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(Q1) General Knowledge » Awards and Honors

Padma Bhushan awardee Ustad Sabri Khan was a ______ player.

A

sarangi

B

Flute

C

Sarod

D

santoor

(Q2) General Knowledge » Awards and Honors

Padma Bhushan, Kanak Rele was conferred with the award for her significant contribution to which of the following dance forms?

A

Kathak

B

Bharatanatyam

C

Mohiniyattam

D

Kuchipudi

(Q3) General Knowledge » Awards and Honors

Who was recognised as ‘Asthana Nartaki’ (resident dancer) of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam?

A

Chinta Ravi Bala Krishna

B

Yamini Krishnamurthy

C

Mohanrao Kallianpurkar

D

Sunder Prasad

(Q4) General Knowledge » Awards and Honors

Name the only Indian athlete who received the Padma Bhushan Award for the year 2022.

A

Devendra Jhajharia

B

Sankaranarayana Menon Chundayil

C

Faisal Ali Dar

D

Vandana Katariya

(Q5) General Knowledge » Awards and Honors

Kelucharan Mohapatra, awarded with Padma Vibhushan in 2000, was a dancer of which of the following dances?

A

Odissi

B

Manipuri

C

Kathak

D

Mohiniyattam

(Q6) General Knowledge » Awards and Honors

Kamalini Asthana and Nalini Asthana, the celebrated dancer duo have been conferred the Padma Shri for their significant contribution to which of the following dance forms in 2022?

A

Manipuri

B

Kathak

C

Kathakali

D

Bharatanatyam

(Q7) General Knowledge » Awards and Honors

Who among the following won the Best Male Singer National Award at the 67th National Film Awards?

A

Mika Singh

B

K.J Yesudas

C

Arijit Singh

D

B Praak

(Q8) General Knowledge » Awards and Honors

Who among the following is NOT a recipient of Bharat Ratna Award?

A

Bhimsen Joshi

B

Pandit Kumar Gandharva

C

Bismillah Khan

D

Pandit Ravi Shankar

(Q9) General Knowledge » Awards and Honors

Rama Vaidyanathan was awarded with the honour of the Devadasi National Award in 2013 for her contribution in which of the following Indian dance forms?

A

Bharatnatyam

B

Kuchipudi

C

Odissi

D

Mohiniyattam

(Q10) General Knowledge » Awards and Honors

Who among the following Kuchipudi dancers received the Padma Shri Award in 2022?

A

Shobha Naidu

B

Bhavana Reddy

C

Padmaja Reddy

D

T Harika

(Q11) General Knowledge » Awards and Honors

Padma Bhushan awardee, Buddhadev Das Gupta was an Indian classical _________ player.

A

tambura

B

tabla

C

sarangi

D

sarod

(Q12) General Knowledge » Awards and Honors

T Balasaraswati, a dance legend from India was awarded the Padma Vibhushan for her contribution to Indian art and culture, in which of the following dance forms?

A

Manipuri

B

Kathakali

C

Kuchipudi

D

Bharatanatyam

(Q13) General Knowledge » Awards and Honors

Renowned dancer and actor Minati Mishra was conferred with the Padma Shri for her significant contribution to which of the following Classical Dance forms?

A

Kathak

B

Odissi

C

Kathakali

D

Manipuri

(Q14) General Knowledge » Awards and Honors

Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, often touted as Tansen of the 20th century is famous for which of the following music genres?

A

Carnatic music

B

Sufi devotional

C

Ghazals

D

Hindustani classical music

(Q15) General Knowledge » Awards and Honors

Who among the following is India’s only publicly well-known woman shehnai player?

A

Gauhar Jaan

B

Rasoolan Bai

C

Binodini Dasi

D

Bageshwari Qamar

(Q16) General Knowledge » Awards and Honors

Which Emmy Award-nominated Indian choreographer has won the 10th Annual 'World Choreography Award 2020'?

A

 Shiamak Davar

B

Prabhu Deva 

C

 Ganesh Acharya

D

Suresh Mukund 

(Q17) General Knowledge » Awards and Honors

Which of the following books was awarded the Booker Prize in 2021?

A

The Fortune Men

B

The Promise

C

A Passage North

D

No One Is Talking About This

(Q18) General Knowledge » Awards and Honors

Shovana Narayan, a Padma Shri awardee, is a dancer of which of the following classical dance forms of India?

A

Kathakali

B

Manipuri

C

Bharatanatyam

D

Kathak

(Q19) General Knowledge » Awards and Honors

Who was the first musician to be awarded the prestigious Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian honour?

A

 M S Subbulakshmi

B

Pt Hari Prasad Chaurasia

C

Pt Ravi Shankar

D

Begum Akhtar

(Q20) General Knowledge » Awards and Honors

Laureus Award is related to which of the following fields?

A

 Medicine

B

 Journalism

C

Sports

D

Politics