Category · General Knowledge
General Knowledge
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Name the Indian scientist who shared the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology in 1968 for cracking the genetic code. [RRB NTPC CBT] pipeline-1174047
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Awards and Honors Recognition | — | intermediate | live | |
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Sangeet Natak Academy Awards were earlier known as _______. [SSC GD 2024] pipeline-1173902
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Indian Classical Dance Forms | — | intermediate | live | |
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Which Indian music director was awarded Japan's Fukuoka prize - 2016 for his outstanding contribution in creating, preserving and showcasing South Asian traditional fusion music? [SSC CGL 2022] pipeline-1174058
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Indian Classical Music and Musicians | — | intermediate | live | |
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Padma Shri awardees in 2022, known for their great performances of the dance style of Kathak, sister duo Kamalini Asthana and Nalini Asthana belong to which state? [SSC GD 2025] pipeline-1174034
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Indian Classical Dance Forms | — | intermediate | live | |
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Who among the following has won the Balasaraswathi award for the year 2019? [SSC GD 2022] pipeline-1173894
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Indian Classical Dance Forms | — | intermediate | live | |
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For which year was Manna Dey honored with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award? [SSC CGL 2022] pipeline-1173901
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Indian Classical Music and Musicians | — | intermediate | live | |
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In November 2021, which of the following dancer won a Padma Shri for the contribution in Arts? [SSC GD 2022] pipeline-1173993
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Indian Classical Dance Forms | — | intermediate | live | |
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Which of the following films was NOT nominated for an Oscar award? [RRB NTPC CBT] pipeline-1173938
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Indian Classical Music and Musicians | — | intermediate | live | |
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Who among the following is the first vocalist to receive the Bharat Ratna in 2008 and is also credited to have popularised 'Khyal Gayaki'? [SSC CGL 2024] pipeline-1174060
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Indian Classical Music and Musicians | — | intermediate | live | |
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Which of the following personalities is a Padma Shri awardee folk singer from the state of Uttar Pradesh ? [SSC CGL 2024] pipeline-1174010
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Indian Classical Dance Forms | festival_culture | intermediate | live | |
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Which Indian dancer won the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Odissi Dance in 2018 ? [SSC GD 2024] pipeline-1173888
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Indian Classical Dance Forms | — | intermediate | live | |
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Kalinga, the famous award for the popularization of science is given by whom? [RRB NTPC CBT] pipeline-1173893
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Awards and Honors Recognition | — | intermediate | live | |
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Who among the following performing artists bagged the best actress award for Meena Gurjari in 1975? [SSC CGL 2023] pipeline-1173897
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Indian Classical Dance Forms | — | intermediate | live | |
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How much purse money was given to a Sangeet Natak Akademi fellow in 2019? [SSC CGL 2022] pipeline-1173900
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Indian Classical Dance Forms | — | intermediate | live | |
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Which of the following is the highest award for dance in India ? [SSC GD 2024] pipeline-1173983
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Indian Classical Dance Forms | — | intermediate | live | |
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Pandit Birju Maharaj was conferred with which of the following awards? [SSC MTS 2022] pipeline-1174004
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Indian Classical Dance Forms | — | intermediate | live | |
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Which of the following dancers of India won the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Folk and Tribal dance in the year 2018? [SSC GD 2024] pipeline-1173923
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Indian Classical Dance Forms | — | intermediate | live | |
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Who among the following was the first Indian female musician to win the Grammy award? [SSC CGL 2022] pipeline-1173978
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Indian Classical Music and Musicians | — | intermediate | live | |
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Who among the following is India's first transgender Bharatanatyam dancer and the first transgender woman to receive the Padma Shri in 2019 who was also a recipient of honorary doctorate for her contribution to the field of Bharatanatyam? [SSC GD 2025] pipeline-1173896
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Indian Classical Dance Forms | — | intermediate | live | |
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Who among the following was the first Indian personality to win an Oscar Award in the ‘Best Costume Design’ category ? [CONSTABLE EXECUTIVE ] pipeline-1174029
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Indian Classical Music and Musicians | — | intermediate | live | |
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_____ in Indian Dance is given in recognition of excellence and achievement in performance or research studies in Indian Dance. [SSC GD 2024] pipeline-1173918
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Indian Classical Dance Forms | — | intermediate | live | |
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Who among the following has received Rajiv Gandhi Puraskar, Indira Priyadarshini Samman and Rotary International Award? [SSC GD 2022] pipeline-1174287
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Indian Classical Dance Forms | — | intermediate | live | |
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In which year did Kathak dancer and guru from Ujjain, Puru Dadheech receive the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for his overall contribution to the performing arts? [SSC GD 2025] pipeline-1173992
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Indian Classical Dance Forms | — | intermediate | live | |
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Who among the following singers had a Guinness World Record for recording 28 songs in a single day? (As of December 2022.) [RRB NTPC CBT] pipeline-1173895
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Indian Classical Music and Musicians | — | intermediate | live | |
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Sitar maestro, Pandit Ravi Shankar was awarded which of the following awards by the Government of India in 1999? [SSC CGL 2024] pipeline-1173891
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Indian Classical Music and Musicians | — | intermediate | live | |
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Bharatnatyam and Kuchipudi dancer Yamini Krishnamurthy was awarded which of the following awards in 2016 [SSC CGL 2022] pipeline-1173892
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Indian Classical Dance Forms | — | intermediate | live | |
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The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is the highest award for recognising contributions of famous personalities in the field of: [RRB NTPC CBT] pipeline-1173908
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Awards and Honors Recognition | — | intermediate | live | |
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The highest decoration for valour (during wartime) given to the Indian uniformed soldiers is...______. [RRB NTPC CBT] pipeline-1173973
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Awards and Honors Recognition | — | intermediate | live | |
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In which year did the Government of India institute two civilian awards - Bharat Ratna and Padam Vibhushan? [RRB NTPC CBT] pipeline-1173898
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Awards and Honors Recognition | — | intermediate | live | |
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Who among the following singers is the recipient of all the three awards Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan? [SSC GD 2025] pipeline-1173899
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Indian Classical Music and Musicians | — | intermediate | live | |
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Ricky Kej won his third Grammy under which of the following categories? [SSC CGL 2023] pipeline-1173913
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Indian Classical Music and Musicians | — | intermediate | live | |
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Who among the following was awarded the Bharat Ratna for his contribution to the Green Revolution in India ? [SSC CPO 2024] pipeline-1173925
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Awards and Honors Recognition | — | intermediate | live | |
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Mohan Veena player, Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt won the _____Award in the year 1994. [SSC CGL 2024] pipeline-1174024
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Indian Classical Music and Musicians | — | intermediate | live | |
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Name the first actor to win the Oscar Awards? [SSC CGL 2019] pipeline-1173936
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Awards and Honors Recognition | — | intermediate | live | |
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Dr. Subbanna Ayyappan has been awarded the Padma shri in Science and Engineering in January 2022. He is a/an __________. [NTPC CBT 2] pipeline-1174281
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Awards and Honors Recognition | — | intermediate | live | |
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Who won the Best Male Athlete of the Year award at the 37th National Games event? [SSC GD 2025] pipeline-1174059
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Indian Sports Achievements and Personalities | — | intermediate | live | |
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Which of the following novels of Kamleshwar was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2003 ? [SSC MTS 2023] pipeline-1173946
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Books and Authors Recognition | — | intermediate | live | |
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Who among the following is the first female from India to win a Grammy award? [SSC CGL 2020] pipeline-1173987
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Indian Classical Music and Musicians | — | intermediate | live | |
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Who holds the record for winning the overall maximum National Film Awards? [RRB NTPC CBT] pipeline-1174002
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Awards and Honors Recognition | — | intermediate | live | |
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In which year was Kalidas Samman established? [SSC CGL 2022] pipeline-1173889
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Indian Classical Dance Forms | — | intermediate | live | |
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‘Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar’ of the Sangeet Natak Akademi is NOT awarded in which of the following categories? [SSC GD 2025] pipeline-1173959
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Indian Classical Dance Forms | — | intermediate | live | |
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In 2012, for which of the following films did Pandit Birju Maharaj win the ‘Best Choreography’ category National Award? [RRB NTPC CBT] pipeline-1173982
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Indian Classical Dance Forms | — | intermediate | live | |
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Padma Shri awardee of 2024, Mahabir Singh Guddu is a folk dancer from which Indian state? [SSC GD 2025] pipeline-1173950
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Indian Classical Dance Forms | festival_culture | intermediate | live | |
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Who was conferred with the Ashok Chakra for his gallantry in 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attacks? [SSC CHSL 2022] pipeline-1173970
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Awards and Honors Recognition | — | intermediate | live | |
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Prerana Shrimali received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in which of the following years for her contribution to the Kathak dance form? [SSC MTS 2024] pipeline-1173934
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Indian Classical Dance Forms | — | intermediate | live | |
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Indian musician, composer and singer Shubha Mudgal was awarded with the ___________ in 2000. [SSC CPO 2024] pipeline-1173980
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Indian Classical Music and Musicians | — | intermediate | live | |
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Shovana Narayan was awarded which of the following awards in 2013? [SSC CGL 2022] pipeline-1173937
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Indian Classical Dance Forms | — | intermediate | live | |
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Yamini Krishnamurthy, a legendary figure of Indian classical dance, was honoured with the ________ in 2016. [SSC CHSL 2023] pipeline-1174033
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Indian Classical Dance Forms | — | intermediate | live | |
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Which Indian dance artist won the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2018 for String puppetry ? [SSC GD 2024] pipeline-1174283
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Indian Classical Dance Forms | — | intermediate | live | |
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For excellence in the field of medical services, which of the following awards is given? [RRC GROUP D] pipeline-1173904
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Awards and Honors Recognition | — | intermediate | live |