Latest Awards General Knowledge(GK) Questions and answers

1 .

Who bags the Committed Leader Award at CII EXCON 2022?

A)

Manjula Devi

B)

Deepa Kumari

C)

Anjali Pandey

D)

Sudha Murty

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Anjali Pandey

Anjali Pandey, Engines and Components Business Unit Leader at Cummins India has been awarded with the Committed Leader Award at CII EXCON 2022 in Bengaluru for her efforts to create a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace.

Commenting on receiving the CII’s Committed Leader Award, Anjali Pandey, said, “Diversity and inclusion is not just the right thing to do; it is the right way of running the business by fully capitalizing on the value that diversity can bring. I believe that it is critical to our ability to innovate and win in the market”..

Source : The Hindu Businessline

2 .

Who won the 1st prize in Amazon Smbhav Entrepreneurship Challenge 2022?

A)

Phanindra Sama

B)

Ashneer Grover

C)

Subhash Ola

D)

Vijay Shekhar Sharma

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Subhash Ola

Subhash Ola has won the 1st prize for the Amazon Smbhav Entrepreneurship Challenge 2022 and his enterprise “Geniusenergy Critical Innovation Private Limited” has won the Start-up of the Year award.

The technology was first developed to make khoya and other milk products, and the portfolio of applications was later extended to textile, milk and food, pharma, plywood, paper mills, leather industry, chemical industry, hot water boiler generator, plastic recycle, laundry, hospitals and so on.

Geniusenergy Critical Innovation, a start-up recognized by Govt. of India, was incubated by the National Innovation Foundation (NIF), an autonomous body of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India. It serves clientele in a variety of industries for their energy needs, helps them reduce cost, and at the same time protects the environment.

Shri Ola was one amongst, close to 2000 entrepreneurs of our country contesting for this Start-up of the Year award, representing 240 cities across the length and breadth of the country and all major sectors be it Healthcare, Fintech, E-commerce, Blockchain, EdTech, Consumer Products, Emerging Tech (AI, ML, etc.) and others..

Source : Devdiscourse

3 .

Who won the Colby award for 'The Hardest Place' in May 2022?

A)

Malalai Joya

B)

Wesley Morgan

C)

Wasef Bakhtari

D)

Khaled Hosseini

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Wesley Morgan

Author and journalist Wesley Morgan is this year’s winner of the William E. Colby Award for military and intelligence writing. He was cited for his book The Hardest Place: The American Military Adrift in Afghanistan’s Pech Valley.

The Colby award, a $5,000 prize named for the former ambassador and CIA director, is given for “a major contribution to the understanding of military history, intelligence operations or international affairs.”..

Source : Indian Express

4 .

Who won the 2022 Wangari Maathai Forest Champions Award?

A)

Cecile Ndjebet

B)

Angelina Jolie

C)

Charlize Theron

D)

Jennifer Aniston

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Cecile Ndjebet

Activist Cécile Ndjebet, of Cameroon, 5th May 2022 won the 2022 Wangari Maathai Forest Champions Award in recognition of her outstanding contribution to preserving forests and improving the lives of people who depend on them.

Presented by the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF), which is chaired by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the award was conferred at a ceremony during the XV World Forestry Congress in Seoul, Republic of Korea.

“This award celebrates Cécile Ndjebet’s energy and dedication over three decades in promoting women’s rights to land and forests. She has actively shown that women’s participation in forest governance and preservation is fundamental to achieving sustainable forest management,” said FAO Deputy Director-General and CPF Chair Maria Helena Semedo..

Source : FAO

5 .

Who receives the "Order of the British Empire Award"?

A)

Dilip Piramal

B)

Harish Manwani

C)

Mukesh Ambani

D)

Ajay Piramal

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Ajay Piramal

Chairman of Piramal Group, Ajay Piramal has received the prestigious Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) award from Queen Elizabeth II.

He has been honoured with this award for his services to the UK-India trade relationship as India Co-Chair of the UK-India CEO Forum.

President Rolls-Royce India, Kishore Jayaraman, also receives the Honorary Order of the British Empire for his services to International Trade and Investment.

Source : Times Of India

6 .

Who won the Billboard Music Awards 2022 in the Top Male Artist category?

A)

The Weeknd

B)

Drake

C)

Chris Brown

D)

Travis Scott

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Drake

Drake has won the Billboard Music Awards 2022 in the top artist, male artist, rap artist, rap male artist and rap album (for Certified Lover Boy) category.

BTS has also won three awards in the Top Duo/Group, Top Selling Song, and Top Song Sales Artist categories.

* Top New Artist : Olivia Rodrigo

* Top Female Artist : Olivia Rodrigo

* Top Billboard 200 Artist : Taylor Swift

* Top Radio Songs Artist : Olivia Rodrigo

* Top Billboard Global 2022 Artist (New): Olivia Rodrigo

Source : USA Today

7 .

Which nurse won the inaugural Aster Guardian Global Nursing Award 2022?

A)

Claire Bertschinger

B)

Betty Smith Williams

C)

Anna Qabale Duba

D)

Diane Carlson Evans

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Anna Qabale Duba

Anna Qabale Duba, a Kenyan nurse stationed at the Marsabit County Referral Hospital, won the inaugural Aster Guardian Global Nursing Award 2022 for endorsing education and campaigning against outdated cultural practices like Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in her community. Duba, who took home USD 250,000 (approx. Ksh.29 million) in prize money, was feted by Emirates CEO Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum at an award ceremony held in Dubai, which commemorated the International Nurses Day..

Source : BBC

8 .

Which band has won the most Billboard Music Awards 2022 in history?

A)

BTS

B)

Bruno Mars

C)

Jonas Brothers

D)

Destinyâ€™s Child

Correct Answer : Option (A) - BTS

BTS has now overtaken Destiny’s Child to become the group to win the most Billboard Music Awards in history. The K-pop group holds 12 Billboard Music Awards against Destiny’s Child’s 11 awards. They created history by winning 3 out of 6 awards they were nominated for at the Billboard Music Awards 2022 Awards. They won Top Selling Song, Top Duo/Group, and Top Song Sales Artist for their super hit song ‘Butter’..

Source : Indian Express

9 .

Who is receives the 2022 Templeton Prize?

A)

Dr. David Gross

B)

Dr. Jens Eisert

C)

Dr. Frank Wilczek

D)

Dr. Robbert Dijkgraaf

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Dr. Frank Wilczek

Dr. Frank Wilczek, a Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist and author, whose boundary-pushing investigations into the fundamental laws of nature have transformed our understanding of the forces that govern our universe, was announced today as the winner of the 2022 Templeton Prize.

The Templeton Prize, valued at more than $1.3 million, is one of the world’s largest annual individual awards. Established by the late global investor and philanthropist Sir John Templeton, it is given to honor those who harness the power of the sciences to explore the deepest questions of the universe and humankind’s place and purpose within it.

“We are delighted and honored to award Dr. Frank Wilczek this year, as he is one of those rare and wonderful individuals who bring together a keen, creative intellect and an appreciation for transcendent beauty,” said Heather Templeton Dill, president of the John Templeton Foundation. “Like Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein, he is a natural philosopher who unites a curiosity about the behavior of nature with a playful and profound philosophical mind.”

Source : Physics

10 .

Who is received Special Bangla Academy Award in May 2022?

A)

Sharad Pawar

B)

Mahua Moitra

C)

Suvendu Adhikari

D)

Mamata Banerjee

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Mamata Banerjee

West Bengal CM "Mamata Banerjee" has been awarded the first Bangla Academy award for her ‘relentless literary pursuit’. The award was introduced this year and CM Mamata has been given the first award for her book ‘Kabita Bitan’.

The award to Mamata Banerjee was presented at the ‘Kavi Pranam’ event organised by the West Bengal government’s Information and Culture Department on the occasion of the birth anniversary of legendary poet Rabindranath Tagore..

Source : OP India