Awards, Honours and Persons in News (MCQs)
Categories: OTHERS
Q.1. Recently, who became the first woman Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University?
(A) Naima Khatoon
(B) Fatima Sheikh
(C) Farhat Hashmi
(D) Khushboo Mirza
Ans. (A) Naima Khatoon
Q.2. Recently, who has been named as the regional winner for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) in the 2024 Cambridge Dedicated Teacher Awards?
(A) Gina Justus
(B) Revathi Advaithi
(C) Supriya Sahu
(D) Mridula Garg
Ans. (A) Gina Justus
Q.3. V.Srinivasa Prasad, who recently passed away, was associated with which field?
(A) Politics
(B) Sports
(C) Entertainment
(D) Space technology
Ans. (A) Politics
Q.4. Recently, who has been appointed as the Director in the Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT)?
(A) Shruti Saxena
(B) Pratima Singh
(C) Supriya Devasthali
(D) Niharika Khatana
Ans. (B) Pratima Singh
Q.5. Recently, who has been elected as the president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA)?
(A) Sukumar Pattjoshi
(B) Rachna Srivastava
(C) Kapil Sibal
(D) Pradeep Rai
Ans. (C) Kapil Sibal
Q.6. What is the name of the Indian-origin professor who has been awarded the 2024 Shaw Prize in Astronomy?
(A) Raghu Raj Bahadur
(B) Abhijit Banerjee
(C) Shrinivas R. Kulkarni
(D) Ganesh Thakur
Ans. (C) Shrinivas R. Kulkarni
Q.7. Recently, who has become oldest woman to climb Mount Everest?
(A) Kami Rita
(B) Jyoti Ratre
(C) Sangeeta Bahl
(D) Premlata Agarwal
Ans. (B) Jyoti Ratre
Q.8. Arti, who recently received the Amal Clooney Women’s Empowerment Award, belongs to which district of Uttar Pradesh?
(A) Unnao
(B) Raebareli
(C) Bahraich
(D) Saharanpur
Ans. (C) Bahraich
Q.9. Recently, which Indian peacekeeper honoured posthumously with UN’s Dag Hammarskjold medal?
(A) Vikram Singh
(B) Naik Dhananjay Kumar Singh
(C) Ram Vishnoi
(D) Jeet Sinha
Ans. (B) Naik Dhananjay Kumar Singh
Q.10. Recently, who received the Hindi Sahitya Bharati Award 2024?
(A) Rameshchandra Shah
(B) Seeni Viswanathan
(C) Krishna Prakash
(D) Sandeep Joshi
Ans. (C) Krishna Prakash