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Radhika apte
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Question 1. Who
won the Commonwealth ShortStory Prize for 2016
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Answer. Indian author and Social
Scienceprofessor from India Prashar Kulkarni.
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Question 2. Who
won the PEN/Barbey Freedomto Write Award
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Answer. Egyptian novelist and
journalist Ahmed Naji
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Question 3. Who
won the Saraswati Samman for2015
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Answer. Author and poet Padma
Sachdev(autobiography titled Chitt-Chete, written inDogri language).
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Question 4. Who
won the 2016 PEN/AllenFoundation Literary Service Award
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Answer. J.K. Rowling
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Question 5. Who
won the 2016 Windham-Campbell Prize
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Answer. Columnist and author Jerry Pinto
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Question 6. Who
won the Japan's Fukuoka prize2016
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Answer. Renowned Indian music composer A.
R. Rahman
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Question 7. Who
has been recognised with theJapan’s second highest national decoration
i.e.The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and SilverStar
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Answer. N K Singh
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Question 8. Who
has been Honoured with aspecial statue by the Switzerland Govt
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Answer. Late director Yash Chopra
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Question 9. Who
got the King Abdulaziz Sashhonour by Saudi Arabia
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Answer. PM Narendra Modi
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Question 10. To
whom, Mongolia has conferredits highest civilian award "North Star"
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Answer. Indian scholars-Lokesh Chandra
and Mansura Haider
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Question 11. Who
has been awarded with theDadasaheb Phalke Award For 'Aligarh'
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Answer. Manoj Bajpayee
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Question 12. Who
has been given the Bestactress in an international narrative featurehonour at
Tribeca Film Festival 2016 for herperformance in anthology film Madly
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Answer. Radhika Apte
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Question 13. Name
the personality who has beenawarded with the Global Indian of the Year2016
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Answer. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
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Question 14. Who
won the 47th DadasahebPhalke Award for the year 2015
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Answer. Film Actor and Director
ManojKumar
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Question 15. Who
won the Test Player of theYear, Limited Overs Player of the Year andFans'
Player of the Year at the England's annualawards
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Answer. England cricketer Joe Root
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Question 16. Who
is the First African footballerto win the Professional
FootballersAssociation’s (PFA) Player of the Year awardfor the 2015–16 season
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Answer. Riyad Mahrez
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Question 17. Who
won the Dhyan Chand LifetimeAchievement Award
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Answer. Late Captain Shankar Laxman
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Question 18. Who
won the 'Sportsman andsportswoman of the Year' Laureus World SportsAwards
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Answer. Tennis stars, Novak Djokovic
andSerena Williams
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Question 19. Who
won the MillenniumTechnology Prize for her work 'directedevolution' in
Finland
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Answer. US biochemical engineer,
Frances Arnold
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Question 20. Who
won the 'National Medal ofScience' award from US President
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Answer. Mr. Rakesh Jain
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