Award And Recognition

Question 1

As per the Forbes’ World’s Best Employer Rankings 2022, Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has emerged as the world’s ________ best firm to work for and India’s best employer.

1) 12th
2) 10th
3) 7th
4) 20th
5) 15th

Answer 1

20th

According to Forbes’ World’s Best Employer Rankings 2022, Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has emerged as the world’s 20th best firm to work for and India’s best employer.
i. This is Forbes’ sixth annual ranking of the World’s Best Employers.
ii. The South Korean industry leader Samsung Electronics is at the top of the global ranking list, followed by the United States (US) leading companies Microsoft, IBM, Alphabet, and Apple.

Question 2

Which of the following Indian Navy Ship (INS) has been awarded certificates (in Nov ‘22) of commendation by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) along with the Greatship Ahalya?
1) INS Kochi
2) INS Kolkata
3) INS Visakhapatnam
4) Both 1 & 2
5) Both 2 & 3

Answer 2

Both 1 & 2

The crews of Indian Navy Ship (INS) Kochi, INS Kolkata and Greatship Ahalya have been awarded certificates of commendation by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO).
i. They were honoured in recognition of ‘exceptional courage’ displayed by the sailors of INS Kochi, INS Kolkata and Greatship Ahalya in rescuing 261 personnel, including 18 casualties on board the accommodation barge P-305, following its collision with an oil rig during Cyclone Tauktae.

Question 3

8. Who has recently (in Nov ‘22) became the 1st Indian Scientist to be Awarded 2022 Bailey K Ashford Medal & 2022 FASTMH Award?
   1) Jayant Narlikar
   2) Jagadish Chandra Bose
   3) Meghnad Saha
   4) Subhash Babu
   5) Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

Answer 3

Subhash Babu

American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, the world’s largest scientific organisation in tropical medicine, awarded the prestigious 2022 Bailey K Ashford Medal and 2022 Fellow of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (FASTMH) award to Dr Subhash Babu, Indian physician and scientist for his exemplary research work and contribution in tropical medicine.
i. Dr Subash Babu is the 1st Indian to receive both the Bailey K Ashford medal and the FASTMH award.

Question 4

9. Which of the following Indian Businesswomen are featured on the Forbes 2022 Asia’s Power Businesswomen list released in November 2022?
   1) Namita Thapar
   2) Soma Mondal
   3) Ghazal Alagh
   4) Both 1 & 2
   5) All 1, 2 & 3

Answer 4

All 1, 2 & 3 3
Indian Businesswomen are featured on the Forbes 2022 Asia’s Power Businesswomen list featured in the November issue of Forbes Asia. On 8th November 2022, Forbes released the 2022 Asia’s Power Businesswomen list honouring 20 women executives and entrepreneurs in business across the AsiaPacific region. The 3 Indian featured on the list were,
• Soma Mondal, Chairperson of Steel Authority of India Ltd(SAIL);
• Namita Thapar, Executive director, India business of Emcure Pharma,
• Ghazal Alagh, co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer of Honasa Consumer Pvt. Ltd.(Mamaearth).

Question 5

14. Which of the following personalities has recently (in Nov ‘22) inducted into the International Cricket Council (ICC) Hall of Fame? 1) Shivnarine Chanderpaul (West Indies)
    2) Charlotte Edwards (England)
    3) Abdul Qadir (Pakistan)
    4) Both 1 & 2
    5) All 1, 2 & 3

Answer 5

All 1, 2 & 3

West Indies batting legend Shivnarine Chanderpaul, England’s multiple-time Women’s World Cupwinning captain Charlotte Edwards and Pakistan iconic spinner Abdul Qadir, were inducted into the International Cricket Council (ICC) Hall of Fame on 8th November 2022.
i. The ICC Cricket Hall of Fame was launched on 2nd January 2009, in association with the Federation of International Cricketers Associations (FICA).