TNPSC GRP 2

Nov, 2018

Current affairs

Part 10 Awards and Appointments(Padma Awards, Sports Awards, Tamil Literary awards, Nobel

Prize etc)

For TNPSC GRP II current affairs

1. Cauvery Water Management Authority

2. UNSECO World heritage sites

3. Sports

4. Defense Exercises

5. Government Schemes 1

6. Government Schemes 2

7. Government Portals and Apps 1

8. Government Portals and Apps 2

9. Polity related Current affairs

10. Awards in 2018

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1. Which athlete has received Khel Ratna award for 2018

along with Virat Kohli ?

a. Niraj Chopra

b. Mirabhai Shanu

c. Bajrang Punia

d. Vineeth Phogat

1. 2018 ' '

........ ?

A.

B.

C.

D.

World Championship 2017 Gold

CWG 2018 Gold

She is from Manipur

He is from Delhi

2. Which sportsperson from Tamil Nadu got Arjuna Award

this year ?

a. Lakshmanan Govindan

b. G.Sathiyan

c. A. Srinivasa Rao

d. Sathish Kumar Sivalingam

2.

?

A.

B. G.

C. .

D.

IITF Medals for few years CWG - Mens Doubles Silver CWG Mixed Doubles Bronze

Khel Ratna Awards - 2018 Dronacharya Awards Arjuna Awards Dhyan Chand Award

1. S.Mirabhai ChanuChenanda Achaiah Kuttappa (Boxing), Neeraj Chopra (Athletics), Satyadev Prasad (Archery),

2. Virat Kohli Vijay Sharma (Weightlifting), Jinson Johnson (Athletics), Bharat Kumar Chetri (Hockey), 3. A. Srinivasa Rao (Table Tennis), Hima Das (Athletics), Bobby Aloysius (Athletics),

4. Sukhdev Singh Pannu (Athletics), Nelakurthi Sikki Reddy (Badminton), Chougale Dadu Dattatray (Wrestling)5. Clarence Lobo (Hockey-Life Time), Satish Kumar (Boxing),

6. Tarak Sinha (Cricket-Life Time), Smriti Mandhan (Cricket),

7.Jiwan Kumar Sharma (Judo-Life Time), Shubhankar Sharma (Golf),

8. V.R. Beedu (Athletics -Life Time) Manpreet Singh (Hockey), 9. Savita (Hockey)

10. Ravi Rathore (Polo), 11. Rahi Sarnobat (Shooting),12. Ankur Mittal (Shooting)13. Shreyasi Singh (Shooting), 14. Manika Batra (Table Tennis), 15. G. Sathiyan (Table Tennis),

16. Rohan Bopanna (Tennis), 17. Sumit (Wrestling), 18. Pooja Kadian (Wushu),

19. Ankur Dhama (Para-Athletics)

20.Manoj Sarkar (Para-Badminton.)

3. Narendra Modi is awarded UN Champion of the earth

award (Policy leadership) for three reasons. Which of the

below is one of the reasons ?

a. Clean Ganga Mission

b. National Solar Mission

c. Swach Bharat Mission

d. International Solar alliance

3.

..

.

?

A.

B.

C.

D.

France president Immanuel Macron also received the award.

4. Which airport in India receive UN Champion of

Earth for entreneurial vision 2018 ?

A. Hyderabad

B. Trivandrum

C. Mangalore

D. Cochin

4. "

.. " 2018?

A.

B.

C.

D.

5. Who received Noble peace prize for 2018 ?

a. Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad

b. ICAN

c. James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo

d. William D. Nordhaus and Paul M. Romer

5. 2018 ?

A.

B. ICAN

C. .

D. . .

Nadia Murad

ISIS Rape victim from Iraq Creating awareness about ISIS

atrocities to the world community Social activity for victims

Denis Mukwege

Doctor from Congo Treatment for Rape victims of armed

rebels Thousands of women are treated by

him every year

6. Who received Physics Noble prize 2018 ?

a. Grard Mourou, Arthur Ashkin, Donna Strickland

b. George Smith, Frances Arnold, Greg Winter

c. James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo

d. William D. Nordhaus and Paul M. Romer

6. 2018

?

A. , ,

B. , ,

C. .

D. . .

7. Music director Illaiyarja received which award in 2018 ?

A. Bharat Ratna

B. Padma Bhushan

C. Padma Shree

D. Padma Vibhushan

7. 2018

?

A.

B.

C.

D.

8. Which historian from Tamil Nadu received Padma

Bhushan award 2018 ?

a. R. Nagaswamy

b. R. Vasudevan

c. Romulus Whitaker

d. V. Nanamal

8. 2018

?

A. .

B. .

C.

D. .

Padma Awards from Tamil Nadu

Name Award Field

Illayaraja Padma Vibhushan Music

Ramachandran Nagaswamy Padma Bhushan Archeology

V. Nanammal Padma Shri Yoga

R. Vasudevan Padma Shri Plastic Technology

Romulus Whitaker Padma Shri Reptile research and Conservation

Vijaya Lakshmi NavaneethaKrishnan

Padma Shri Tamil Folk Music

Award Name Number of Awards

Padma Vibhushan 3

Padma Bhusan 9

Padma Shri 72

9. Who received TN Governments Kabilar award for 2017(in

2018) ?

a. Bengaluru Tamil Sangam

b. K.V.Balasubramanian

c. S. Krishnamurthy

d. Sugi. Sivam

9. 2018 TN

?

A.

B. K.V

C. .

D. .

10. Who received Sahitya Academy Award for Tamil

Yuva Sahitya Puraskar award 2018 ?

a. Kriungai Sethupathy

b. Suneel Krishnan

c. Vaigaiselvan

d. M.S. Srilakshmi of Singapore

10. -

?

A.

B.

C.

D.

-

Sahitya Academy award Awards Winner Reason1Bal Sahitya Puraskar (Childran Literature) Kriungai Sethupathy Siragu Mulaitha Yaanai2Yuva Sahitya Puraskar Suneel Krishnan Ambu Padukkai

Awards Winner Reason

1Tamil Thai Award Bengaluru Tamil Sangam

2Kabilar Award K.V. Balasubramanian Contribution in field of Epigraphy and archaelogy3U.Ve.S S. Krishnamurthy for his noted efforts in manuscriptology4Kambar Award Sugi. Sivam Motivational Speaker5Sollin Selvar Award Vaigaiselvan Former ADMK Minister6G.U.Pope Award K.Rajeshwari Kothandam For translating Tamil Literature to other languages7Umaru Pulavar Award Haji M. Mohammad Yusuf8Elangovadigal Award V. Nallathambi 9Amma Literary award M.S. Srilakshmi of Singapore

10Tamil Computing Award Ultimate Software Solutions

Tamil Semmal Awards

1Tamil Semmal Awards are given district wise.

11. Which city bagged the Cleanest city award in Swach

Survekshan 2018 ?

a. Bhopal

b. Indore

c. Chandigarh

d. Trichy

11. 2018

?

A.

B.

C.

D.

Category Winner 2nd Place 3rd Place

Cleanest City(Overall)

Indore Bhopal Chandigarh

Cleanest City(Overall)( > 10 Lakh Population)

Vijayawada

Cleanest City(Overall)(3 10 Lakh)

Mysore

Cleanest City(Overall)(less than 3 Lakhs)

New Delhi

Best performing states

Jharkhand Maharashthra Chattisgarh

Capital cities Greater Mumbai Jaipur Ranchi

Smart City Award Surat City

12. Who received the 2018 - ABJ Abdul Kalam awarded each year

by Tamil Nadu Government ?

a. N. Valarmathi ISRO

b. P.Shanmugam CLRI

c. S.P. Thyagarajan Madras University

d. Team Dhaksha Anna University

12. ABJ

?

a. .

b. P. CLRI

c. S.P.

d. Dhaksha

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Research

Started by Dr. APJ when he was working in Anna

University

K.Senthil Kumar, Director of Center for Aerospace

Research, Anna University received the award with

his team

13. Who received FIFA best player of the award 2018 ?

a. Christiano Ronaldo

b. Lionel Messi

c. Luka Modric

d. Kylian Mbappe

13. 2018 ?

A.

B.

C.

D.

14.

A. Padma Awards - March 9

B. Sports awards - Jan 26

C. NARI Puraskar awards - Aug 15

D. Gallantry Awards - Aug 29

14. Matching :

- 9

- 26

- 15

- 29

15. Indian/Indians who received Ramon Magsaysay award

2018 ?

a. Kailash Satyarthi

b. Bharat Vatwani and Sonam Wangchuk

c. Bindeshwar Pathak

d. S.K. Arora

15. / 2018?

A.

B.

C.

D. ..

a. Kailash Satyarthi Nobel price winner

b. Bharat Vatwani and Sonam Wangchuk

c. Bindeshwar Pathak Sulabh Internation (Neikki Award)

d. S.K. Arora -> NO Tobacco day award 31st May

16. Sangita Kalanidhi award 2018 ?

a. Sudha Ragunathan

b. Aruna Sairam

c. Chitravina N ravikiran

d. A. Kanya Kumari

16. 2018 ?

A.

B.

C.

D.

Given by Madras Music academy

17. Which Ship is related with Navika Sagar Parikrama ?( Crew

members of this ship received NARI puraskar award 2017 )

a. INSV Indra

b. INSV Durga

c. INSV Tarini

d. INSV Veer Shakti

17.

? (

Puraskar 2017

)

A. INSV

B. INSV

C. INSV

D. INSV

18. Who received TN Governments Kalpana

Chawla award and Avvaiyar Award respectively in

2018 ?

a. P. Chinna Pillai and I. Muthumari

b. I.Muthumari and P.Chinna Pillai

c. Preethi Srinivasan and I. Muthumari

d. P. Chinna Pillai and Preethi Srinivasan

18. 2018 TN

?

A. .

B. . .

C.

D. .

19. Who received TN Governments Tamil Thendral

Thiru Vi Ka Award for 2017 ?

a. B. Valarmathi

b. V. Balakumaran

c. Dr. G. Periannan

d. K. Jeeva Bharathi

19.

2017 ?

A. .

B. .

C. .

D. .

Perunthalaivar Kamarajar award TR DhinakaranThiruvalluvar award -Dr G PeriannanAnnal Ambedkar award -- Dr KJ George, Arignar Anna award -A SubramanianMahakavi Bharathiyar award -- Dr S Balasubramanian Pavendar Bharathidasan award - K Jeeva Bharathi Muthamizh Kavalar KAP Viswanatham award Dr P Marudhanayagam

20. Who is the last person to receive Bharat Ratna award

when alive ?

a. C.N.R.Rao

b. Atal Bihari Vajpayee

c. Sachin Tendulkar

d. Madan Mohan Malviya

20.

?

A. C.N.R.Rao

B.

C.

D.

21. Who is the Indian appointed recently as IMF Chief

Economist ?

A. Soumya Swaminathan

B. Raghuram Rajan

C. Shanta Devarajan

D. Gita Gopinath

21.

?

A.

B.

C.

D.

22. Who has sworn in as 46th Chief justice of India on Oct,

2018 ?

a. Dipak Mishra

b. Ranjan Gogoi

c. Indu Malhotra

d. Vijaya Tahilramani

Indu Malhotra

- First Women SC Judge directly from a Advocate

Vijaya Tahilramani Sweering as Chief Justice of Chennai High Court

23. New chairman of DRDO from Aug, 2018 ?

a. K. Sivan

b. Satheesh Reddy

c. A.S Kiran Kumar

d. Sanjay Mitra

23. ... , 2018

?

A. .

B.

C. ..

D.

24. Who is the new Chairman of Central Board of Indirect

Taxes and Customs ?

a. S. Ramesh

b. Om Prakash Rawat

c. Anil Kumar Jha

d. N. Ravi

24.

?

A. .

B.

C.

D. .

a. S. Ramesh CBIC

b. Om Prakash Rawat CEC

c. Anil Kumar Jha CMD Coal India

d. N. Ravi Chairman PTI

25. Who is appointed as the CEO of Infosys in Jan, 2018 ?

a. Nandan Nilekani

b. Salil Parekh

c. Vishal Sikka

d. Narayana Murthy

25. 2018,

?

A.

B.

C.

D.

26. 4 States/UTs are awarded Certificate of recognition

for having maximum number of schools in Swach

Vidyala Puraskar. Which State / UT is not the list ?

a. Kerala

b. Tamil Nadu

c. Gujarat

d. Puducherry

26. 4 / .

.

/ ?

A.

B.

C.

D.

27. Who is the new CEO and MD of ICICI bank ?

a. Sandeep Bakshi

b. Girish Chaturvedi

c. Chanda Kochhar

d. Rajnish Kumar

27. ICICI

MD ?

A.

B.

C.

D.

a. Sandeep Bakshi CEO and MD ICICI

b. Girish Chaturvedi Chairman ICICI

c. Chanda Kochhar Former CEO

d. Rajnish Kumar Chairman SBI

28. Who is the Prime Minister of Pakisthan elected in Aug,

2018 ?

a. Shabaz Sharif

b. Imran Khan

c. Nawab Sharif

d. Arif Alvi

28. 2018

?

A.

B.

C.

D.

29. Who is the Oldest elected Prime Minister of Malaysia at

the age of 92 ( in May, 2018 )

a. Mahathir Mohammed

b. Najib Razak

c. Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador

d. Vladimir Putin

29. 92 ( , 2018)

?

A.

B.

C.

D.

a. Mahathir Mohammed New Malaysian PM

b. Najib Razak Former Malaysian PM

c. Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador - Mexicos President from Dec, 2018

d. Vladimir Putin Re elected President of Russia

30. Who has become the new Prime Minister of Spain in

June, 2018 ?

a. Mariano Rajoy

b. Pedro Sanchez

c. Giuseppe Conte

d. Recep Tayyip Erdoan

30. 2018

?

A.

B.

C.

D.

Mariano Rajoy Former Spain PM

Pedro Sanchez New Spain PM

Giuseppe Conte New Italy PM

Recep Tayyip Erdoan Turkey President ( reelected in 2018)

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