Hello and welcome to ExamPundit. Here are the Expected Questions from Awards and Honors and Important Days between April 16 to April 30.
Awards & Honors
1. Name the Indian journalist who was selected in 2015 Yale World Fellows.
– Rahul Pandita (Other is Zeena Johar)



2. Which actor won Outstanding Contribution to Cinema honour at the fifth annual The Asian Awards?
– Shah Rukh Khan



3. Who won the Outstanding Contribution to Sport honor at the fifth annual The Asian Awards?
– Kumar Sangakkara



4. Who won the Business Leaders of the Year at the fifth annual The Asian Awards?
– Hinduja Brothers



5. Which film won the best film award in Stockholm International Film Festival in Sweden?
– Mary Kom



6. Name the scientists won Hevesy Medal Award 2015.
– Susanta Lahiri and Kattesh V Katti



7. Name the Indian origin CEO honored with the White House Champions of Change.
– Satya Nadella of Microsoft



8. Which Indian CEO was recently honored with the University Advisory Professor at The East China Normal University (ECNU)?
– Vishal Sikka (Infosys)



9. Which Bollywood actor won the Deenanath Mangeshkar Award 2015?
– Anil Kapoor




10. Name the Indian origin diplomat who was awarded 'Outstanding Service Award' for his services to the city–state by the National University of Singapore (NUS).
– Gopinath Pillai



11. Who was awarded Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundation Award 2015?
– Shah Rukh Khan



12. Shah Rukh Khan was honoured with Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundation Award 2015 for which film?
– Happy New Year



13. Name the Indian origin soldier who was awarded President's Medal in Israel.
– Adiel Yosef



14. Which newspaper won the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting in Journalism 2015?
– The New York Times



15. The New York Times won the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting in Journalism 2015 for _______.
– Courageous front–line reporting and vivid human stories on Ebola in Africa



16. Pulitzer Prize is given in which field?
– Journalism


17. Pakistan’s top civilian award Nishan–e–Pakistan was recently conferred to _______.
– Chinese President Xi Jinping


18. Name the Indian author shortlisted for George Orwell Prize for political writing 2015.
– Rana Dasgupta



19. Indian author Rana Dasgupta was shortlisted for George Orwell Prize for political writing 2015 for which book?
– Capital: The Eruption of Delhi



20. Which department won the Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration?
– Income Tax Department



21. Which film won the Audience Award for Best Feature Film at the Washington DC International Film festival?
– Margarita, With A Straw



22. Margarita, with a Straw is directed by _______________.
– Shonali Bose



23. Who won the Whitley Awards 2015?
– Dr. Ananda Kumar and Dr. Pramod Patil



24. Whitley Awards is also known as _________.
– Green Oscars



25. Who won the Whitley Gold Award 2015?
– Dino Martins



26. Who won the 2015 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for Asia region?
– Siddahrtha Gigoo



27. Siddhartha Gigoo  won the 2015 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for Asia region for which story?
– Umbrella Man



28. Who was awarded the 'Shaurya Chakra' gallantry medal?
– ITBP Officer Manjeet Singh



29. Name the Indian origin scientist who won MIT USD 250,000 Heinz Award.
– Sangita Bhatia


Days
1. World Hemophilia Day is celebrated on _________.
- 17th April


2. World Heritage Day is celebrated on ___________.
- 18th April


3. World Malaria Day is observed on ___________.
- 25th April

4. World Book and Copyright Day is celebrated on ___________.
- 23rd April


5. National Panchayati Raj Day is observed on _________.
- 24th April


6. Civil Services Day is celebrated on __________.
- 21st April


7. International Mother Earth Day is celebrated on _______.
- 22nd April


8. June 21st, 2015 will be celebrated as ___________.
- International Day of Yoga


9. World Dance Day is celebrated on ________.
- 29th April


10. International Jazz Day is celebrated on _______.
- April 30th


11. Which city was the Global Host City of International Jazz Day?
- Paris, France


12. World Day for Safety and Health at Work is celebrated on ___________.

- 28th April



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