Awards and Honours - Current PYQs

Question 1

Which artist was recognised as the Global Recording Artist of the Year 2024 by the IFPI?

Accepted Answer

Taylor Swift

Answer

Olivia Rodrigo

Answer

Beyoncé

Answer

Billie Eilish

Question 2

Which of the following Bollywood actresses was honoured at the inaugural Global Vanguard Honour, 2025, held in Los Angeles?

Accepted Answer

Priyanka Chopra

Answer

Nitanshi Goel

Answer

Pratibha Ranta

Answer

Deepika Padukone

Question 3

Who was honoured with the Padma Bhushan in 2025 for their contributions to Indian cinema?

Accepted Answer

Shekhar Kapur

Answer

Mukesh Khanna

Answer

Subhash Ghai

Answer

Aamir Khan

Question 4

Which of the following players was named the Men's Player of the Year at the All India Football Federation (AIFF) Awards in May 2025?

Accepted Answer

Subhasish Bose

Answer

Sandesh Jhingan

Answer

Gurpreet Singh Sandhu

Answer

Sunil Chhetri

Question 5

Kartik Aaryan won the Best Performance in a Leading Role (Male) award at the 25ᵗʰ IIFA Awards held in March 2025 at Jaipur for his performance in which of the following films?

Accepted Answer

Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3

Answer

Shehzada

Answer

Satyaprem Ki Katha

Answer

Chandu Champion

Question 6

Which of the following players was awarded with National Sports award 2024 in the field of Para-Badminton in January 2025?

Accepted Answer

Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan

Answer

PV Sindhu

Answer

S Muralidharan

Answer

Saina Nehwal

Question 7

Who was awarded the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award in 2025 for his leadership in Indian hockey?

Accepted Answer

Harmanpreet Singh

Answer

Manpreet Singh

Answer

PR Sreejesh

Answer

Rupinder Pal Singh

Question 8

The 2025 Sheikh Zayed Book Award recognised which author as the Cultural Personality of the Year?

Accepted Answer

Haruki Murakami

Answer

Nairithi Konduru

Answer

Sophie Elmhirst

Answer

Michael Crummey

Question 9

Which player was honoured with the 2025 Football Writers' Association Men's Footballer of the Year award?

Accepted Answer

Mohamed Salah

Answer

Erling Haaland

Answer

Bukayo Saka

Answer

Harry Kane

Question 10

For her outstanding contributions towards films, which Indian filmmaker was honoured with the prestigious Officier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters) award by the French government in April 2025?

Accepted Answer

Payal Kapadia

Answer

Deepa Mehta

Answer

Mira Nair

Answer

Zoya Akhtar

Question 11

Who among the following was conferred with the Padma Shri Award 2025 in the field of Literature and Education in April 2025?

Accepted Answer

Prof. Anil Kumar Boro

Answer

Prof. Nandamuri Balakrishna

Answer

Prof. MT Vasudevan Nair

Answer

Prof. Sushil Kumar Modi

Question 12

Which book by Sophie Elmhirst was honoured with the Nero Book of the Year award in 2025?

Accepted Answer

Maurice and Maralyn

Answer

The Adversary

Answer

Flow

Answer

The Girl with the Seven Lives

Question 13

Who became the first artist to win Best Male Act three times at the 2025 MOBO Awards?

Accepted Answer

Central Cee

Answer

Stormzy

Answer

Dave

Answer

Skepta

Question 14

Recipient of Padma Bhushan in 2025, Shri Pankaj R Patel was the Chairman of which of the following pharmaceutical companies of India in April 2025?

Accepted Answer

Zydus Lifesciences Limited

Answer

Cipla

Answer

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries

Answer

Dr. Reddy's Laboratories

Question 15

Which Indian artist received the Asia Arts Pathbreaker Award at the 2025 Asia Arts Game Changer Awards, for her innovative contributions to contemporary art?

Accepted Answer

Shilpa Gupta

Answer

Bharti Kher

Answer

Anupam Sud

Answer

Jayeeta Chatterjee

Question 16

Simone Biles, the winner of the 2025 Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year award, is associated with the sport of _____.

Accepted Answer

gymnastics

Answer

track and field

Answer

swimming

Answer

tennis

Question 17

An economist and a renowned literary personality with a vast reader base in India and abroad, Prof. Arunoday Saha, who was honoured with Padma Shri in 2025, belongs to which Indian state?

Accepted Answer

Tripura

Answer

Mizoram

Answer

Odisha

Answer

West Bengal

Question 18

Miriyala Apparao, recipient of the Padma Shri (posthumous) in 2025, a pioneering figure in the field of Burrakatha (traditional storytelling), belonged to which Indian state?

Accepted Answer

Andhra Pradesh

Answer

Kerala

Answer

Karnataka

Answer

Tamil Nadu

Question 19

How many individuals were conferred the Padma Awards in 2025?

Accepted Answer

139

Answer

113

Answer

120

Answer

150

Question 20

Major Malla Rama Gopal Naidu of the Maratha Light Infantry of the Indian Army was awarded with which of the following honours in May 25?

Accepted Answer

Kirti Chakra

Answer

Shaurya Chakra (Posthumous)

Answer

Shaurya Chakra

Answer

Kirti Chakra (Posthumous)

Question 21

Which Indian para-athlete was honoured with the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award in 2025 for his achievements in high jump?

Accepted Answer

Praveen Kumar

Answer

Varun Singh Bhati

Answer

Sharad Kumar

Answer

Mariyappan Thangavelu

Question 22

Celebrated Urdu poet and bollywood writer-director Gulzar was honoured with which of the following awards in 2025?

Accepted Answer

Jnanpith Award

Answer

Padma Vibhushan

Answer

Padma Bhushan

Answer

Padma Shri

Question 23

At the 2025 ceremony held at the European Parliament, which movie was honoured with the LUX Audience Award?

Accepted Answer

Flow

Answer

The Brutalist

Answer

Anora

Answer

Emilia Pérez

Question 24

Who was honoured with the Luminous Lummer Dai Literary Award in 2025 for their contributions to Assamese literature?

Accepted Answer

Ramchandra Chutia

Answer

Homen Borgohain

Answer

Indira Goswami

Answer

Nirupama Borgohain

Question 25

Which of the following countries does Amelia Kerr, the ICC Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Year 2024, represent?

Accepted Answer

New Zealand

Answer

Australia

Answer

South Africa

Answer

England

Question 26

Who among the following was conferred with a Padma Bhushan Award 2025 in the field of (Posthumous) Affairs in April 2025?

Accepted Answer

Shri Sushil Kumar Modi

Answer

Shri Nandamuri Balakrishna

Answer

Dr. Duvvur Nageshwar Reddy

Answer

Shri MT Vasudevan Nair

Question 27

Which eminent violinist from Karnataka was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 2025 for his outstanding contributions to Indian classical music?

Accepted Answer

Lakshminarayana Subramaniam

Answer

Anant Nag

Answer

Ricky Kej

Answer

Gangubai Hangal

Question 28

Which film won the Best Picture award at the 25ᵗʰ IIFA Awards in 2025?

Accepted Answer

Laapataa Ladies

Answer

Stree 2

Answer

Article 370

Answer

Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3

Question 29

Who is the director of the film 'Laapataa Ladies', which won Best Picture at the 2025 IIFA Awards?

Accepted Answer

Kiran Rao

Answer

Yash Chopra

Answer

Farhan Akhtar

Answer

Karan Johar

Question 30

On the occasion of Republic Day 2025, the president of India conferred how many Jeevan Raksha Padak Series of Awards-2024?

Accepted Answer

49

Answer

23

Answer

17

Answer

09

Question 31

In January 2025, how many sportspeople were awarded with the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award for the year 2024?

Accepted Answer

04

Answer

06

Answer

03

Answer

05

Question 32

Recipient of President's Medal For Distinguished Service (PSM) on the occasion of Republic Day 2025, Shri Deepak Kumar Kedia belongs to which of the following organisations?

Accepted Answer

National Security Guard (NSG)

Answer

Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)

Answer

Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)

Answer

Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)

Question 33

The President of India, Droupadi Murmu, conferred which Jnanpith Award on the Sanskrit scholar Jagadguru Rambhadracharya in May 2025?

Accepted Answer

58ᵗʰ

Answer

48ᵗʰ

Answer

52ⁿᵈ

Answer

62ⁿᵈ

Question 34

In April 2025, which Indian cricketer was named for Wisden Leading Cricketers in the World 2024 who scored 1659 runs across formats in 2024?

Accepted Answer

Smriti Mandhana

Answer

Harleen Deol

Answer

Harmanpreet Kaur

Answer

Jemimah Rodrigues

Question 35

At the Global Production Awards held on 20 May 2025 during the Cannes Film Festival, which city was honoured with the Best City of Film Award?

Accepted Answer

Belfast

Answer

Edinburgh

Answer

Dublin

Answer

Cardiff

Question 36

Which Indian author won the 2025 International Booker Prize for the short story collection 'Heart Lamp'?

Accepted Answer

Banu Mushtaq

Answer

Deepa Bhasthi

Answer

Jeet Thayil

Answer

Pratibha Satpathy

Question 37

Who translated the book 'Heart Lamp' into English, making it the first Kannada work to win the 2025 International Booker Prize?

Accepted Answer

Deepa Bhasthi

Answer

Annie Zaidi

Answer

Arshia Sattar

Answer

Meena Kandasamy

Question 38

Who among the following was honoured as the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s Cricketer of the Year for outstanding performance in 2024?

Accepted Answer

Jasprit Bumrah

Answer

Virat Kohli

Answer

Mohammad Sami

Answer

Rohit Sharma

Question 39

Which company received the 'Champion Company' award at the inaugural CII Awards for Excellence in Disability Inclusion in 2025?

Accepted Answer

Wipro Limited

Answer

Minda Corporation

Answer

Amazon

Answer

Zomato

Question 40

Which Indian leader received France's highest civilian award, the Legion of Honour, in 2023?

Accepted Answer

Narendra Modi

Answer

S. Jaishankar

Answer

Dr. Manmohan Singh

Answer

Nirmala Sitharaman

Question 41

Who received the 2024 Sahitya Akademi Award for English for their novel "Spirit Nights"?

Accepted Answer

Easterine Kire

Answer

Arundhati Roy

Answer

Amitav Ghosh

Answer

Jhumpa Lahiri

Question 42

PM Modi's honour in Namibia was his which number international award since 2014?

Accepted Answer

27th

Answer

25th

Answer

26th

Answer

28th

Question 43

What major accomplishment by Satwik and Chirag in 2023 earned them the prestigious Khel Ratna Award?

Accepted Answer

Winning the gold medal at the Asian Games

Answer

Securing a silver medal at the World Badminton Championships

Answer

Clinching a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games

Answer

Earning the National Badminton Championship title

Question 44

For which field was Anil Kumar Boro awarded the Padma Shri in 2025 by the Government of India?

Accepted Answer

Literature and Education

Answer

Medicine and Healthcare

Answer

Social Service

Answer

Science and Engineering

Question 45

For which field was Anil Kumar Boro awarded the Padma Shri in 2025 by the Government of India?

Accepted Answer

Literature and Education

Answer

Medicine and Healthcare

Answer

Social Service

Answer

Science and Engineering

Question 46

Who among the following received the 2025 Padma Bhushan for excellence in sports?

Accepted Answer

P. R. Sreejesh

Answer

Dhanraj Pillay

Answer

Mary Kom

Answer

Virat Kohli

Question 47

The 2025 Pulitzer Prize in Memoir or Autobiography was awarded to which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Feeding Ghosts by Tessa Hulls

Answer

Heavy by Kiese Laymon

Answer

Spare by Prince Harry

Answer

Stay True by Hua Hsu

Question 48

In February 2025, who won the ‘CA in Public Service’ award from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India?

Accepted Answer

Deepak Kumar Kedia

Answer

Sushil Kumar Modi

Answer

TV Narendran

Answer

Ajay Bhushan Pandey

Question 49

In December 2024, which government project won the SKOCH Award for excellence in forest management?

Accepted Answer

Nagaland Forest Management Project

Answer

Van Bandhu Kalyan Yojana

Answer

Social Forestry Schemes of Madhya Pradesh

Answer

Green India Mission

Question 50

Who among the following won the Best Director award at the 2025 Oscars?

Accepted Answer

Sean Baker

Answer

Quentin Tarantino

Answer

Steven Spielberg

Answer

Peter Straughan

Question 51

What subject does 'To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause' by Benjamin Nathans explore, which earned it the Pulitzer for General Nonfiction?

Accepted Answer

Soviet dissident movement

Answer

American healthcare crisis

Answer

Environmental collapse

Answer

Rise of AI

Question 52

Which of the following films won the Best Picture award at the 2025 Oscars?

Accepted Answer

Anora

Answer

Conclave

Answer

The Brutalist

Answer

Wicked

Question 53

In January 2025, who was honoured with the Padma Shri for developing the HRMN-99 variety of apples?

Accepted Answer

Hariman Sharma

Answer

GS Randhawa

Answer

Rajesh Rajan

Answer

Ramesh Pokhriyal

Question 54

In November 2024, who was named Indian Film Personality of the Year at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI)?

Accepted Answer

Vikrant Massey

Answer

Manoj Bajpayee

Answer

Ayushmann Khurrana

Answer

Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Question 55

In January 2025, which veteran filmmaker received the Padmapani Lifetime Achievement Award for Indian cinema?

Accepted Answer

Sai Paranjpye

Answer

Vishal Bhardwaj

Answer

Shyam Benegal

Answer

Mira Nair

Question 56

Who won the best actress award (critics) at the South Indian International Movie Awards ̲(̲SIIMA) 2024?

Accepted Answer

Aishwarya Rai Bachhan

Answer

Shraddha Kapoor

Answer

Deepika Padukone

Answer

Alia Bhatt

Question 57

Who won the Album of the Year at the 67ᵗʰ Annual Grammy Awards in 2025?

Accepted Answer

Beyoncé – Cowboy Carter

Answer

Sabrina Carpenter – Short n' Sweet

Answer

Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft

Answer

Taylor Swift – The Tortured Poets Department

Question 58

What major event did The Washington Post cover to win the 2025 Pulitzer for Breaking News Reporting?

Accepted Answer

Donald Trump assassination attempt

Answer

Sudanese civil war

Answer

Texas school shooting

Answer

Russian invasion of Ukraine

Question 59

In January 2025, which film director received the Outstanding Achievement in Indian Cinema award at IIFA 2025?

Accepted Answer

Rakesh Roshan

Answer

Karan Johar

Answer

Rajkumar Hirani

Answer

Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Question 60

Which of the following organisations won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 2025?

Accepted Answer

ProPublica

Answer

Reuters

Answer

The New York Times

Answer

The Washington Post

Q201. Which artist was recognised as the Global Recording Artist of the Year 2024 by the IFPI?

Q202. Which of the following Bollywood actresses was honoured at the inaugural Global Vanguard Honour, 2025, held in Los Angeles?

Q203. Who was honoured with the Padma Bhushan in 2025 for their contributions to Indian cinema?

Q204. Which of the following players was named the Men's Player of the Year at the All India Football Federation (AIFF) Awards in May 2025?

Q205. Kartik Aaryan won the Best Performance in a Leading Role (Male) award at the 25ᵗʰ IIFA Awards held in March 2025 at Jaipur for his performance in which of the following films?

Q206. Which of the following players was awarded with National Sports award 2024 in the field of Para-Badminton in January 2025?

Q207. Who was awarded the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award in 2025 for his leadership in Indian hockey?

Q208. The 2025 Sheikh Zayed Book Award recognised which author as the Cultural Personality of the Year?

Q209. Which player was honoured with the 2025 Football Writers' Association Men's Footballer of the Year award?

Q210. For her outstanding contributions towards films, which Indian filmmaker was honoured with the prestigious Officier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters) award by the French government in April 2025?

Q211. Who among the following was conferred with the Padma Shri Award 2025 in the field of Literature and Education in April 2025?

Q212. Which book by Sophie Elmhirst was honoured with the Nero Book of the Year award in 2025?

Q213. Who became the first artist to win Best Male Act three times at the 2025 MOBO Awards?

Q214. Recipient of Padma Bhushan in 2025, Shri Pankaj R Patel was the Chairman of which of the following pharmaceutical companies of India in April 2025?

Q215. Which Indian artist received the Asia Arts Pathbreaker Award at the 2025 Asia Arts Game Changer Awards, for her innovative contributions to contemporary art?

Q216. Simone Biles, the winner of the 2025 Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year award, is associated with the sport of _____.

Q217. An economist and a renowned literary personality with a vast reader base in India and abroad, Prof. Arunoday Saha, who was honoured with Padma Shri in 2025, belongs to which Indian state?

Q218. Miriyala Apparao, recipient of the Padma Shri (posthumous) in 2025, a pioneering figure in the field of Burrakatha (traditional storytelling), belonged to which Indian state?

Q219. How many individuals were conferred the Padma Awards in 2025?

Q220. Major Malla Rama Gopal Naidu of the Maratha Light Infantry of the Indian Army was awarded with which of the following honours in May 25?

Q221. Which Indian para-athlete was honoured with the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award in 2025 for his achievements in high jump?

Q222. Celebrated Urdu poet and bollywood writer-director Gulzar was honoured with which of the following awards in 2025?

Q223. At the 2025 ceremony held at the European Parliament, which movie was honoured with the LUX Audience Award?

Q224. Who was honoured with the Luminous Lummer Dai Literary Award in 2025 for their contributions to Assamese literature?

Q225. Which of the following countries does Amelia Kerr, the ICC Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Year 2024, represent?

Q226. Who among the following was conferred with a Padma Bhushan Award 2025 in the field of (Posthumous) Affairs in April 2025?

Q227. Which eminent violinist from Karnataka was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 2025 for his outstanding contributions to Indian classical music?

Q228. Which film won the Best Picture award at the 25ᵗʰ IIFA Awards in 2025?

Q229. Who is the director of the film 'Laapataa Ladies', which won Best Picture at the 2025 IIFA Awards?

Q230. On the occasion of Republic Day 2025, the president of India conferred how many Jeevan Raksha Padak Series of Awards-2024?

Q231. In January 2025, how many sportspeople were awarded with the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award for the year 2024?

Q232. Recipient of President's Medal For Distinguished Service (PSM) on the occasion of Republic Day 2025, Shri Deepak Kumar Kedia belongs to which of the following organisations?

Q233. The President of India, Droupadi Murmu, conferred which Jnanpith Award on the Sanskrit scholar Jagadguru Rambhadracharya in May 2025?

Q234. In April 2025, which Indian cricketer was named for Wisden Leading Cricketers in the World 2024 who scored 1659 runs across formats in 2024?

Q235. At the Global Production Awards held on 20 May 2025 during the Cannes Film Festival, which city was honoured with the Best City of Film Award?

Q236. Which Indian author won the 2025 International Booker Prize for the short story collection 'Heart Lamp'?

Q237. Who translated the book 'Heart Lamp' into English, making it the first Kannada work to win the 2025 International Booker Prize?

Q238. Who among the following was honoured as the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s Cricketer of the Year for outstanding performance in 2024?

Q239. Which company received the 'Champion Company' award at the inaugural CII Awards for Excellence in Disability Inclusion in 2025?

Q240. Which Indian leader received France's highest civilian award, the Legion of Honour, in 2023?

Q241. Who received the 2024 Sahitya Akademi Award for English for their novel "Spirit Nights"?

Q242. PM Modi's honour in Namibia was his which number international award since 2014?

Q243. What major accomplishment by Satwik and Chirag in 2023 earned them the prestigious Khel Ratna Award?

Q244. For which field was Anil Kumar Boro awarded the Padma Shri in 2025 by the Government of India?

Q245. For which field was Anil Kumar Boro awarded the Padma Shri in 2025 by the Government of India?

Q246. Who among the following received the 2025 Padma Bhushan for excellence in sports?

Q247. The 2025 Pulitzer Prize in Memoir or Autobiography was awarded to which of the following?

Q248. In February 2025, who won the ‘CA in Public Service’ award from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India?

Q249. In December 2024, which government project won the SKOCH Award for excellence in forest management?

Q250. Who among the following won the Best Director award at the 2025 Oscars?

Q251. What subject does 'To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause' by Benjamin Nathans explore, which earned it the Pulitzer for General Nonfiction?

Q252. Which of the following films won the Best Picture award at the 2025 Oscars?

Q253. In January 2025, who was honoured with the Padma Shri for developing the HRMN-99 variety of apples?

Q254. In November 2024, who was named Indian Film Personality of the Year at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI)?

Q255. In January 2025, which veteran filmmaker received the Padmapani Lifetime Achievement Award for Indian cinema?

Q256. Who won the best actress award (critics) at the South Indian International Movie Awards ̲(̲SIIMA) 2024?

Q257. Who won the Album of the Year at the 67ᵗʰ Annual Grammy Awards in 2025?

Q258. What major event did The Washington Post cover to win the 2025 Pulitzer for Breaking News Reporting?

Q259. In January 2025, which film director received the Outstanding Achievement in Indian Cinema award at IIFA 2025?

Q260. Which of the following organisations won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 2025?

Q261. Which Pulitzer-winning investigative series was titled 'Fentanyl Express'?

Q262. Which of the following films was selected as India's official entry for Oscar 2025?

Q263. Who among the following has won the Sahitya Akademi Award 2024 in Dogri for his book 'Ik Hor Ashwthama'?

Q264. In January 2025, which woman cricketer received the Polly Umrigar Award from the BCCI?

Q265. Sharda Sinha received the Padma Vibhushan posthumously in 2025 in which of the following fields?

Q266. Kumudini Rajnikant Lakhia was honoured with the Padma Vibhushan in 2025 for her contribution in which field?

Q267. Who among the following received the Padma Bhushan posthumously in 2025 for his contribution to music?

Q268. In January 2025, who became the first Indian to be nominated for Best Director (Motion Picture) at the Golden Globe Awards?

Q269. Anant Nag received the Padma Bhushan in 2025 for his work in which of the following fields?

Q270. Who among the following was awarded the Grand Collar of the Timor-Leste in August 2024?

Q271. Which drama received the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Drama?

Q272. Who won the Champions of the Earth Award, 2024, the UN’s highest environmental recognition?

Q273. In January 2025, Libia Lobo Sardesai was honoured with the Padma Shri for her historical contributions. What role did she play in Indian history?

Q274. Who won the 2025 Pulitzer for Poetry with New and Selected Poems?

Q275. Who received a Special Citation in the 2025 Pulitzer Prizes for civil rights journalism?

Q276. Who among the following was awarded the Ramsar Award for 'Wetland Wise Use' in March 2025?

Q277. Who won Best Directorial Debut for 'Madgaon Express' at IIFA Awards, 2025?

Q278. Shekhar Kapur received the Padma Bhushan in 2025 for his work in which field?

Q279. In January 2025, which filmmaker received the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award?

Q280. Who among the following was awarded with the MS Swaminathan Environment Protection Award 2024?