Award/Honour (Uttarakhand)– Old Year Questions and Answers

1. Name the only personality from Uttarakhand who was conferred the ‘Bharat Ratna’

(a) Bhimsen Joshi
(b) Govind Ballabh Pant
(c) General B.C. Joshi
(d) H.N. Bahuguna

[Uttarakhand U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2007]

2. Which person of Uttarakhand was given ‘Padam Vibhushan’ in the year 2009?

(a) Shri Sunderlal Bahuguna
(b) Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal “Nishank”
(c) Bachendri Pal
(d) None of the above

[Uttarakhand U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2007]

3. Name the only person from Uttarakhand to have received the ‘Gyanpeeth Award’ for literature.

(a) Leela Dhar Jaguri
(b) Ila Chandra Joshi
(c) Viren Dangwal
(d) Sumitra Nandan Pant

[Uttarakhand U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2007]

4. Which writer of Uttaranchal was given the ‘Vyas Samman’ Award for the year 2002?

(a) Manohar Shyam Joshi
(b) Ramesh Chandra Shah
(c) Shailesh Matiyani
(d) Viren Dangwal

[Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2002]

5. Out of the following, who was awarded ‘Victoria Cross’?

(a) Gabar Singh Negi
(b) Subedar Ram Singh
(c) General B.C. Joshi
(d) Major Dhan Singh Thapa

[Uttarakhand U.D.A./L.D.A. (Mains) 2007]

6. Who in Uttarakhand, was awarded “Shaurya Chakra’ in 2009?

(a) Subedar Ram Singh
(b) Major Sunder Singh Bisht
(c) Captain Manoj
(d) None of these

[Uttrakhand U.D.A./L.D.A. (Mains) 2007]