TNPSC GRP 2
Nov, 2018
Current affairs
Part 10 Awards and Appointments(Padma Awards, Sports Awards, Tamil Literary awards, Nobel
Prize etc)
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2. UNSECO World heritage sites
3. Sports
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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.
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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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