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India confers various national awards across categories like civilian, gallantry, sports, and literature to recognize exceptional contributions.
Civilian awards, led by Bharat Ratna, are given for distinguished service of the highest order in any field.
Gallantry awards honour bravery and sacrifice of armed forces personnel, both in wartime and peacetime.
Major sports awards include the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna and Arjuna Award, recognizing outstanding athletic achievements.
Literary awards like the Sahitya Akademi Award celebrate excellence in Indian literature.
Confers most national awards during ceremonial functions.
Administers civilian awards (Bharat Ratna, Padma Awards).
Administers gallantry and distinguished service awards.
Administers sports awards (Khel Ratna, Arjuna, Dronacharya).
India's National Academy of Letters, confers literary awards.
General Studies Paper I (History, Culture), Paper II (Governance), Prelims (Current Events of National and International Importance)
General Awareness (Awards and Honours, Static GK)
General Awareness (Current Affairs, Static GK)
General Awareness (Awards and Honours, Static GK)
General Knowledge (Awards, Military Honours, Sports)
With reference to Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), consider the following statements: 1. They enable the digital representation of physical assets. 2. They are unique cryptographic tokens that exist on a blockchain. 3. They can be traded or exchanged at equivalency and therefore can be used as a medium of commercial transactions. Which of the statements given above are correct?
Answer: 1 and 2 only
Consider the following pairs: Movement/Organization : Leader 1. All India Anti-Untouchability League : Mahatma Gandhi 2. All India Kisan Sabha : Swami Sahajanand Saraswati 3. Self-Respect Movement : E. V. Ramaswami Naicker Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
Answer: 1, 2 and 3
Which of the following is/are the aim/aims of "Digital India" Plan of the Government of India? 1. Formation of India's own Internet companies like China did. 2. Establish a policy framework to encourage overseas multinational corporations that collect Big Data to build their large data centres within our national geographical boundaries. 3. Connect many of our villages to the Internet and bring Wi-Fi to many of our schools, public places and major tourist centres. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: 3 only
High - Questions on awards are almost guaranteed in the General Knowledge/Current Affairs section of most competitive exams.
India's highest civilian honour.
India's highest military decoration for valour during wartime.
India's highest peacetime military decoration for valour.
India's highest sporting honour.
A literary honour conferred by India's National Academy of Letters.