Director for Sanjay Leela Bhansali.

Filmfare Awards 2023: Here is the full list of winners :

* Best Film: Gangubai Kathiawadi
* Best Film (Critics'): Badhaai Do
* Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male): Rajkummar Rao for Badhaai Do
* Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female): Alia Bhatt for Gangubai Kathiawadi
* Best Actor (Critics'): Sanjay Mishra for Vadh
* Best Actress (Critics'): Bhumi Pednekar for Badhaai Do and Tabu for Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2
* Best Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali for Gangubai Kathiawadi
* Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male): Anil Kapoor for Jug Jugg Jeeyo
* Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female): Sheeba Chaddha for Badhaai Do
* Best Music Album: Pritam for Brahmastra: Part One - Shiva
* Best Dialogue: Prakash Kapadia and Utkarshini Vashishtha for Gangubai Kathiawadi
* Best Screenplay: Akshat Ghildial, Suman Adhikary and Harshavardhan Kulkarni for Badhaai Do
* Best Story: Akshat Ghildial and Suman Adhikary for Badhaai Do
* Best Debut (Male): Ankush Gedam for Jhund
* Best Debut (Female): Andrea Kevichusa for Anek
* Best Debut Director: Jaspal Singh Sandhu and Rajeev Barnwal for Vadh
* Lifetime Achievement Award: Prem Chopra
* Best Music Album: Pritam for Brahmastra: Part One - Shiva
* Best Lyrics: Amitabh Bhattacharya for Kesariya from Brahmastra: Part One - Shiva
* Best Playback Singer (Male): Arijit Singh for Kesariya from Brahmastra: Part One - Shiva
* Best Playback Singer (Female): Kavita Seth for Rangisari from Jug Jugg Jeeyo
* RD Burman Award for Upcoming Music Talent: Jahnvi Shrimankar for Dholida from Gangubai Kathiawadi
* Best VFX: DNEG and Redefine for Brahmastra: Part One - Shiva
* Best Editing: Ninad Khanolkar for An Action Hero
* Best Costume Design: Sheetal Sharma for Gangubai Kathiawadi
* Best Production Design: Subrata Chakraborty and Amit Ray for Gangubai Kathiawadi
* Best Sound Design: Bishwadeep Dipak Chatterjee for Brahmastra: Part One - Shiva
* Best Background Score: Sanchit Balhara and Ankit Balhara for Gangubai Kathiawadi
* Best Choreography: Kruti Mahesh for Dholida from Gangubai Kathiawadi
* Best Cinematography: Sudeep Chatterjee for Gangubai Kathiawadi..

Source : Zeebiz

Correct Answer :   Maria Stepanova

A Russian poet, Maria Stepanova has been awarded the prestigious Leipzig Book Prize for European Understanding in 2023.

The Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding is one of the most prestigious literature prizes in Germany. It has been awarded annually since 1994 and comes with prize money of 20,000 euros.

The prize committee includes the Free State of Saxony, the City of Leipzig, the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels e.V. (The German Publishers and Booksellers Association) and Leipziger Messe. Cooperation partner is the Federal Agency for Civid Education.

The prize will be awarded to Maria Stepanova at the opening ceremony of the Leipzig Book Fair on the evening of 26 April 2023 at the Gewandhaus Leipzig. The event starts at 7pm and will be streamed live on our homepage.

Maria Stepanova, a Jewish author from Russia who was born in Moscow in 1972 and is currently living in exile in Germany, will be awarded the Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding 2023 for her volume of poetry entitled "Mädchen ohne Kleider" (Girls Without Clothes).

These cycles of poems with their melodious narratives constitute an impressive example of how an attentive awareness of history can be captured in modern poetry. The poems were published by Suhrkamp in May 2022.

The highly acclaimed translation from Russian is by Olga Radetzkaja. The final statement from the jury also refers to the poetry collection "Der Körper kehrt wieder" (The Body Returns) and the novel "Nach dem Gedächtnis" (In Memory of Memory), which were both published in 2020...

Source : Leipziger

Correct Answer :   Dalai Lama

The 1959 Ramon Magsaysay Award was presented to Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at his residence here by members of the award foundation personally after 64 years on Wednesday (26th April 2023).

* It was the first international award given to "His Holiness for Community Leadership in recognition of his leadership of the Tibetan community's gallant struggle in defense of the sacred religion that is the inspiration of their life and culture" by the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation in in the Philippines in August 1959, the Dalai Lama's office said.

* Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation president Susanna B Afan and Foundation Trustee Emily A Abrera met with the Dalai Lama, the Nobel Peace laureate, to personally present the 1959 Ramon Magsaysay Award after 64 years.

* According to the Tibetan spiritual leader's office, his elder brother Gyalo Thonden had received the Magsaysay Award on his behalf in Manila, the Philippines in August 1959.

* The Dalai Lama fled Tibet in 1959 and has lived in India in exile since then...

Source : India Times

Correct Answer :   PGCIL

Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.(PGCIL), a Maharatna CPSU of Ministry of Power, Government of India has been conferred Global Gold Award 2023 by The Green Organization.

* The recognition was given at the Green World Awards 2023 function held at Miami in the USA 24th April 2023. Dr. V. K. Singh, Director (Personnel), POWERGRID received the award on behalf of the organization.

* The award is a recognition of POWERGRID’s CSR work for improving Agriculture Productivity and Rural Livelihood through watershed management, community participation and better crop management practices in 10 villages of Jaipatna Block of Kalahandi District in Odisha.

* This is a 60-month farmer centric project started in late October 2019 with a withdrawal plan to ensure its sustainability. POWERGRID emphasizes been involved in a number of CSR programs for community and environment.

* With a well-defined and customized Exit Policy for its CSR projects, POWERGRID gives importance to Community Participation by way of effective Collaboration, Capacity Building and Sustainability aligned to the UN Sustainable Development Goals...

Source : PIB

Correct Answer :   Uttar Pradesh

The Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) Uttar Pradesh has been awarded the country’s prestigious HUDCO Award (2022-2023).

The award was presented by Manoj Joshi, secretary, ministry of housing and urban affairs, government of India, to Neha Sharma, state mission director, Uttar Pradesh, during a programme organised on the 53rd Foundation Day of the Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited (HUDCO), in New Delhi, on Tuesday (25th April 2023).

* This award has been given in the Best Practices to Improve the Living Environment 2022-23 category for cleanliness. An amount of ₹1 lakh was also given to the UP government as part of the award.

* This campaign was conducted by the Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) Uttar Pradesh from January 14 to 24. In this, 75 tourist and historical places of the state were included. Special cleanliness drives were conducted at these places.

* Through activities like Nukkad Natak, puppet show, plog run inside the site, the general public was involved in cleaning ghats, ponds, markets and other commercial areas. This 10-day campaign concluded with Gau Puja on January 24, the day of UP Foundation Day. More than 11 lakh people across the state participated in this campaign.

* Entries were received from across the country for the prestigious award. After several rounds of testing, the jury board selected the ‘Swachh Virasat’ campaign for field visits. A team of Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited, Lucknow Regional Office, also inspected several sites including Imambara, Residency in Lucknow on April 3...

Source : Hindustan Times

Correct Answer :   Asha Bhosle

Legendary singer Asha Bhosle will be felicitated with the Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar award, the Mangeshkar family announced on Tuesday (April 18, 2023).

* The family and the trust instituted the award in the memory of Lata Mangeshkar, who died on February 6, 2022, following multiple organ failure.

* Bhosle, the younger sister of Lata Mangeshkar, will receive the recognition on April 24, the Memorial Day of their father and theatre-music veteran Deenanath Mangeshkar.

* This award, known as the Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Puraskar, is given every year to an individual who has made a path-breaking contribution towards the nation, its people and society.

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi was its first recipient..

Source : India Today

Correct Answer :   Deepika Misra

Wing Commander Deepika Misra on Thursday (20th April 2023) became the first woman officer in the Indian Air Force to be presented a gallantry award.

* According to an IAF, Wing Commander Misra, a helicopter pilot who hails from Rajasthan, was conferred a Vayu Sena Medal (Gallantry) for an act of "exceptional courage" displayed during a flood relief operation in Madhya Pradesh.

* IAF chief Air Chief Marshal V R Chaudhari presented the Yudh Seva Medal and other awards to several officers and air warriors at an Investiture Ceremony held at the Air Force Auditorium in Subroto Park here.

* While two IAF officers were awarded Yudh Seva Medal, 13 officers, and air warriors received Vayu Sena Medal (Gallantry), 13 officers Vayu Sena Medal and 30 Vishisht Seva Medal, the spokesperson said.

* A total of 58 persons, 57 from the IAF and one from the Army received the awards, he said.

* For devotion to service, women from the IAF have received awards in the past, but this is the first time that a gallantry award has been conferred on a woman officer of the IAF, he added.

* According to information shared by the IAF, Wing Commander Misra was "detailed to undertake humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations in response to flash floods" in northern Madhya Pradesh in August 2021.

* The rescue operation that included low hover pick-ups and winching lasted for an exhaustive eight days and she saved the lives of 47 people, including women and children...

Source : NDTV

Correct Answer :   Utsa Patnaik

Utsa Patnaik, a renowned economist of national and international repute, has been selected for the Malcolm Adiseshiah Award 2023.

* The award is given every year by the Malcolm & Elizabeth Adiseshiah Trust. The prestigious national award honours outstanding social scientists selected by a national-level jury specially constituted for this purpose, from the nominations received.

* This year (2023), the jury unanimously selected Prof. Utsa Patnaik.

* The award will be given with a citation and a prize money of ₹2 lakh at a function to be held in Chennai. The date of this event will be announced shortly by the Trust..

Source : The Hindu

Correct Answer :   Dr. Appasaheb Dharmadhikari

Union HM Amit Shah has presented the Maharashtra Bhushan Award for 2022 to Dr. Appasaheb Dharmadhikari at Raigarh, Maharashtra.

* He has played a significant role in organizing several tree plantation drives, blood donation drives, free medical clinics, and job fairs.

* Award : A shawl, citation and memento, and a cheque of Rs 25 lakh.

* He was also awarded the Padma Shri in 2017.

* His father Dr. Narayan Vishnu Dharmadhikari was also awarded the Maharashtra Bhushan in 2008. .

Source : D C

Correct Answer :   Kumar Mangalam Birla

Chairman of Aditya Birla Group, Kumar Mangalam Birla has received the AIMA's  Business Leader of the Decade Award 2023.

* Union Minister of Civil Aviation and Steel, Jyotiraditya M Scindia has presented the 13th AIMA Managing India Awards.

* AIMA JRD Tata Corporate Leadership : TV Narendran, CEO and MD of Tata Steel

* Transformational Business Leader : Sanjiv Bajaj, MD of Bajaj Finserv

* Outstanding Institution Builder : Venu Srinivasan, Chairman Emeritus, TVS Motor.

Source : Business World