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QUESTIONS ON RIO OLYMPICS 2016

1.How many Countries participated in this year olympics ?

a)209

b)201

c)205

d)198

 Ans:C

2.Total Number of Venues built for the games in Rio olympics 2016 ?

a)263

b)306

c)289

d)324

 Ans:B

3.How many Medals(Gold,Silver and Bronze) will be awarded for winners in this olympics ?

a)2134

b)1987

c)2365

d)2102

 Ans:D

4.In Which of the following event Indian Athlete Sakshi Malik won Bronze medal ?


a)Swimming

b)Wrestling

c)Badminton

d)Weight Lifting

Ans:B


5.Total number of Indian Athletes participated in Rio olympics 2016 ?

a)121

b)93

c)108

d)119

Ans:A

6.How many Sports were added from this 2016 Rio Olympics ?

a)Three

b)Five

c)Two

d)Six

Ans:C
Rugby Sevens and Golf were newly added sports in this olympics

    

7.The Olympic Mascot Vincius was named after Vincius de Maraes . he is famous in the filed of  ?

a)Sports

b)Music

c)Politics

d)None of the above

 Ans:B

9.Which of the follwing Country team won Mens hockey gold medal ?

a)Belgium

b)Russia

c)Argentina

d)poland

Ans:C

10.Which of the following is not worldwide olympic partner ?

a)Coca cola

b)Visa

c)Panasonic

d)Microsoft

Ans:D

11.Usain Bolt is called as Fastest man Alive. he is associated with which country ?

a)Jamaica

b)Amercia

c)Japan

d)Italy

 Ans:A

12.Which of the following Country topped in Medal Tally including Gold, Silver and Bronze ?

a)China

b)Japan

c)USA

d)Great Britain

 Ans:C
46 gold, 37 silver, 38 bronze = total 121, britain 67[27 gold], china 70[26 gold],
 IND 67th place with one bronze  medal [sakshi malik in 58kgs freestyle wrestling. she is the first Indian female wrestler to win an Olympic medal. 
Born in northern conservative Haryana state, adjoining New Delhi, where women were only recently allowed to wrestle, Malik is India’s fourth female athlete to climb the Olympic victory podium.]. and one silver[p v sindhu in badminton], 


13.2020 Olympics will be held in which of the following City ?

a)Tokyo

b)Paris

c)London

d)Munich

Ans:A

15.youngest athlete participated in Rio olympics 2016 is Meet Gaurika singh. she represented Nepal. she is associated with of the following sport ?

a)Boxing

b)Badminton

c)Long Jump

d)Swimming

Ans:D

16.Who is Indian Flag bearer during Rio Olympics 2016 opening ceremony ?

a)Abhinav Bindra

b)Saina Nehwal

c)Yogeshwar dutt

d)P V Sindhu

Ans:A

QUETIONS AND ANSWER ON INDIAN MOVIE

1. First indian movie submitted for Ocsar
Ans:  Mother India 

2. First Indian sound movie
Ans: Aalam Ara [ directed by Ardeshir Irani ]

3. Film fare award started from year
Ans: 1954 

4. From which year Indian gov sponsored National film Award
Ans: 1973 

5. Satyajit ray won Oscar award
Ans: 1992 

6. Total number of Awards won by Satyajith ray in National flim award
Ans: 32

7. First Indian won Oscar Award
Ans: Bhanu Athaiya    for the costume design of the film “Gandhi”

8. Film and Television Institute of India located at
Ans: pune [1960] 

9. First 3D film from India
Ans: My Dear Kuttichathan[ malayalam]

10. Doordarshan founded in India
Ans: 1959

11. First programme telecast in Doordarshan
Ans: Krishi Darshan

12. Who is the first Indian film actor to be featured on the cover of Time magazine
Ans: Praveen Babi

13. Lata mangeshkar won Bharath rathna Award
Ans: 2001

14. How many movies are made by Dadasaheb Phalke
Ans: 95

15. From which year the Dadasaheb phalke award started
Ans: 1969

16. Who is the first Indian actor won the Best Actor award in International film festival
Ans: Sivaji Ganeshan
17. Who is known as Father of Indian film
Ans: Dadasaheb  phalke
18. Who is known as The Show man of Indian movie
Ans: Raj kapoor

19.  First south Indian film released in Korea?
Ans: Muthu (Tamil Film starring Rajnikanth )

20. The first “Dada Saheb Phalke award” is won by?

Ans: Devika Rani

21. The biggest film studio of India?

Ans: Ramoji Film Studio (Hyderabad)

22.  First Cinema Theatre of India?

Ans: Elphinstone Palace (Calcutta-1907

23. The first news paper of India which give a film advertisement?
Ans: Times of India

24.  Who is the director of first film of India “Raja Harischandra”?

Ans: Dada Saheb Phalke

25. Raja Harischandra was released in the year?

Ans: 1913 

26. In which state of India has most number of cinema Theatres?

Ans: Andra Pradesh

27. The music director who won Oscar for India?




Ans:A.R.Rahman, he won two awards. i.e. best music and best song for his work for the film “Slum Dog Millionaire”

28. Name the Indian film which has 71 songs ?

Ans: Indra Sabha 

29. First Bharath Award is won by ?

Ans: Sanjeev Kumar 

30. First actor to become a Chief Minister of a state ?
 
Ans: M.G.Ramachandran (M.G.R) 

31. First actress to become a Chief Minister of a state ?

Ans: Janaki Ramachandran 

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JNANAPITH AWARDS (1965-2016)

jnanpith awards

YEAR	NAME OF WINNER	CONTRIBUTION & WORK	LANGUAGE
2015	Raghuveer Chaudhary	Contribution to Gujarati poetry, novels including trilogy (Uparvaas), Rudra Mahalaya, Venu Vatsala	Gujarati
2014	Bhalchandra Nemade (50th Jnanpith award)	Kosala(Cocoon)	Marathi
2013	Kedarnath Singh	Akaal main Saras	Hindi
2012	Ravuri Bharadhwaja	Paakudurallu	Telugu
2011	Pratibha Ray	Yajnaseri	Oriya
2010	Chandrashekhara Kambara	For his contributions to Kannada literature	Kannada
2009	Amar Kant		Hindi
2009	Shrilal Shukla		Hindi
2008	Akhlaq Mohammed Khan ‘Shahryar’	For his contribution to Urdu Poetry. He is only the 4th urdu writer to be awarded the Jnanpith Award	Urdu
2007	Dr. O. N. V. Kurup	for his contributions to Malayalam literature	Malayalam
2006	Satya Vrat Shastri		Sanskrit
2006	Ravindra Kelekar		Konkani
2005	Kunwar Narayan		Hindi
2004	Rahman Rahi	Subhuk Soda, Kalami Rahi and Siyah Rode Jaren Manz	Kashmiri
2003	Vinda Karandikar	Ashtadarshana (poetry)	Marathi
2002	D. Jayakanthan		Tamil
2001	Rajendra Keshavlal Shah		Gujarati
2000	Indira Goswami		Assamese
1999	Gurdial Singh		Punjabi
1999	Nirmal Verma		Hindi
1998	Girish Karnad	for his contributions to Kannada literature and for contributions to kannada theater (yayati)	Kannada
1997	Ali Sardar Jafri		Urdu
1996	Mahasweta Devi	Hajar Churashir Ma	Bengali
1995	Dr. M. T. Vasudevan Nair	Randamoozham (Second Chance)	Malayalam
1994	U. R. Ananthamurthy	for his contributions to Kannada literature	Kannada
1993	Sitakant Mahapatra	for contribution to the enrichment of Indian literature	Oriya
1992	Naresh Mehta		Hindi
1991	Subhas Mukhopadhyay	Padati	Bengali
1990	V. K. Gokak (Vinayaka Krishna Gokak)	Bharatha Sindhu Rashmi	Kannada
1989	Qurratulain Hyder	Akhire Shab Ke Humsafar	Urdu
1988	Dr. C. Narayana Reddy	Vishwambhara	Telugu
1987	Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar(Kusumagraj)	Natsamrat	Marathi
1986	Sachidananda Rout Roy		Oriya
1985	Pannalal Patel	Maanavi Ni Bhavaai (માનવીની ભવાઇ)	Gujarati
1984	Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai	Kayar {Coir}	Malayalam
1983	Maasti Venkatesh Ayengar	Chikkaveera Rajendra (Life and struggle of Kodava King Chikkaveera Rajendra)	Kannada
1982	Mahadevi Varma	Yama	Hindi
1981	Amrita Pritam	Kagaj te Canvas	Punjabi
1980	S. K. Pottekkatt	Oru Desathinte Katha (Story of a land)	Malayalam
1979	Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya	Mrityunjay (Immortal)	Assamese
1978	Sachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayan ‘Ajneya’	Kitni Navon Men Kitni Bar	Hindi
1977	K. Shivaram Karanth	Mookajjiya Kanasugalu (Mookajjis dreams)	Kannada
1976	Ashapurna Devi	Pratham Pratisruti	Bengali
1975	P. V. Akilan	Chitttrappavai	Tamil
1974	Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar	Yayati	Marathi
1973	Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre	Nakutanti (Naku Thanthi)	Kannada
1973	Gopinath Mohanty	Paraja	Oriya
1972	Ramdhari Singh ‘Dinkar’	Urvashi	Hindi
1971	Bishnu Dey	Smriti Satta Bhavishyat	Bengali
1970	Viswanatha Satyanarayana	Ramayana Kalpavrikshamu	Telugu
1969	Firaq Gorakhpuri	Gul-e-Naghma	Urdu
1968	Sumitranandan Pant	Chidambara	Hindi
1967	Umashankar Joshi	Nishitha	Gujarati
1967	Kuppali Venkatappagowda Puttappa(Kuvempu)	Sri Ramayana Darshanam	Kannada
1966	Tarashankar Bandopadhyaya	Ganadevta	Bengali
1965	G. Sankara Kurup	Odakkuzhal (Flute)	Malayalam

BHARAT RATNA AWARDS

	Name	Birth / death	Awar- ded	Notes	State / Country
1.	Chakravarti Rajgopalachari	1878–1972	1954	Independence activist, last Governor-General	Tamil Nadu
2.	C. V. Raman	1888–1970	1954	Physicist	Tamil Nadu
3.	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan	1888–1975	1954	Philosopher, second President	Andhra Pradesh
4.	Bhagwan Das	1869–1958	1955	Independence activist, author	Uttar Pradesh
5.	Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya	1861–1962	1955	Civil engineer, Diwan of Mysore	Karnataka
6.	Jawaharlal Nehru	1889–1964	1955	Independence activist, author, first Prime MinisterP	Uttar Pradesh
7.	Govind Ballabh Pant	1887–1961	1957	Independence activist, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Home Minister	Uttar Pradesh
8.	Dhondo Keshav Karve	1858–1962	1958	Educator, social reformer	Maha- rashtra
9.	Bidhan Chandra Roy	1882–1962	1961	Physician, Chief Minister of West Bengal	West Bengal
10.	Purushottam Das Tandon	1882–1962	1961	Independence activist, educator	Uttar Pradesh
11.	Rajendra Prasad	1884-1963	1962	Independence activist, jurist, first President	Bihar
12.	Zakir Hussain	1897–1969	1963	Scholar, third President	Andhra Pradesh
13.	Pandurang Vaman Kane	1880–1972	1963	Indologist and Sanskrit scholar	Maha- rashtra
14.	Lal Bahadur Shastri	1904–1966	1966	Posthumous, independence activist, second Prime Minister	Uttar Pradesh
15.	Indira Gandhi	1917–1984	1971	Third Prime Minister	Uttar Pradesh
16.	V. V. Giri	1894–1980	1975	Trade unionist and fourth President	orissa
17.	K. Kamaraj	1903–1975	1976	Posthumous, independence activist, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu State	Tamil Nadu
18.	Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu (Mother Teresa of Calcutta)	1910–1997	1980	Catholic nun, founder of the Missionaries of Charity	West Bengal / Albania
19.	Vinoba Bhave	1895–1982	1983	Posthumous, social reformer, independence activist	Maha- rashtra
20.	Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan	1890–1988	1987	First non-citizen, independence activist	Pakistan
21.	M. G. Ramachandran	1917–1987	1988	Posthumous, film actor, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu	Tamil Nadu
22.	B. R. Ambedkar	1891–1956	1990	Posthumous, chief architect of the Indian Constitution, politician, economist, and scholar	Madhya Pradesh
23.	Nelson Mandela	b. 1918	1990	Second non-citizen and first non-Indian recipient, Leader of the Anti-Apartheid movement	south Africa
24.	Rajiv Gandhi	1944–1991	1991	Posthumous, Sixth Prime Minister	New Delhi
25.	Vallabhbhai Patel	1875–1950	1991	Posthumous, independence activist, first Home Minister	Maha- rashtra
26.	Morarji Desai	1896–1995	1991	Independence activist, fourth Prime Minister	New Delhi
27.	Abul Kalam Azad	1888–1958	1992	Posthumous, independence activist, first Minister of Education	Saudi Arabia
28.	J. R. D. Tata	1904–1993	1992	Industrialist and philanthropist	France
29.	Satyajit Ray	1922–1992	1992	Bengali filmmaker	west Bengal
30.	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam	b. 1931	1997	Aeronautical Engineer,11th President of India	Tamil Nadu
31.	Gulzarilal Nanda	1898–1998	1997	Independence activist, interim Prime Minister	New Delhi
32.	Aruna Asaf Ali	1908–1996	1997	Posthumous, independence activist	Punjab
33.	M. S. Subbulakshmi	1916–2004	1998	Carnatic classical singer	Tamil Nadu
34.	Chidambaram Subramaniam	1910–2000	1998	Independence activist, Minister of Agriculture	Tamil Nadu
35.	Jayaprakash Narayan	1902–1979	1999	Posthumous, independence activist and politician	Bihar
36.	Pandit Ravi Shankar	1920-2012	1999	Sitar player	Uttar Pradesh
37.	Amartya Sen	b. 1933	1999	Economist, Nobel Laureate	West Bengal
38.	Gopinath Bordoloi	1890–1950	1999	Posthumous, independence activist, Chief Minister of Assam	Assam
39.	Lata Mangeshkar	b. 1929	2001	Playback singer	Madhya Pradesh
40.	Ustad Bismillah Khan	1916–2006	2001	Hindustani classical shehnai player	Uttar Pradesh
41.	Pandit Bhimsen Joshi	1922–2011	2008	Hindustani classical singer	Karnataka

  42.    Sachin Tendulkar              1973-                    2014         Indian cricketer, first sportsman    Mumbai
                                                                                                  and younge

43.   Prof. C.N.R Rao                 1934-                   2014          Indian Scientist

44.    Atal Bihari Vajpayee           1924-                   2015          Atal Bihari Vajpayee is an Indian statesman
                                                                                                  who was the Eleventh Prime Minister of
                                                                                                  India from BJP

45.Madan Mohan Malviya         1861 –1946          2015           The freedom icon and Educationist 
                                                                                                  popularly known as ‘Mahamana”.



Foreign Recipients
Nelson Mandela                   1990
Posthumously Awarded
Lal Bahadur Shastri              1966
K. Kamaraj                          1976
Vinoba Bhave                      1983
M. G. Ramachandran           1988
B. R. Ambedkar                   1990
Rajiv Gandhi                        1991     
Vallabhbhai Patel                1991
Abul Kalam Azad                1992
Aruna Asaf Ali                    1997
Jayaprakash Narayan         1999
Gopinath Bordoloi              1999