SNAP 2015 GK Preparation series. GK is a differentiator when it comes to SNAP. Most of the aspirants don’t prepare for the section and end up scoring below expectations. Though one cannot prepare for GK in a month, one can always do things that are enough to do reasonably well in the test. One can prepare topic wise, go through past papers and find the commonly asked GK topics and even take calculated guesses in the test. To help you prepare for SNAP 2015 GK section, we are going to write a series of articles focusing on GK. Every article will also be available in PDF format for download and easy viewing. Let’s dive into our #19 article in this series: Awards
In this article, we will look at important awards and honors. We will cover Indian as well as international awards and honors.
The National Award for Best Feature Film
| Film | Recipient | Language | |
| 59th | Deool | Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni | Marathi |
| Byari | Suveeran | Beary | |
| 60th | Paan Singh Tomar | Tigmanshu Dhulia | Hindi |
| 61st | Ship of Theseus | Anand Gandhi | English-Hindi |
| 62nd (2014) | Court | Chaitanya Tamhane | Marathi |
National Film Award for Best Actor
| Recipient | Film | Language | |
| 59th | Girish Kulkarni | Deool | Marathi |
| 60th | Irrfan Khan | Paan Singh Tomar | Hindi |
| Vikram Gokhale | Anumati | Marathi | |
| 61st | Rajkummar Rao | Shahid | Hindi |
| Suraj Venjaramoodu | Perariyathavar | Malayalam | |
| 62nd (2014) | Sanchari Vijay | Naanu Avanalla…Avalu | Kannada |
National Film Award for Best Actress
| Recipient | Film | Language | |
| 59th | Vidya Balan | The Dirty Picture | Hindi |
| 60th | Usha Jadhav | Dhag | Marathi |
| 61st | Geetanjali Thapa | Liar’s Dice | Hindi |
| 62nd (2014) | Kangana Ranaut | Queen | Hindi |
The National Film Award for Best Direction
| Recipient | Film | Language | |
| 59th | Gurvinder Singh | Anhe Ghore Da Daan | Punjabi |
| 60th | Shivaji Lotan Patil | Dhag | Marathi |
| 61st | Hansal Mehta | Shahid | Hindi |
| 62nd (2014) | Srijit Mukherji | Chotushkone | Bengali |
The Dadasaheb Phalke Award
| Year | Recipient |
| 2005 | Shyam Benegal |
| 2006 | Tapan Sinha |
| 2007 | Manna Dey |
| 2008 | V. K. Murthy |
| 2009 | D. Ramanaidu |
| 2010 | K. Balachander |
| 2011 | Soumitra Chatterjee |
| 2012 | Pran |
| 2013 | Gulzar |
| 2014 | Shashi Kapoor |
The Jnanpith Award (Gyanpeeth Award)
| Year | Name | Language |
| 2010 | Chandrashekhara Kambara | Kannada |
| 2011 | Pratibha Ray | Oriya |
| 2012 | Ravuri Bharadhwaja | Telugu |
| 2013 | Kedarnath Singh | Hindi |
| 2014 | Bhalchandra Nemade | Marathi |
International Prizes/Awards
The Nobel Prize
| Year | Physics | Chemistry |
Physiology
or Medicine |
Literature | Peace | Economics |
| 2014 |
Isamu
Akasaki; Hiroshi Amano; Shuji Nakamura |
Eric Betzig;
Stefan Hell; William Moerner |
John O’Keefe;
May-Britt Moser; Edvard Moser |
Patrick
Modiano |
Kailash
Satyarthi; Malala Yousafzai |
Jean Tirole |
| 2015 |
Takaaki
Kajita; Arthur B. McDonald |
Tomas
Lindahl; Paul L. Modrich; Aziz Sancar |
William C.
Campbell; Satoshi Ōmura; Tu Youyou |
Svetlana
Alexievich |
Tunisian
National Dialogue Quartet |
Angus Deaton |
The Ramon Magsaysay Award
| Name/Organization | Base of Operations | Year Awarded |
| Kommaly Chanthavong | Laos | 2015 |
| Kyaw Thu | Myanmar |
2015
|
| Sanjiv Chaturvedi | India | 2015 |
| Ligaya Fernando-Amilbangsa | Philippines-based | 2015 |
| Anshu Gupta | India | 2015 |
| Saur Marlina Manurung | Indonesia | 2014 |
| Omara Khan Massoudi | Afghanistan | 2014 |
| The Citizens Foundation (TCF) | Pakistan | 2014 |
| Wang Canfa | China | 2014 |
| Randy Halasan | Philippines | 2014 |
| Hu Shuli | China | 2014 |
The Man Booker Prize for Fiction
| Year | Author | Title | Nationality |
| 2011 | Julian Barnes | The Sense of an Ending | United Kingdom |
| 2012 | Hilary Mantel | Bring Up the Bodies | United Kingdom |
| 2013 | Eleanor Catton | The Luminaries | New Zealand |
| 2014 | Richard Flanagan | The Narrow Road to the Deep North | Australia |
| 2015 | Marlon James | A Brief History of Seven Killings | Jamaica |
The Academy Award for Best Picture
| Year | Film | Director |
| 2005 | Crash | Paul Haggis |
| 2006 | The Departed | Martin Scorsese |
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Joel and Ethan Coen |
| 2008 | Slumdog Millionaire | Danny Boyle |
| 2009 | The Hurt Locker | Kathryn Bigelow |
| 2010 | The King’s Speech | Tom Hooper |
| 2011 | The Artist | Michel Hazanavicius |
| 2012 | Argo | Ben Affleck |
| 2013 | 12 Years a Slave | Steve McQueen |
| 2014 | Birdman | Alejandro G. Inarritu |
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