Sunday 26 February 2017

General Awareness-Awards

This page contains world most noted awards given to the various fields like sports, businees, arts, invention, bravest actions etc.
The Bharat Ratna
  • It is the highest civilian award of India. It is presented by the Government of India.
  • It is presented for exceptional public service and rarest achievements in the field of art, literature and science.
  • It was instituted in 1954 and the first recipient was Dr. Radhakrishnan.

Padma Vibhushan
  • It is the second highest civilian honour for distinguished services in any field including Government service.
  • This award is given for exceptional and distinguished service in any field including service rendered by Government servants. It is classified into three kinds:
    • Pehla Varg;
    • Dusra Varg;
    • Tisra Varg.

Padma Bhushan
It is a decoration established on 2 january 1954 by the president of India. It is the third highest civilian awards
This award is given for distinguished service of high order in any field including service rendered by Government servants.

The Padma Shri
This award is given for distinguished service in any field including service rendered by the Government servants.

Param Vir Chakra
It is India's highest award for bravery for officers and other enlisted personnel of all military branches of India for the Highest degree of valour of self-sacrifice in the presence of the enemy on land, at sea, or in the air.
It was introduced on 26th january 1950.

Maha Vir Chakra
It is the second highest decoration and is awarded for the act of conspicuous gallantry in the presence of the enemy on land, at sea, or in the air.

Vir Chakra
It is the third highest gallantry award.

Ashok Chakra
  • It is the highest peace-time gallantry award.
  • It is an Indian military decoration awarded for valour, courageous action or self-sacrifice away from the battlefield.
  • It is the peace time equivalent of the Param Vir Chakra.

Nobel Prize
  • The Nobel Prize was established by 1895 by a Swedish Chemist Alfred Nobel.
  • It was first awarded in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature and peace in 1901.
  • An associated prize, The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel was instituted by Sweden's central Bank in 1968 and first awarded in 1969.

Arjuna Award
The Arjuna Award was instituted in 1961 as the highest national recognition for outstanding performance in sports and games in the Olympics, Asian Games, Commonwealth Games, World cup, World Championship and Cricket.
Only international level performance of sportspersons will be taken into account when deciding the awards.

Dronacharya Awards
These were instituted in 1985 and given by Sports Ministry, Government of India.
These are given to sports coaches. Every award is given a cash prize of Rs. 2.50 lakhs.

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
It was instituted in 1962 and is presented for commendable display by the players.

R. D. Birla Award
These awards are given in the field of medical sciences.

Dhanvantri Award
These awards are given for the extra ordinary performance in medical sciences.

Jawaharlal Nehru Award
  • Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding is an international award presented by the Government of India founded in 1965.
  • This award is presented for their outstanding contribution to the promotion of international understanding.
  • Goodwill and friendship among peoples of the World. The money for this award is 2.5 million rupees.

Man Booker Prize
The Man Booker Prize for fiction also known in short as the Booker Prize.
It is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original full-length novel written in English Language by a citizen of either the Common wealth of Nations or Ireland.

Pulitzer prize
The Pulitzer Prize is an American award established by Joseph Pulitzer and regarded as the highest national honour in Newspaper journalism, literary achievements and musical composition.
It is administered by Columbia University in New York City.

KALIDAS SAMMAN
  • The Kalidas Samman is a prestigious arts award presented annually by the government of Madhya Pradesh.
  • This award is named after Kalidasa, a renowned Classical Sanskrit writer, widely regarded as the greatest poet and dramatist in the Sanskrit language.
  • It was first awarded in 1980.
  • It was awarded in the fields of Classical Music, Classical Dance, Theatre and Plastic Arts.
  • The award is presented for outstanding achievement in one of the four categories.

Oscar Awards
These awards were instituted in 1929 and conferred annually by the Academy of Motion Pictures in USA.
These are considered the most prestigious award in the cinema world.

Mahatma Gandhi Peace Prize
It was instituted in 1995 by the Government of India.
It is presented for international peace on the lines of Nobel Prize.

UNESCO Human Right Award
It is also presented by UNESCO for contributions in the field of Human Rights Awareness.
It is given every alternate year.

UN Human Right Award
It is presented by United Nation (UN) for personal contribution for the cause of human rights.
It is presented every sixth year.

Saraswati Samman
It was instituted in 1991 by the K. K. Birla Foundation and is given for any distinguished literary work made during last 10 years in any of the Indian language.

Tansen Awards
These awards are given by the Government of Madhya Pradesh for the outstanding contribution in the field of music.

Vyas Samman
It was instituted in 1992 by K. K. Birla Foundation for outstanding contribution to Hindi literature.

Jnanpith award:
The Jnanpith Award is a literary award in India. Along with the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, it is one of the two most prestigious literary honours in the country. The award was instituted in 1961. Any Indian citizen who writes in any of the official languages of India is eligible for the honour.

Magsaysay Awards
The Ramon Magsaysay Award is an annual award established to perpetuate former Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay's example of integrity in government, courageous service to the people, and pragmatic idealism within a democratic society. The Ramon Magsaysay Award is often considered Asia's Nobel Prize. The prize was established in April 1957 by the trustees of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund based in New York City with the concurrence of the Philippine government.

UNESCO Peace Prize
It is presented by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for extraordinary contributions for international peace.

World Food Prize
It is presented by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), one of the branches of UNO, for the cause of agriculture and food development.

Olympic Gold Order
It is presented by the International Olympic Committee for distinguished services in the development of the Olympic Movement.

Indira Gandhi Award For International Peace, Disarmament and Development
It is presented by Indira Gandhi Memorial Fund for specialized contribution in the field of international disarmament and development.

Sahitya Academy Awards
It was instituted in 1955 and is given for any exclusive writing in any of the 22 languages including English literature during last 5 years.

Murtidevi Award
It was constituted in 1948 and is given in any Indian language or in English literature, for distinguished contribution to Indian values.

Dadasaheb Phalke Award
The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is India's highest award in cinema given annually by the Government of India for lifetime contribution to Indian cinema.

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