QUIZ : 02 - Current Affairs_2015 - Person in News Special_II
1. Recipients of Ramon Magsaysay Awards – 2015 are
1) Sanjiv Chaturvedi
2) Anshu Gupta
3) Zaina Erhaim
a) Only 1
b) Only 1 & 2
c) Only 2 & 3
d) All 1, 2 & 3
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2. Which of the following received the ‘Japan’s Highest Civilian Award’ in 2015
a) Ramachandra Guha
b) Sanjeev Galande
c) CNR Rao
d) Modadugu Vijay Gupta
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3. Which Indian has recently been given french award ‘Legend of Planet’
a) Medha Patkar
b) Aruna Roy
c) Vandana Shiva
d) Bindeshwari Pathak
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4. The first woman officer who led the Guard of honour at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Republic Day is
a) Nisha Thakur
b) Pooja Thakur
c) Hema Arora
d) Namrata Thakur
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5. Miss Universe 2015 is
a) Pia Wurtzbach
b) Ariadna Gutierrez
c) Paulina Vega
d) Mireia Lalaguna
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6. Chairman of 7th pay commission is
a) D Subbarao
b) Ashok Kumar Mathur
c) Vivek Rai
d) Y V Reddy
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7. The first transgender sub-inspector of the police is
a) Ashiji Warda
b) Subrani Anura
c) M Geetika Dausi
d) K Prithika Yashini
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8. Which cricketer won the ICC Cricketer of the Year (Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy) award in 2015
a) A B Devilliers
b) Steve Smith
c) Virat Kohli
d) R Ashwin
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9. Which cricketer won the ICC Test Cricketer of the Year award in 2015
a) A B Devilliers
b) Kumara Sangakkara
c) Virat Kohli
d) Steve Smith
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10. Which cricketer won the ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year award in 2015
a) A B Devilliers
b) Virat Kohli
c) Steve Smith
d) R Ashwin
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11. Who among the following received ‘Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna’, the highest sporting honour in India for 2014-15
a) Saina Nehwal
b) Sania Mirza
c) Rohit Sharma
d) Sathish Kumar Sivalingam
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12. Who among the following cricketers have received ‘Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna’ award?
1) Sachin Tendulkar
2) Rahul Dravid
3) Saurav Ganguly
a) Only 1
b) Only 2
c) Only 1 & 2
d) All 1, 2 & 3
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Explanation:
1. The Ramon Magsaysay Award is an annual award established to perpetuate former Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay's example of integrity in governance, courageous service to the people, and pragmatic idealism within a democratic society. It is considered as the "Asian Nobel Prize". The prize was established in April 1957 by the trustees of the Rockefeller Brothers Fundbased in New York City with the concurrence of the Philippine government. The winners of the award for the year 2015 are: Sanjiv Chaturvedi and Anshu Gupta from India, Kommaly Chanthavong from Laos, Ligaya Fernando from Philippines and Kyaw Thu from Myanmar.
4. Pooja Thakur became the first woman officer to lead the Guard of honour at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 26th January, 2015.
5. Pia Wurtzbach who belongs to Philippines was crowned Miss Universe 2015 on December 20, 2015.
11. The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna is India’s highest honour for achievement in sports and is awarded annually by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. It carries a medal, a scroll of honour and a substantial cash component. The award was instituted in the year 1991–92 to address the lack of a supreme national accolade in the field of sports. Viswanathan Anand was the first person to receive this award in the year 1991-92. The award was not conferred upon any sportsperson or team in the year 1993-94 and 2013-14.
12. Sachin Tendulkar received the ‘Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna’ award in the year 1997-98. The only other cricketer to receive the same award is Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the year 2007-08.