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1. To how many people did the President give the Padma Vibhushan Award 2025?
a. 4
b. 5
c. 7
d. 8
Answer: c. 7
– The President honored the winners with the Padma Awards on April 29, 2025.
– The announcement of the award winners was made by the Central Government on the eve of the 76th Republic Day in 2025.
– These awards are announced every year on the occasion of Republic Day.
Padma Vibhushan Award:
– It is the second-highest civilian award in India, after the Bharat Ratna, presented by the Government of India.
– This award was instituted on January 2, 1954.
– The Padma Vibhushan is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service (non-military).
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2. To which 7 eminent people did the President give the Padma Vibhushan Award 2025?
Answer:
Winner: Category: State / Region / Country
i) Duvvur Nageswara Reddy: Medicine: Telangana
ii) Justice (Retd.) Jagdish Singh Khehar: Public Affairs: Chandigarh
iii) Kumudini Rajnikant Lakhia: Art: Gujarat
iv) Lakshminarayanan Subramaniam: Art: Karnataka
v) M.T. Vasudevan Nair (posthumously): Literature and Education: Kerala
vi) Osamu Suzuki (posthumously): Trade and Industry: Japan
vii) Sharda Sinha (posthumously): Art: Bihar
i) Duvvur Nageswara Reddy: Medicine: Telangana
– Dr Reddy is a gastroenterologist.
– He is the chairman of the Asian Institute of Gastroenterology and AIG Hospitals, Hyderabad.
– He is the former president of the World Endoscopy Organisation.
– He was awarded the Padma Shri award in 2002 and the Padma Bhushan award in 2016.
ii) Justice (Retd.) Jagdish Singh Khehar: Public Affairs: Chandigarh
– He was the first Sikh Chief Justice of India.
– He was the CJI from January to August 2017.
– He came into the limelight when he upheld triple talaq or instant talaq as a fundamental right in his minority decision. However, the Supreme Court had upheld the central government’s decision to ban triple talaq by majority.
iii) Kumudini Rajnikant Lakhia: Art: Gujarat
– Kumudini Lakhia was born on 17 May 1930
– Kumudini, a resident of Ahmedabad, is a Kathak dancer and choreographer.
– She founded the Kadamba School of Dance and Music, an institute of Indian dance and music, in 1967.
– Her mother Leela was a classical singer.
iv) Lakshminarayanan Subramaniam: Art: Karnataka
– He is a renowned violinist, composer and music conductor. He hails from Karnataka.
– Born on 23 July 1947.
– Famous for using fusion in music.
– He has founded the Lakshminarayanan Global Music Festival.
v) M.T. Vasudevan Nair (Posthumous): Literature and Education: Kerala
– He was a famous writer of Malayalam language.
– He was a novelist, short story writer, screenwriter and film director.
– He was awarded the Jnanpith Award.
– He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1970 for his novel Kalam.
– He was born on 15 July 1933 in Cuddalore.
– He died on 25 December 2024 at the age of 91.
vi) Osamu Suzuki (Posthumous) : Business & Industry : Japan
– He was the former chairman of Suzuki Motor Corporation of Japan.
– He died on 25 December 2024 at the age of 94.
– He joined Suzuki Motor in 1958 after a banking career and started his journey with the company. Over the next two decades, Suzuki gradually progressed and became the chairman of the company in 1978.
– In the 1980s, Suzuki entered the Indian market, which was a backward region for automobiles at the time.
– He invested in the Indian company Maruti.
– The partnership led to the launch of Maruti Suzuki in 1983.
vii) Sharda Sinha (posthumous): Art: Bihar
– Sharda Sinha, famous as a folk singer, died on 5 November 2024 at the age of 71.
– Sharda Sinha’s singing career started in the 1970s. Sinha has sung many folk songs in Bhojpuri, Maithili and Hindi. Migration from Bihar and the struggle of women have got a lot of space in her singing.
– Sharda Sinha is best known for folk songs but her voice has also resonated in popular Hindi cinema.
– She is also seen as the cultural ambassador of North India. During the Chhath festival in Bihar and Purvanchal, Sharda Sinha’s voice resonates in almost all the houses.
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3. To how many people did the President give the Padma Bhushan Award 2025?
a. 7
b. 9
c. 19
d. 20
Answer: c. 19
– This award is the third highest civilian award given by the Government of India.
– ‘Padma Bhushan’ is given for distinguished service of high order.
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4. Which 19 people were honored by President Droupadi Murmu with the Padma Bhushan Award 2025?
Answer:
Winner – Category – UT/State or Country
1) Shekhar Kapur (Film Producer and Director) – Art – Maharashtra
2) S Ajith Kumar (Actor) – Art – Tamil Nadu
3) Shobhana Chandrakumar (Actress) – Art – Tamil Nadu
4) Anant Nag (Actor) – Art – Karnataka
5) Nandamuri Balakrishna (Actor) – Art – Andhra Pradesh
6) Pankaj Udhas {Famous Singer} (Posthumously) – Art – Maharashtra
7) Jatin Goswami (Dancer and Choreographer) – Art – Assam
8) P.R. Sreejesh (Hockey player) – Sports – Kerala
9) Manohar Joshi {Former CM of Maharashtra} (Posthumously) – Public Affairs – Maharashtra
10) Sushil Kumar Modi {Former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar} (Posthumously) – Public Affairs – Bihar
11) A Surya Prakash (Former Chairman of Prasar Bharati) – Literature & Education-Journalism – Karnataka
12) Bibek Debroy {Former Chairman of PM’s Economic Advisory Council} (Posthumously) – Literature & Education – Delhi
13) Ram Bahadur Rai (Journalist and Chairman of Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts) – Literature & Education-Journalism – Uttar Pradesh
14) Sadhvi Ritambhara – Social Work – Uttar Pradesh
15) Vinod Dham (Indian-American engineer, known as ‘Father of Pentium Chip’) – Science & Engineering – USA
16) Dr. Jose Chacko Periyappuram (Cardiologist) – Medicine – Kerala
17) Pankaj Patel (Chairman of India’s fifth largest pharmaceutical company Zydus Lifesciences) – Trade and Industry – Gujarat
18) Kailash Nath Dixit – Others – Archaeology – Delhi
19) Nalli Kuppuswami Chetty (Textile industrialist and philanthropist) – Trade and Industry – Tamil Nadu
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5. How many people did the President give the Padma Shri Award 2025?
a. 76
b. 91
c. 109
d. 113
Answer: d. 113
– These honours are awarded for distinguished service in a field.
Note- In double case, the award is counted as one.
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6. List of winners of Padma Shri Awards 2025
Answer:
For Art
1. Advaita Charan Gadnayak – Art – Odisha
2. Achyuta Ramchandra Palav – Art – Maharashtra
3. Arijit Singh – Art – West Bengal
4. Ashok Laxman Saraf – Art – Maharashtra
5. Barry Godfrey John – Art – Delhi
6. Ashwini Bhide Deshpande – Art – Maharashtra
7. Begum Batool – Art – Rajasthan
8. Bharat Gupta – Art – Delhi
9. Bheru Singh Chauhan – Art – Madhya Pradesh
10. Bhimavva Doddabalappa Shillekyathara – Art – Karnataka
11. Durga Charan Ranbir – Art – Odisha
12. Farooq Ahmad Mir – Art – Jammu & Kashmir
13. Gokul Chandra Das – Art – West Bengal
14. Guruvayur Dorai – Art – Tamil Nadu
15. Harchandan Singh Bhatti – Art – Madhya Pradesh
16. Hasan Raghu – Art – Karnataka
17. Harjinder Singh Srinagar Wale – Art – Punjab
18. Jaspinder Narula – Art – Maharashtra
19. Joynacharan Bathery – Art – Assam
20. K Omanakutty Amma – Art – Kerala
21. Madugula Nagphani Sarma – Art – Andhra Pradesh
22. Mahabir Nayak – Art – Jharkhand
23. Mamata Shankar – Art – West Bengal
24. Miriyala Apparao (posthumously) – Art – Andhra Pradesh
25. Naren Gurung – Art – Sikkim
26. Nirmala Devi – Art – Bihar
27. P Datchanamoorthy – Art – Puducherry
28. Pandi Ram Mandavi – Art – Chhattisgarh
29. Parmar Lavjibhai Nagjibhai – Art – Gujarat
30. Purisai Kannappa Sambandan – Art – Tamil Nadu
31. Radhakrishnan Devasenapathi – Art – Tamil Nadu
32. Ranendra Bhanu Majumdar – Art – Maharashtra
33. Ratan Kumar Parimu – Art – Gujarat
34. Reba Kanta Mahanta – Art – Assam
35. Ricky Gyan Cage – Art – Karnataka
36. Shyam Bihari Agarwal – Art – Uttar Pradesh
37. Sonia Nityananda – Art – Uttar Pradesh
38. Tejendra Narayan Majumdar – Art – West Bengal
39. Thiyam Suryamukhi Devi – Art – Manipur
40. Vasudev Kamath – Art – Maharashtra
41. Velu Asan – Art – Tamil Nadu
42. Venkatappa Ambaji Sugatekar – Art – Karnataka
For Literature and Education
43. Anil Kumar Boro – Literature and Education – Assam
44. Arunoday Saha – Literature and Education – Tripura
45. Arvind Sharma – Literature and Education – Canada
46. David R Simlieh – Literature and Education – Meghalaya
47. Ganeshwar Shastri Dravid – Literature and Education – Uttar Pradesh
48. Geeta Upadhyay – Literature and Education – Assam
49. Hriday Narayan Dixit – Literature and Education – Uttar Pradesh
50. Chandrakant Sheth (Posthumous) – Literature and Education – Gujarat
51. Jagdish Joshila – Literature and Education – Madhya Pradesh
52. KL Krishna – Literature and Education – Andhra Pradesh
53. Lakshmipati Ramsubbayar – Literature and Education-Journalism – Tamil Nadu
54. Hugh and Colleen Gantzer (Posthumous) – Literature and Education-Journalism – Uttarakhand
55. Lalit Kumar Mangotra – Literature and Education – Jammu and Kashmir
56. Maruti Bhujangrao Chitampally – Literature and Education – Maharashtra
57. Nagendra Nath Roy – Literature and Education – West Bengal
58. Nitin Nohria – Literature and Education – United States of America
59. Pratibha Satpathy – Literature and Education – Odisha
60. Ramdarsh Mishra – Literature and Education – Delhi
61. Renthlei Lalrana – Literature and Education – Mizoram
62. Sant Ram Deswal – Literature and Education – Haryana
63. Seeni Vishwanathan – Literature and Education – Tamil Nadu
64. Sheen Kaf Nizam (Shiv Kishan Bissa) – Literature and Education – Rajasthan
65. Stephen Knapp – Literature and Education – United States of America
66. Syed Ainul Hasan – Literature and Education – Uttar Pradesh
67. Tushar Durgeshbhai Shukla – Literature and Education – Gujarat
68. Vadiraj Raghavendracharya Panchamukhi – Literature and Education – Andhra Pradesh
For Commerce and Industry
69. Arundhati Bhattacharya (Former Chairperson of SBI) – Commerce and Industry – Maharashtra
70. Omkar Singh Pahwa – Commerce and Industry – Punjab
71. Pawan Goenka – Commerce and Industry – West Bengal
72. Prashant Prakash – Commerce and Industry – Karnataka
73. RG Chandramogan – Commerce and Industry – Tamil Nadu
74. Sajjan Bhajanka – Commerce and Industry – West Bengal
75. Sally Holkar – Commerce and Industry – Madhya Pradesh
For Medicine
76. Ashok Kumar Mohapatra – Medicine – Odisha
77. Budhendra Kumar Jain – Medicine – Madhya Pradesh
78. Hemant Kumar – Medicine – Bihar
79. Neerja Bhatla – Medicine – Delhi
80. Sheikha Sheikha Ali Al-Jaber Al-Sabah – Medicine – Kuwait
81. Vijayalakshmi Deshamane – Medicine – Karnataka
82. Vilas Dangre – Medicine – Maharashtra
For Social Work
83. Bhim Singh Bhavesh – Social Work – Bihar
84. Chaitram Devchand Pawar – Social Work – Maharashtra
85. Jumde Yomgam Gamlin – Social Work – Arunachal Pradesh
86. Libia Lobo Sardesai – Social Work – Goa (Became the voice of Goa’s liberation struggle. He ran an underground radio station from the forests of the Western Ghats which busted Portuguese propaganda and circumvented colonial censorship)
87. Radha Behin Bhatt – Social Work – Uttarakhand
88. Suresh Harilal Soni – Social Work – Gujarat
89. Vinayak Lohani – Social Work – West Bengal
For Science and Engineering
90. Ajay V Bhatt – Science and Engineering – United States of America
91. Ashutosh Sharma – Science and Engineering – Uttar Pradesh
92. Chetan E Chitnis – Science and Engineering – France
93. MD Srinivas – Science and Engineering – Tamil Nadu
94. Sethuraman Panchanathan – Science and Engineering – USA
95. Surinder Kumar Vasal – Science and Engineering – Delhi
For Other-Spirituality
96. Baijnath Maharaj – Other-Spirituality – Rajasthan
97. Jonas Masetti – Other-Spirituality – Brazil
98. Lama Lobzang (posthumously) – Other-Spirituality – Ladakh
99. Swami Pradiptananda (Kartik Maharaj) – Other-Spirituality – West Bengal
100. Vijay Nityananda Surishwarji Maharaj – Other-Spirituality – Bihar
For Sports
101. Harvinder Singh – Sports – Haryana
102. Inivalappil Mani Vijayan – Sports – Kerala
103. R Ashwin – Sports – Tamil Nadu
104. Satyapal Singh – Sports – Uttar Pradesh
For Public Affairs
105. CS Vaidyanathan – Public Affairs – Delhi
106. Manda Krishna Madiga – Public Affairs – Telangana
107. Narayan (Bhulai Bhai) (posthumously) – Public Affairs – Uttar Pradesh
For Other-Agriculture
108. Hariman Sharma – Other-Agriculture – Himachal Pradesh
109. L Hangthing – Other-Agriculture – Nagaland
110. Subhash Khetulal Sharma – Other-Agriculture – Maharashtra
For Other
111. Chandrakant Sompura – Other-Architecture – Gujarat
112. K. Damodaran – Other-Culinary – Tamil Nadu
113. Kishore Kunal (posthumously) – Civil Services – Bihar
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7. When is World Tuna Day celebrated?
a. 1 May
b. 2 May
c. 3 May
d. 4 May
Answer: b. 2 May
– The United Nations has declared this day.
– So that awareness can be increased about the fish called Tuna.
– Tuna is an important source of food for humans because Tuna fish has many rich properties like Omega 3, Vitamin B12, Protein and other minerals.
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8. From which place did the Maharashtra government get back the sword of Maratha warrior Raghuji Bhosale after buying it in an auction for ₹47.15 lakh?
a. New York
b. London
c. Chennai
d. Paris
Answer: b. London
– Raghuji Bhonsle I played a significant role in strengthening the Maratha Empire and expanding it in East-Central India.
– This sword symbolizes Maratha valor and heritage. It is crafted in the ‘Firangi’ style.
– It features a European-style single-edged blade, gold ornamentation, and inscriptions in the Devanagari script.
– Raghuji Bhonsle I established the Nagpur Bhonsle dynasty by asserting his leadership in 1730.
– He rose to prominence in 1728 with the support of Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj.
– This sword was likely among the items looted after the Battle of Sitabuldi in 1817, when the Nagpur Bhonsles were defeated by the British East India Company.
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9. The Central Government approved the Shillong-Silchar Greenfield Corridor Project (Greenfield NH-6 Corridor) connecting which two states?
a. Mizoram and Manipur
b. Karnataka and Assam
c. Assam and Nagaland
d. Meghalaya and Assam
Answer: d. Meghalaya and Assam
– The Union Cabinet made this decision on April 30, 2025.
– The objective is to improve connectivity in Northeast India, particularly between Meghalaya and Assam.
– Its total length will be 166.80 km.
– The route will pass through hilly terrain.
– This project has been launched under the PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan and the Aatmanirbhar Bharat initiative.
– Its construction will reduce travel time and distance between Shillong, Silchar, and Guwahati, and also enhance connectivity with Tripura, Mizoram, Manipur, and the Barak Valley.
Cost:
– Capital Cost: ₹22,864 crore
– Construction Cost: ₹12,087 crore
– Land Acquisition Cost: ₹3,503 crore
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10. Which Indian filmmaker was awarded the prestigious ‘Officer dan l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres’ (Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters) award by the French government?
a. Payal Singh
b. Payal Kapadia
c. Ajay Deewana
d. Vinod Dham
Answer: b. Payal Kapadia
– This honor was conferred upon her during a ceremony at the French Consulate in Mumbai.
– Previously, this award has been given to Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, and Lata Mangeshkar.
– France’s “Officier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres” (Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters) award recognizes her significant contributions to the world of cinema.
– A major breakthrough in Kapadia’s career came in 2017 when her short film Afternoon Clouds was showcased at the Cannes Film Festival.
– Her debut feature documentary A Night of Knowing Nothing received the Golden Eye Award at Cannes.
– Her 2024 film All We Imagine as Light brought her international recognition.
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