Quiz is based on “Awards”

Q1. Who won the 2016 Windham-Campbell Prize?

Answer. Columnist and author Jerry Pinto

Q2. Who won the ‘Best Film Critic’ award at the 63rd National Film Awards, 2015?

Answer. Manipur’s Meghachandra

Q 3. Who won the Global Green Hero award?

Answer. Veteran singer Stevie Wonder

Q 4. Who got the UK’s prestigious Founders Award 2016?

Answer. Mother Teresa(posthumously)

Q5. Who won the Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award?

Answer. Late Captain Shankar Laxman

Q 6. Name the personality who has been awarded with the Global Indian of the Year 2016?

Answer. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Q7. Who won the Hridaynath Award?

Answer. Chess wizard Viswanathan Anand

Q8. Who won the PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award?

Answer. Egyptian novelist and journalist Ahmed Naji

Q9. Who won the 2016 Windham-Campbell Prize?

Answer. Columnist and author Jerry Pinto

Q10. Who has been awarded with Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honour)?

Answer. Tikka Shatrujit Singh

Q11. Who has won the ‘2016 The Caine Prize’ for African Writing for his story ‘Memories we Lost’?

Answer. South African writer LidudumalinganiMqombothi

Q12. Who will become the first woman in the world to receive the Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea from the International Maritime Organisation?

Answer. RadhikaMenon

Q13. Who has been ranked as the best banking CEO in Asia by the investor community?

Answer. AdityaPuri

Q14. Who won the mentioned prize for Asia-Pacific region in the Google Science Fair of 2016 for projecting to safeguard fishermen?

Answer. 14-year old Indian boy Advay Ramesh

Q15. Who have been honoured with ‘Mahanayak award’ by the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee?

Answer. Renowned Music Director & singer BappiLahiri & Critically-acclaimed filmmaker GoutamGhose

Q16. Who was selected for the prestigious 2016 SangitaKalanidhi Award?

Answer. Renowned violinist AvasaralaKanyakumari from south India

Q17. Who was honored the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’during the Asian Achievers Awards for his work in the medical profession & public life in Britain over the years?

Answer. Lord Narendra Babubhai Patel ,a 78-year-old Indian-origin British obstetrician & member of the UK Parliament

Q18. Who has won the Platinum Award for Inclusive Insurance at the SKOCH Insurance Awards 2016?

Answer. Ujjivan Financial Services Ltd, a microfinance institution

Q19. Who has been conferred the prestigious membership of the Asia-Pacific Aerospace Quality Group (APAQG)under the category ‘Full Member with voting rights’?

Answer. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

Q20. Who will receive the Britannia Humanitarian Award at the British Academy Britannia Awards in California next month (October, 2016)?

Answer. Actor Ewan McGregor.

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