Latest Awards General Knowledge(GK) Questions and answers

1 .

Who has become the third woman to win an Oscar for Best Director for Netflix's "The Power of the Dog"?

A)

Sofia Coppola

B)

Jane Campion

C)

Ava DuVernay

D)

Patty Jenkins

Correct Answer : Jane Campion

Jane Campion has become the third woman to win 'Best Director' award for Netflix's 'The Power of the Dog' at the 94th Academy Awards. This was her second Oscar award, as she had earlier bagged an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for 'The Piano' in 1994. She had also been nominated for best director for her work on 'The Piano'. She is the first woman to be nominated for best director twice at the Oscar awards. Kathryn Bigelow was the first woman to win an Academy Award for Best Director in 2010. Chloé Zhao was the second woman and first Chinese woman to win the Oscar for Best Director for the film Nomadland at the 93rd Annual Academy Awards in 2021.

2 .

Which district won the Best District award in the North Zone in the 3rd National Water Awards?

A)

Indore

B)

Vadodara

C)

Muzaffarnagar

D)

Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar

Correct Answer : Muzaffarnagar

Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh won the first prize in the ‘Best District-North Zone’ category. Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar in Punjab came second.

3 .

Which state was ranked first in the 'Best State Category' in the 3rd National Water Awards?

A)

Uttar Pradesh

B)

Maharashtra

C)

Tamil Nadu

D)

Karnataka

Correct Answer : Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh secured the first position in the ‘Best State Category’ in the 3rd National Water Awards, followed by Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu. President Ram Nath Kovind will be conferring the awards today in a special ceremony, that will also see the launch of Jal Shakti Abhiyaan : Catch the Rain Campaign 2022.

4 .

Who is the only Indian to win an Oscar for Dune?

A)

Namit Malhotra

B)

Ayan Mukerji

C)

Ranbir Kapoor

D)

Merzin Tavaria

Correct Answer : Namit Malhotra

This year’s Oscars was named to "Dune" as the Timothee Chalamet and Zendaya starrer sci-fi thriller bagged six wins. Dune was nominated in 10 categories and it won in 6 of them. This win was a proud moment for India as "Namit Malhotra", the CEO and Chairman of Double Negative (DNEG), the studio that did the VFX for the film, brought home this honour.

DNEG won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, beating Free Guy, Shang-Chi, Spider-Man: No Way Home and No Time to Die. Interestingly, this is DNEG’s seventh win at the Academy Awards, with the studio winning big for Inception (2011), Ex Machina (2016), First Man (2019), Tenet (2021), Interstellar (2015) and Blade Runner 2049 (2018).

5 .

Who among the following was featured in the TIME100 Impact Awards 2022?

A)

Kangana Ranaut

B)

Anuskha Sharma

C)

Priyanka Chopra

D)

Deepika Padukone

Correct Answer : Deepika Padukone

Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone has been named as one of the awardees of the TIME100 Impact Awards 2022. The actress has got featured on the inaugural TIME100 Impact Awards list for her work in mental health struggles and raising awareness, through her LiveLoveLaugh Foundation. The award recognizes global leaders who have gone above and beyond to move their industries and the world forward. Apart from Deepika, six other global leaders have also been honoured with the award. The awards were presented at the Museum of the Future in Dubai.

6 .

Which film won the Best Picture award at the 94th Academy Awards?

A)

Dune

B)

CODA

C)

King Richard

D)

The Power of the Dog

Correct Answer : CODA

The 94th Academy Awards was held in the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday(27th Mar 2022), with deaf family drama “CODA” winning best picture honours, handing Hollywood’s top award to a streaming service for the first time.

From Will Smith slapping Chris Rock for making a joke about his wife to a film from Apple TV+ winning an Oscar for best picture, this year’s awards ceremony was packed with action and many firsts.

7 .

Name the winner of the Stockholm Water Prize for 2022?

A)

Andrea Rinaldo

B)

George Pinder

C)

Wilfried Brutsaert

D)

Ignacio Rodriguez

Correct Answer : Wilfried Brutsaert

Professor Emeritus "Wilfried Brutsaert" has been named as the Stockholm Water Prize Laureate 2022. He has been awarded for his groundbreaking work to quantify environmental evaporation.

8 .

Which airport in India has been awarded with the 'Covid champion' award at Wings India 2022?

A)

Goa International Airport

B)

Cochin International Airport

C)

Chennai International Airport

D)

Surat International Airport

Correct Answer : Cochin International Airport

The Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) has won the ‘Covid champion’ award at Wings India 2022.Wings India is Asia’s largest event on civil aviation, including Commercial, General and Business Aviation.

9 .

Who is the winner of the Abel prize for the year 2022?

A)

Dennis Parnell Sullivan

B)

Alice-Mary Talbot

C)

William Browder

D)

Curtis T. McMullen

Correct Answer : Dennis Parnell Sullivan

The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has awarded the "Abel prize for the year 2022" to American Mathematician "Dennis Parnell Sullivan", who is with the Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York and the State University of New York at Stony Brook. The citation mentions that the award has been given, “For his groundbreaking contributions to topology in its broadest sense, and in particular its algebraic, geometric and dynamical aspects.”

Topology is a field of mathematics which was born in the nineteenth century and has to do with properties of surfaces that do not change when they are deformed. Topologically, a circle and a square are the same; similarly, surfaces of a doughnut and a coffee mug with one handle are topologically equivalent, however the surface of a sphere and a coffee mug are not equivalent...

Source : The Hindu

10 .

Name the winner of the 2022 Pritzker Architecture Prize

A)

Diebedo Francis Kere

B)

Anne Lacaton

C)

Shelley McNamara

D)

Jean-Philippe Vassal

Correct Answer : Diebedo Francis Kere

Diebedo Francis Kere of Burkina Faso has been declared the 2022 Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize.

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