General Knowledge Quiz: Personalities Quiz 96

General Knowledge Quiz: Personalities Quiz 96

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1. The 'Turner Prize' aims to promote public debate around new developments in contemporary British art. In 2024, an artist of Indian heritage won the prestigious award for her solo exhibition 'Alter Alter'. Name the artist.

Shilo Shiv Suleman
Shilpa Gupta
Bharti Kher
Jasleen Kaur

2. In 2024, following a student-led uprising in Bangladesh that led to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's resignation and flight to India, which Nobel laureate, known for authoring Banker to the Poor, was appointed as the Chief Advisor to the interim government?

Muhammad Yunus
Amartya Sen
Malala Yousafzai
Abhijit Banerjee

3. Maqbool Fida Husain, one of India's most influential modernist painters, known for his unique style and bold takes on religion, was honored through an exhibition at the Delhi Art Gallery. What was the name of this exhibition, which was held in December 2024?

Husain’s Legacy
M.F. Husain: The Modernist
Master Strokes
The Barefoot Painter

4. Who became the first Indian to be appointed as a jury member at the 33rd Summer Olympics held in Paris in 2024?

Rajyalakshmi Singh
Madhumita Bisht
Sania Mirza
Bilquis Mir

5. Who was appointed as the new Chief Justice of India in 2024?

D.Y. Chandrachud
U.U. Lalit
Sanjiv Khanna
S.K. Kaul

6. Who won the 2024 Booker Prize for the novel Orbital?

Penelope Fitzgerald
Douglas Stuart
Samantha Harvey
Bernardine Evaristo

7. Rakhi Kapoor won her second Golden Book Award for which book?

The Self-Healing Mind
Breaking Free Embracing Me
Unchained Spirit
Healing from Within

8. Which Kannada poet and playwright won the World Literary Prize by the World Organization of Writers (WOW) on April 6, 2024?

Chandrashekhara Kambara
K.S. Nissar Ahmed
Mamta G Sagar
Jayant Kaikini

9. For which film did Colman Domingo receive his second consecutive Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in 2024?

Zola
Rustin
Euphoria
Sing Sing

10. In July 2024, Yulia Navalnaya was elected chairperson of which human rights organization?

Amnesty International
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Foundation
International Federation for Human Rights

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