Latest Awards General Knowledge(GK) Questions and answers

1 .

Who has won the award for Best Actor at DPIFF Awards 2022?

A)

Alia Bhatt

B)

Ahan Shetty

C)

Ajay Devgn

D)

Ranveer Singh

Correct Answer : Ranveer Singh

Ranveer Singh received the award for Best Actor for '83', Kriti Sanon won the Best Actress award for her role in 'Mimi'. Ken Gosho received the DPIFF 2022 Best Director award for 'State of Siege: Temple Attack' and Best Film award went to 'Shershaah'.

2 .

When film won Best Film award at the Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards 2022?

A)

Mimi

B)

Akhanda

C)

Pushpa

D)

Shershaah

Correct Answer : Shershaah

The Best Film award at the Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards 2022 went to Shershaah, directed by Vishnuvardhan.

3 .

Who has won the ICC Women's Player of the Month award for January 2022?

A)

Heather Knight

B)

Alyssa Healy

C)

Deandra Dottin

D)

Chamari Athapaththu

Correct Answer : Heather Knight

England skipper "Heather Knight" won the ICC Women's Player of the Month award, beating off competition from Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu and West Indies cricketer Deandra Dottin.

4 .

Who has won the ICC men's Player of the Month award for January 2022?

A)

Dewald Brevis

B)

Ebadot Hossain

C)

Keegan Petersen

D)

Marnus Labuschagne

Correct Answer : Keegan Petersen

South Africa's "Keegan Petersen" has been named ICC men's Player of the Month for January 2022. He beat his compatriot and under-19 star Dewald Brevis and Bangladesh pacer Ebadot Hossain to win the award after his significant role in helping his team win the home test series against India.

5 .

Which corporation has won the ICAI Award for Excellence in Financial Reporting for the year 2020-21?

A)

Air India

B)

RailTel

C)

HDFC Bank

D)

Indian Oil

Correct Answer : RailTel

* RailTel has won the ICAI Award for Excellence in Financial Reporting for the year 2020-21 in the Public Sector Entities Category.

* The ICAI award was presented to the awardees by Union Minister Jitendra Singh at a ceremony held in New Delhi.

* The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) is a premier accounting body of India.

6 .

Which film has received maximum nominations at the 94th Academy Awards?

A)

Dune

B)

Belfast

C)

West Side Story

D)

The Power of the Dog

Correct Answer : The Power of the Dog

The 'Power Of The Dog’ directed by Jane Campion has the maximum number of nominations at the 94th Academy Awards with 12 nominations in key categories including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor for Benedict Cumberbatch. Dune follows closely with 10 Nominations, followed by West Side Story and Belfast with 7 Nominations each.

7 .

Who has been received the18th Late "Madhavrao Limaye Award"?

A)

Piyush Goyal

B)

Hardeep Singh Puri

C)

Nitin Gadkari

D)

Dharmendra Pradhan

Correct Answer : Nitin Gadkari

Union Transport Minister "Nitin Gadkari" will be felicitated with the 18th Late Madhavrao Limaye award in the category of Efficient MP, the Nashik Public Library announced on Monday(7th Feb 2022).

It further said that the felicitation ceremony will be held at his New Delhi residence on February 10th and added that it will be streamed live on library's Facebook page.

Union Minister of State for Health Bharti Pawar will grace the function as the chief guest while the prominent dignitaries include MPs Subhash Bhamre, Hemant Godse and Vinay Sahasrabuddhe.

Instituted 17 years ago in the memory of senior socialist leader and former MLC Limaye, the award recognises the exceptional performances of elected representatives.

Consisting of Rs 50,000 in cash and several mementos, the award has so far been bestowed upon stalwart politicians like B T Deshmukh, Ganapatrao Deshmukh, R R Patil, Pramod Navalkar, Shobha Fadnavis, Jiva Pandu Gavit and Dattaji Nalawade.

The honour has also been received by Girish Bapat, S R Patil, Pandurang Fundkar, Jaywantrao Patil, Devendra Fadnavis, Balasaheb Thorat, Bachchu Kadu, Neelam Gorhe, Girish Mahajan and Dhananjay Munde.

Source : UNI India

8 .

Which Telugu short film won the NHRC Short Film Awards?

A)

Street Student

B)

Lucky Fellow

C)

Hello Doctor

D)

Resume Love Story

Correct Answer : Street Student

A Telugu short film ‘Street Student’ by Akula Sandeep depicting the story of a street urchin with a strong message on right to education has bagged the first prize in a competition organised by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).

‘Street Student’ by Akula Sandeep has been selected for the first prize worth Rs 2 lakh in the seventh Short Film Award Competition. It is in Telugu with subtitles in English. The film shows the story of a street urchin to send across a strong message on right to education and how society needs to support it.

9 .

Who has become the second Indian to win the World Games Athlete of the Year 2021 award?

A)

PR Sreejesh

B)

PV Sindhu

C)

Neeraj Chopra

D)

Manpreet Singh

Correct Answer : PR Sreejesh

Indian men's hockey team goalkeeper, PR Sreejesh was named World Games Athlete of the Year 2021 on January 31, 2022. He became the first Indian male athlete and second Indian sportsperson overall to win the honour.

10 .

Who is the only Indian sportsperson to have won Laureus World Sports Award?

A)

Rahul Dravid

B)

Sachin Tendulkar

C)

Sourav Ganguly

D)

Sunil Gavaskar

Correct Answer : Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar is the only Indian sportsperson to have won the Laureus World Sports Award. The cricket legend had won the Laureus Sporting Moment 2000-2020 Award, which marked the emotional moment during the 2011 ICC World Cup when Tendulkar was carried by the team on their shoulders in a lap of honour after India's win.