Awards, Honours & Persons in News Current Affairs MCQs

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11. Who has been selected for Gudleppa Hallikeri Award 2024?
[A] Shirshendhu Mukyopadhyaya
[B] Siddalinga Pattanashetti
[C] V.K.Gokak
[D] B Sriramulu

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12. Recently, who has been named the EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year 2024?
[A] Vellayan Subbiah
[B] Vaibhav Anant
[C] Reetesh Dhingra
[D] Pratap Raju

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13. Pandit Rajeev Taranath, who recently passed away, was associated with which field?
[A] Table player
[B] Sarod maestro
[C] Classical vocalist
[D] Violin player

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14. Recently, which regulatory body has been awarded the ‘Risk Manager of the Year Award 2024’ by Central Banking, London, UK?
[A] RBI
[B] NABARD
[C] SEBI
[D] SBI

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15. Recently, who has made history as the first Indian to receive the prestigious ‘Nelson Mandela Lifetime Achievement Award’?
[A] Vinod Ganatra
[B] Ravi Gaikwad
[C] Amit Dutta
[D] Ashvin Kumar

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16. Harpal Singh Bedi, who recently passed away, belonged to which field?
[A] Politics
[B] Journalism
[C] Education
[D] Agriculture

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17. Recently, who was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar for Telugu?
[A] Ramesh Karthik Naik
[B] Neelum Saran
[C] Vikram Singh
[D] Jyoti Gupta

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18. Recently, which institute has won joint second prize in the Trinity Challenge’s second competition for addressing antimicrobial resistance (AMR)?
[A] IIT, Ahmedabad
[B] IIT, Kanpur
[C] IIIT, Delhi
[D] IIT, Roorkee

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19. Which intergovernmental body recently won the ‘Blue Planet Prize 2024’?
[A] Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)
[B] Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
[C] Global Alliance on Health and Pollution (GAHP)
[D] None of the Above

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20. Mark Rutte, recently appointed as the new Secretary General of NATO, is the Prime Minister of which country?
[A] Singapore
[B] Indonesia
[C] Netherlands
[D] Australia

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