1.

How many people have the Central Government

announced to give Padma Vibhushan Award in the
year 2024?
a. 4
b. 5
c. 6
d. 8
Answer: b. 5
- After the approval of the President, the Central
Government announced the names of the Padma
awardees on the eve of the 75th Republic Day in
2024.
- These awards are announced every year on the
occasion of Republic Day.
- Usually, ceremonies are organized around
March/April each year, and awards are presented at
the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The President confers the
awards.
- A total of 132 Padma awards were announced.
These include 5 Padma Vibhushan, 17 Padma
Bhushan, and 110 Padma Shri awards.

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Types of Padma awards:
- Padma Vibhushan
- Padma Bhushan
- Padma Shri
- Among the recipients of the Padma awards, there
are 30 women.
- Eight individuals are in the category of
foreigners/NRIs/PIOs/OCIs.
- Nine individuals were awarded posthumously.
- Two pairs have also received the Padma awards.
Padma Vibhushan honor:
- This is the second-highest civilian award given by the
Indian government, after the Bharat Ratna.
- The establishment of this honor was made on 2nd
January 1954.
- The 'Padma Vibhushan' is conferred for exceptional
and distinguished service (military).
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2. Who has been selected by the Central
Government for the Padma Vibhushan Award
2024?
Answer:
Winner - Category - State/Region/Country
i) Vyjayanthimala Bali - Arts - Tamil Nadu
ii) Konidela Chiranjeevi - Arts - Andhra Pradesh
iii) M. Venkaiah Naidu - Public Affairs - Andhra
Pradesh
iv) Bindi Bihari Pathak (Posthumous) - Social Work -
Bihar
v) Padma Subramanyam - Arts - Tamil Nadu

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Vyjayanthimala Bali (Actress):
- She is a versatile Indian artist.
- She hails from Tamil Nadu and is 90 years old.
- She made her debut on screen at the age of 16 with
the Tamil film "Vazhkai" (1949).
- She then acted in the Telugu film "Jeevitham" (1950).
- Her first Hindi film was the socially relevant film
"Bahar" (1951), after which she worked as a superstar
in Hindi films. She has also served as a member of the
Rajya Sabha.
Konidela Chiranjeevi
- Chiranjeevi is an actor in Telugu and Hindi films.
- His real name is Konidela Shiv Shankar Vara
Prasad.
- He is from Andhra Pradesh. He is 68 years old.
- With a splendid career spanning four decades, he
has worked in over 150 Telugu and Hindi films in 5
languages.
- Currently, Chiranjeevi is a prominent figure in the
state of Andhra Pradesh as the leader of the 'Praja
Rajyam' party.
M. Venkaiah Naidu
- Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu is a former Vice
President of India.
- He served as the National President of the Bharatiya
Janata Party from 2002 to 2004.
- He is from Andhra Pradesh. He is 74 years old.
- He served as the Vice President from 2017 to 2022.
Bindeshwar Pathak (posthumous)
- Dr. Bindeshwari Pathak was a world famous Indian
social worker and entrepreneur.
- He died on 15 August 2023 (80 years old).
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- He was from Bihar.
- He was the founder of Sulabh International, which
promotes human rights, environmental sanitation, non-
traditional sources of energy through waste
management and social reforms, education.
Padma Subramaniam
- Padma Subramaniam, is an Indian classical
Bharatanatyam dancer.
- He is from Tamil Nadu. She is 80 years old.
- She is also a research scholar, choreographer, music
composer, singer, teacher, Indologist and writer.
- He is famous in India as well as abroad.
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3. How many people have been announced by the
Central Government for the Padma Bhushan
Award (year 2024)?
a. 7
b. 9
c. 17
d. 20
Answer: c. 17
- This honor is the third highest civilian honor given by
the Government of India.
- 'Padma Bhushan' is given for distinguished service of
high order.
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4. Who has been selected by the Central
Government for the Padma Bhushan Award 2024?
Answer:
Winner – Category – UT/State or Country
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1. M Fathima Beevi (Posthumous) - Public Affairs -
Kerala (First woman judge of the Supreme Court)
2. Hormusji N Cama - Literature and Education
Journalism - Maharashtra
3. Mithun Chakraborty - Art - West Bengal
4. Sitaram Jindal - Trade Industry - Karnataka
5. Young Liu - Trade Industry - Taiwan
6. Ashwin Balchand Mehta - Medicine - Maharashtra
7. Satyabrata Mukherjee (Posthumous) - Public Affairs
- West Bengal
8. Ram Naik - Public Affairs - Maharashtra
9. Tejas Madhusudan Patel - Medicine - Gujarat
10. Olancherry Rajagopal - Public Affairs - Kerala
11. Dattatreya Ambadas Mayalu alias Rajdutt - Art -
Maharashtra
12. Togdan Rinpoche (posthumous) – Others
Spiritualism – Ladakh
13. Pyarelal Sharma - Art - Maharashtra
14. Chandreshwar Prasad Thakur - Medicine - Bihar
15. Usha Uthup - Art - West Bengal
16. Vijayakanth (posthumous) - Art - Tamil Nadu
17. Kundan Vyas - Literature and Education
Journalism - Maharashtra
Know in detail –
1) Fatima Biwi (posthumous)
- She was the first female judge of the Supreme Court.
- He died on 23 November 2023 (at the age of 96).
- Her full name is Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi.
-His father's name is Meera Sahib and mother's name
is Khadija Bibi.
- His school education started from Kathilokatte High
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- She has also been the former Governor of Tamil
Nadu.
2) Hormusji N Cama
- He is the former Chairman of Press Trust of India
(PTI).
- Was also the Chairman of Audit Bureau of
Circulation (ABC) for the year 2018 to 2019.
- Senior publisher leading Bombay Samachar Gujarati
newspaper for four decades.
- He is from Maharashtra.
3) Mithun Chakraborty
- He is an actor, producer and politician.
- He mainly worked in Hindi and Bengali language
films.
- He is a former Rajya Sabha MP.
- He is from West Bengal. He is 73 years old.
- He has received three National Film Awards for Best
Actor.
4) Sitaram Jindal
The veteran industrialist and philanthropist has been
promoting naturopathy through the Jindal Nature Cure
Institute in Bengaluru.
- He is the founder and chairman of Jindal Aluminum
Limited (JAL).
- He is from Karnataka. He is 90 years old.
5) Young Liu (Taiwan)
- He is a global business leader and innovator.
- Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Taiwan's Foxconn
Company.
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iPhones (about 70 percent).
- He is from Taiwan. He is 66 years old.
6) Ashwin Balchand Mehta
- He is an Indian cardiologist and interventional
cardiologist.
- He performed the first cardiac catheterization and
angiography in newborns in India in 1973
- He is from Maharashtra. He is 84 years old.
7) Satyabrata Mukherjee (posthumous)
- He was an experienced political leader and barrister.
- He was a former Union Minister of many
departments.
- He was from West Bengal. He died on 3 March 2023.
8) Ram Naik
- Ram Naik is an Indian politician and senior leader of
BJP party.
- He has been the Governor of Uttar Pradesh from
2014 to 2019.
- He was the Minister of Oil and Natural Gas (from
1999 to 2004).
- He is from Maharashtra. He is 89 years old.
9) Tejas Madhusudan Patel
- Renowned cardiologist known for his pioneering work
in interventional cardiology
- He received the highest award in the field of
medicine 'Dr. Has received 'Bidhaan Chandra Rai
Award'.
- He has also received the Padma Shri award in the
year 2015.
- He is from Gujarat. He is 60 years old.

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10) Olancherry Rajagopal
- He is an experienced political leader
- He has also been the former Union Minister of
Railways and Urban Development.
- He was a two-time MP in the Rajya Sabha from 1992
to 2004.
- He is from Kerala. He is 94 years old.
11) Dattatreya Ambadas Mayalu alias Rajdutt
- He is an experienced Marathi film director.
- He has been making films on patriotic and social
issues for more than 6 decades.
- He is from Maharashtra. He is 90 years old.
12) Togdan Rinpoche (Posthumous)
- He was a Buddhist spiritual leader.
- He passed away on May 24, 2023.
- He was from Ladakh.
- He made significant contributions to the preservation
of the Bhoti language.
- He served as a prominent Lama for all Tibetan
Buddhist lineages in Ladakh.
13) Pyarelal Sharma
- He is a great Hindi music director.
- His career spans over more than 7 decades.
- He is honored as the 'King of Melodies.'
- He is from Maharashtra. He is 83 years old.
14) Chandreshwar Prasad Thakur
- He is a renowned physician.
- He made lifelong contributions to global leadership,
research, and policy on the disease of black fever.
- He is a former member of the Rajya Sabha, former
minister in the Indian government, and a leader of the
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Bharatiya Janata Party.
- He is from Bihar. He is 92 years old.
15) Usha Uthup
- She is a popular pop singer in India.
- She is known for her popular hits in the 1960s,
1970s, and 1980s.
- She has sung in approximately 16 languages
including Bengali, Hindi, Punjabi, Assamese, Odia,
Gujarati, Marathi, Konkani, Malayalam, Kannada,
Tamil, Telugu, and others.
- She is from West Bengal. She is 76 years old.
16) Vijayakanth (Posthumous)
- He passed away on December 28, 2023.
- He was from Tamil Nadu.
- He was a renowned Tamil film actor and popular
political leader.
- He was also a successful director and producer.
- He had created his own identity by working in 154
films.
17) Kundan Vyasa
- He is an experienced journalist.
- He has been leading the prestigious media group
Janmabhoomi for 5 decades.
- He is from Maharashtra. He is 82 years old.
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5. How many Padma Shri Awards (year 2024) has
been announced by the Central Government?
a. 76
b. 91
c. 109
d. 110
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Answer: d. 110
- These honors are awarded for outstanding service in
any field.
Note: In double cases, the award is counted as one.
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6. Who has been selected by the Central
Government for the Padma Shri Award (year
2024)?
Answer:
1. Khalil Ahmed - Art - Uttar Pradesh
2. Badarappan M - Art - Tamil Nadu
3. Kaluram Bamnia - Art - Madhya Pradesh
4. Rezwana Choudhury Banya - Art - Bangladesh
5. Naseem Bano - Art - Uttar Pradesh
6. Ramlal Bareth - Art - Chhattisgarh
7. Geeta Roy Burman - Art - West Bengal
8. Parbati Barua - Social Work - Assam
9. Sarbeshwar Basumatary - Other Agriculture -
Assam
10. Som Dutt Battu - Art - Himachal Pradesh
11. Takdeera Begum - Art - West Bengal
12. Satyanarayana Bellary - Other Agriculture - Kerala
13. Drona Bhuiyan - Art - Assam
14. Ashok Kumar Vishwas - Art - Bihar
15. Rohan Machanda Bopanna - Sports - Karnataka
16. Smriti Rekha Chakma - Art - Tripura
17. Narayan Chakraborty - Science and Engineering -
West Bengal
18. A Velu Anand Chari - Art - Telangana
19. Ram Chet Chaudhary - Science and Engineering -
Uttar Pradesh
20. K Chellammal - Other Agriculture - Andaman and
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Nicobar Islands
21. Joshna Chinappa - Sports - Tamil Nadu
22. Charlotte Chopin - Other Yoga - France
23. Raghuveer Chaudhary - Literature and Education -
Gujarat
24. Joe D'Cruz - Literature and Education - Tamil
Nadu
25. Ghulam Nabi Dar - Art - Jammu and Kashmir
26. Chittaranjan Debbarma - Others Spiritualism -
Tripura
27. Uday Vishwanath Deshpande - Sports -
Maharashtra
28. Prema Dhanraj - Medicine - Karnataka
29. Radha Krishna Dhiman - Medicine - Uttar Pradesh
30. Manohar Krishna Dole - Medicine - Maharashtra
31. Pierre Sylvain Filliozat - Literature and Education -
France
32. Mahabir Singh Guddu - Art - Haryana
33. Anupama Hoskere - Art - Karnataka
34. Yazdi Maneksha Italia - Medicine - Gujarat
35. Rajaram Jain - Literature and Education - Uttar
Pradesh
36. Jankilal - Art - Rajasthan
37. Ratan Kahar - Art - West Bengal
38. Yashwant Singh Katoch - Literature and Education
- Uttarakhand
39. Zaheer I Qazi - Literature and Education -
Maharashtra
40. Gaurav Khanna - Sports - Uttar Pradesh
41. Surendra Kishore - Literature and Education
Journalism - Bihar
42. Dasari Kondappa - Art - Telangana
43. Sridhar Makam Krishnamurthy - Literature and
Education - Karnataka
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44. Yanung Jamoh Lego – Other Agriculture –
Arunachal Pradesh
45. Jordan Lepcha - Art - Sikkim
46. Satendra Singh Lohia - Sports - Madhya Pradesh
47. Binod Mehrana - Art - Orissa
48. Purnima Mahato - Sports - Jharkhand
49. Uma Maheshwari D - Art - Andhra Pradesh
50. Dukhu Majhi - Social Work - West Bengal
51. Ram Kumar Mallik - Art - Bihar
52. Hemchand Manjhi - Medicine - Chhattisgarh
53. Chandrashekhar Mahadevrao Meshram - Medicine
- Maharashtra
54. Surendra Mohan Mishra (posthumous) - Art - Uttar
Pradesh
55. Ali Mohammed and Shri Ghani Mohammed*(Pair)
- Art - Rajasthan
56. Kalpana Morparia - Trade and Industry -
Maharashtra
57. Chami Murmu - Social Work - Jharkhand
58. Saseendran Muthuvel - Public Affairs - Papua New
Guinea
59. G Nachiyar - Medicine - Tamil Nadu
60. Kiran Nadar - Art - Delhi
61. Pakravur Chitran Namboodiripad (posthumous) -
Literature and Education - Kerala
62. Narayanan EP - Art - Kerala
63. Shailesh Nayak - Science and Engineering - Delhi
64. Harish Nayak (posthumously) - Literature and
Education - Gujarat
65. Fred Négrit - Literature and Education - France
66. Hari Om - Science and Engineering - Haryana
67. Bhagwat Padhan - Art - Odisha
68. Sanatan Rudra Pal - Art - West Bengal
69. Shankar Baba Pundalikrao Papalkar - Social Work
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- Maharashtra
70. Radhe Shyam Pareek - Medicine - Uttar Pradesh
71. Dayal Mavjibhai Parmar - Medicine - Gujarat
72. Binod Kumar Pasayat - Art - Odisha
73. Silbi Pasah – Art – Meghalaya
74. Shanti Devi Paswan and Shri Shivan
Paswan*(Pair) - Art - Bihar
75. Sanjay Anant Patil - Other Agriculture - Goa
76. Muni Narayana Prasad - Literature and Education
- Kerala
77. KS Rajanna - Social Work - Karnataka
78. Chandrashekhar Channapatna Rajannachar -
Medicine - Karnataka
79. Bhagwatilal Rajpurohit - Literature and Education -
Madhya Pradesh
80. Romalo Ram - Art - Jammu and Kashmir
81. Navjeevan Rastogi - Literature and Education -
Uttar Pradesh
82. Nirmal Rishi - Art - Punjab
83. Pran Sabharwal - Art - Punjab
84. Gaddam Sammaiya - Art - Telangana
85. Sangthankima – Social Work – Mizoram
86. Machihan Sasa - Art - Manipur
87. Omprakash Sharma - Art - Madhya Pradesh
88. Eklabya Sharma - Science and Engineering - West
Bengal
89. Ram Chander Sihag - Science and Engineering -
Haryana
90. Harbinder Singh - Sports - Delhi
91. Gurvinder Singh - Social Work - Haryana
92. Godavari Singh - Art - Uttar Pradesh
93. Ravi Prakash Singh - Science and Engineering -
Mexico
94. Seshampatti T. Sivalingam - Art - Tamil Nadu
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95. Somanna - Social Work - Karnataka
96. Kethvath Somlal - Literature and Education -
Telangana
97. Shashi Soni - Trade Industry - Karnataka
98. Urmila Srivastava - Art - Uttar Pradesh
99. Nepal Chandra Sutradhar (posthumous) - Art -
West Bengal
100. Gopinath Swain - Art - Odisha
101. Laxman Bhatt Tailang - Art - Rajasthan
102. Maya Tandon - Social Work - Rajasthan
103. Ashwathi Thirunal Gowri Lakshmi Bai
Thampuratti - Literature and Education - Kerala
104. Jagdish Labhshankar Trivedi - Art - Gujarat
105. Sano Vamuzo - Social Work - Nagaland
106. Balakrishnan Sadanam Puthiya Veetil - Art -
Kerala
107. Kurela Vitthalacharya - Literature and Education -
Telangana
108. Kiran Vyas - Other Yoga - France
109. Jageshwar Yadav - Social Work - Chhattisgarh
110. Babu Ram Yadav - Art - Uttar Pradesh
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key names to remember
- Khalil Ahmed - Art - Uttar Pradesh
- Badarappan M - Art - Tamil Nadu
- Kaluram Bamnia - Art - Madhya Pradesh
- Rezwana Chaudhary Banya - Art - Bangladesh
- Shanti Devi Paswan and Shri Shivan Paswan*(Pair) -
Art - Bihar
- Kethvath Somlal - Literature and Education -
Telangana
- Shashi Soni - Trade Industry - Karnataka
- Urmila Srivastava - Art - Uttar Pradesh
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- Kiran Vyas - Other Yoga - France
- Jageshwar Yadav - Social Work - Chhattisgarh
- Babu Ram Yadav - Art - Uttar Pradesh
- Surendra Kishore - Literature and Education
Journalism - Bihar
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7. Which Arab country decided to open the first
alcohol store for non-Muslim diplomats?
a. Saudi Arab
b. Qatar
c. UAE
d. Kuwait
Answer: a. Saudi Arab
- On January 24, 2024, a document regarding this has
come to light.
- Customers will have to register through a mobile app
to purchase alcohol and obtain clearance code from
the Ministry of External Affairs.
Saudi Arabia's Strict Laws Against Alcohol
Consumption
- The decision to open liquor stores is seen in
conjunction with Crown Prince Mohammed bin
Salman's reform efforts.
- It is believed that this decision aims to remove the
strict Islamic stigma placed upon Saudi Arabia by
conservative Muslim countries.
- Saudi Arabia has strict laws against alcohol
consumption, with offenders facing severe penalties
including flogging.
- However, now it has been replaced with jail
sentences.
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- The Saudi government has taken this step under the
Vision 2030 comprehensive plan.
- It's noteworthy that the government has devised the
Vision 2030 plan for economic development after the
decline in oil revenues.
- The new store will be opened in Riyadh's diplomatic
quarter, where embassies and diplomats reside
nearby.
- Currently, it is not clear whether non-Muslim
expatriates will be allowed to enter or not.
- It is worth mentioning that millions of expatriates live
in Saudi Arabia, with the majority being Muslim
workers from Asia and Egypt.
- Capital: Riyadh
- Currency: Saudi Riyal
- Prince: Mohammed bin Salman
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8. Which African country was declared malaria free
by the World Health Organization (WHO) in
January 2024?
a. Ethiopia
b. Cape verde
c. Egypt
d. South Africa
Answer: b. Cape verde
- The World Health Organization declared Cape Verde
malaria-free on January 12, 2024.
- With this, Cape Verde becomes the third country in
Africa and the 43rd country in the world to be malaria-
free.
- WHO has also acknowledged Cape Verde's efforts
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against malaria, which include progress in policy
initiatives, diagnosis, and treatment.
- Previously, in 1973, Mauritius in Africa and in 2019,
Algeria were designated as malaria-free countries.
- Looking at the figures from 2021, that year saw 95%
of malaria cases registered only in African countries.
- Similarly, 96% of deaths due to malaria were also
recorded in Africa.
- It's worth noting that Cape Verde is a group of 10
islands in the mid-Atlantic Ocean.
- It was once severely affected by malaria. - Before the
1950s, malaria had impacted all its islands.
- The use of insecticides had successfully eradicated
malaria from this country twice.
- However, due to errors in vector control in 1967 and
again in 1983, the disease resurfaced.
- Since the peak of malaria cases in the 1980s, the
disease has been limited to only two islands, Santiago
and Boa Vista.
- However, no cases of malaria have been reported in
these two islands since 2017.
- Following this, Cape Verde has been declared
malaria-free.
Two countries become malaria free in the year
2023
- Earlier in March 2023, the World Health Organization
had declared Azerbaijan and Tajikistan malaria free.
- Earlier in the year 2021, China and El Salvador were
certified malaria free.
Capital: Praia
- Population: 1.59 lakh (2017)
- Prime Minister: Ulises Correia e Silva
- Currency: Cape Verde Escudo
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9. When is Shaheed Diwas observed?
a. 25 January
b. 30 January
c. 23 March
d. b और c / b and c
Answer: d. b and c (30 January and 23 March)
- Martyrs' Day is observed on January 30th in memory
of Mahatma Gandhi.
- On this day in 1948, Nathuram Godse assassinated
Gandhi by firing bullets at him.
- Whereas on March 23, 1931, revolutionary freedom
fighters Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, and Rajguru were
hanged by the British during the struggle for
independence.
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10. Which Indian player won the gold medal in
Asian Marathon Championship 2024?
a. Man Singh
b. Vinod Kumar
c. Rakesh Rathore
d. Vivek Kumar
Answer: a. Man Singh
- This championship was held in Hong Kong in
January 2024.
- Another Indian champion: After Thonakal Gopi's
achievement in 2017, he became only the second
Indian to win the title of Asian Marathon Champion.
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