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Constitution, history, geography, sports, awards, festivals, current affairs
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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]

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Awards and Honors Recognition intermediate live

Sangeet Natak Academy Awards were earlier known as _______.

[SSC GD 2024]

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Indian Classical Dance Forms intermediate live

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]

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Indian Classical Music and Musicians intermediate live

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]

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Indian Classical Dance Forms intermediate live

Who among the following has won the Balasaraswathi award for the year 2019?

[SSC GD 2022]

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Indian Classical Dance Forms intermediate live

For which year was Manna Dey honored with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award?

[SSC CGL 2022]

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Indian Classical Music and Musicians intermediate live

In November 2021, which of the following dancer won a Padma Shri for the contribution in Arts?

[SSC GD 2022]

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Indian Classical Dance Forms intermediate live

Which of the following films was NOT nominated for an Oscar award?

[RRB NTPC CBT]

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Indian Classical Music and Musicians intermediate live

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]

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Indian Classical Music and Musicians intermediate live

Which of the following personalities is a Padma Shri awardee folk singer from the state of Uttar Pradesh ?

[SSC CGL 2024]

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Indian Classical Dance Forms festival_culture intermediate live

Which Indian dancer won the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Odissi Dance in 2018 ?

[SSC GD 2024]

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Indian Classical Dance Forms intermediate live

Kalinga, the famous award for the popularization of science is given by whom?

[RRB NTPC CBT]

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Awards and Honors Recognition intermediate live

Who among the following performing artists bagged the best actress award for Meena Gurjari in 1975?

[SSC CGL 2023]

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Indian Classical Dance Forms intermediate live

How much purse money was given to a Sangeet Natak Akademi fellow in 2019?

[SSC CGL 2022]

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Indian Classical Dance Forms intermediate live

Which of the following is the highest award for dance in India ?

[SSC GD 2024]

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Indian Classical Dance Forms intermediate live

Pandit Birju Maharaj was conferred with which of the following awards?

[SSC MTS 2022]

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Indian Classical Dance Forms intermediate live

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]

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Indian Classical Dance Forms intermediate live

Who among the following was the first Indian female musician to win the Grammy award?

[SSC CGL 2022]

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Indian Classical Music and Musicians intermediate live

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]

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Indian Classical Dance Forms intermediate live

Who among the following was the first Indian personality to win an Oscar Award in the ‘Best Costume Design’ category ?

[CONSTABLE EXECUTIVE ]

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Indian Classical Music and Musicians intermediate live

_____ in Indian Dance is given in recognition of excellence and achievement in performance or research studies in Indian Dance.

[SSC GD 2024]

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Indian Classical Dance Forms intermediate live

Who among the following has received Rajiv Gandhi Puraskar, Indira Priyadarshini Samman and Rotary International Award?

[SSC GD 2022]

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Indian Classical Dance Forms intermediate live

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]

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Indian Classical Dance Forms intermediate live

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]

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Indian Classical Music and Musicians intermediate live

Sitar maestro, Pandit Ravi Shankar was awarded which of the following awards by the Government of India in 1999?

[SSC CGL 2024]

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Indian Classical Music and Musicians intermediate live

Bharatnatyam and Kuchipudi dancer Yamini Krishnamurthy was awarded which of the following awards in 2016

[SSC CGL 2022]

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Indian Classical Dance Forms intermediate live

The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is the highest award for recognising contributions of famous personalities in the field of:

[RRB NTPC CBT]

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Awards and Honors Recognition intermediate live

The highest decoration for valour (during wartime) given to the Indian uniformed soldiers is...______.

[RRB NTPC CBT]

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Awards and Honors Recognition intermediate live

In which year did the Government of India institute two civilian awards - Bharat Ratna and Padam Vibhushan?

[RRB NTPC CBT]

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Awards and Honors Recognition intermediate live

Who among the following singers is the recipient of all the three awards Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan?

[SSC GD 2025]

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Indian Classical Music and Musicians intermediate live

Ricky Kej won his third Grammy under which of the following categories?

[SSC CGL 2023]

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Indian Classical Music and Musicians intermediate live

Who among the following was awarded the Bharat Ratna for his contribution to the Green Revolution in India ?

[SSC CPO 2024]

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Awards and Honors Recognition intermediate live

Mohan Veena player, Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt won the _____Award in the year 1994.

[SSC CGL 2024]

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Indian Classical Music and Musicians intermediate live

Name the first actor to win the Oscar Awards?

[SSC CGL 2019]

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Awards and Honors Recognition intermediate live

Dr. Subbanna Ayyappan has been awarded the Padma shri in Science and Engineering in January 2022. He is a/an __________.

[NTPC CBT 2]

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Awards and Honors Recognition intermediate live

Who won the Best Male Athlete of the Year award at the 37th National Games event?

[SSC GD 2025]

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Indian Sports Achievements and Personalities intermediate live

Which of the following novels of Kamleshwar was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2003 ?

[SSC MTS 2023]

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Books and Authors Recognition intermediate live

Who among the following is the first female from India to win a Grammy award?

[SSC CGL 2020]

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Indian Classical Music and Musicians intermediate live

Who holds the record for winning the overall maximum National Film Awards?

[RRB NTPC CBT]

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Awards and Honors Recognition intermediate live

In which year was Kalidas Samman established?

[SSC CGL 2022]

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Indian Classical Dance Forms intermediate live

‘Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar’ of the Sangeet Natak Akademi is NOT awarded in which of the following categories?

[SSC GD 2025]

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Indian Classical Dance Forms intermediate live

In 2012, for which of the following films did Pandit Birju Maharaj win the ‘Best Choreography’ category National Award?

[RRB NTPC CBT]

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Indian Classical Dance Forms intermediate live

Padma Shri awardee of 2024, Mahabir Singh Guddu is a folk dancer from which Indian state?

[SSC GD 2025]

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Indian Classical Dance Forms festival_culture intermediate live

Who was conferred with the Ashok Chakra for his gallantry in 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attacks?

[SSC CHSL 2022]

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Awards and Honors Recognition intermediate live

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]

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Indian Classical Dance Forms intermediate live

Indian musician, composer and singer Shubha Mudgal was awarded with the ___________ in 2000.

[SSC CPO 2024]

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Indian Classical Music and Musicians intermediate live

Shovana Narayan was awarded which of the following awards in 2013?

[SSC CGL 2022]

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Indian Classical Dance Forms intermediate live

Yamini Krishnamurthy, a legendary figure of Indian classical dance, was honoured with the ________ in 2016.

[SSC CHSL 2023]

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Indian Classical Dance Forms intermediate live

Which Indian dance artist won the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2018 for String puppetry ?

[SSC GD 2024]

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Indian Classical Dance Forms intermediate live

For excellence in the field of medical services, which of the following awards is given?

[RRC GROUP D]

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Awards and Honors Recognition intermediate live
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