UPSSSC PET 2026 Current Affairs: Awards & Honours, Winners, Important Questions

Awards & Honours 

 

Academy Awards / Oscars 2026

98th Academy Awards 2026 में आयोजित किए गए। यह समारोह 2025 में रिलीज हुई फिल्मों को honour करता है।

Category	Winner
Best Picture	One Battle After Another
Best Actor	Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
Best Actress	Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
Best Director	Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another

Exam Facts

• Award: Academy Awards / Oscars
• Edition: 98th Academy Awards
• Year: 2026
• Best Picture: One Battle After Another
• Best Actor: Michael B. Jordan
• Best Actress: Jessie Buckley
• Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson

याद रखें: Oscars दुनिया के सबसे प्रतिष्ठित film awards में से एक है और इसे Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) द्वारा दिया जाता है।

Expected PET Question

Q. 2026 Academy Awards में Best Picture का पुरस्कार किस फिल्म ने जीता?

A. Sinners
B. Hamnet
C. One Battle After Another
D. Frankenstein

Answer: C. One Battle After Another

BAFTA Film Awards 2026

79th British Academy Film Awards 22 February 2026 को London में आयोजित हुए।

Category	Winner
Best Film	One Battle After Another
Leading Actor	Robert Aramayo – I Swear
Leading Actress	Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
Best Director	Paul Thomas Anderson
Supporting Actor	Sean Penn
Outstanding British Film	Hamnet

Important Facts

• BAFTA: British Academy of Film and Television Arts
• 2026 Edition: 79th BAFTA Film Awards
• Most successful film: One Battle After Another
• इस फिल्म ने 6 BAFTAs जीते।
• Jessie Buckley ने Leading Actress award जीता।
• Robert Aramayo ने Leading Actor award जीता।

Expected Question

Q. 2026 BAFTA Film Awards में Best Film का पुरस्कार किसे मिला?

Answer: One Battle After Another

Grammy Awards 2026

68th Annual Grammy Awards 1 February 2026 को आयोजित हुए।

Category	Winner
Album of the Year	Bad Bunny – DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS
Record of the Year	Kendrick Lamar with SZA – luther
Song of the Year	Billie Eilish & FINNEAS – WILDFLOWER
Best New Artist	Olivia Dean

Important Exam Facts

• Award: Grammy Awards
• Field: Music
• 68th Grammy Awards: 2026
• Album of the Year: Bad Bunny
• Song of the Year: Billie Eilish
• Record of the Year: Kendrick Lamar with SZA
• Best New Artist: Olivia Dean

Bad Bunny का DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS Album of the Year जीतने वाला पहला Spanish-language album बना।

Expected Question

Q. 2026 Grammy Awards में Album of the Year किसने जीता?

A. Kendrick Lamar
B. Bad Bunny
C. Billie Eilish
D. Olivia Dean

Answer: B. Bad Bunny

Golden Globe Awards 2026

2026 Golden Globes में film और television दोनों categories में awards दिए गए।

Major Film Winners

Category	Winner
Best Motion Picture – Drama	Hamnet
Best Actress – Drama	Jessie Buckley
Best Actor – Drama	Wagner Moura
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy	One Battle After Another
Best Actor – Musical/Comedy	Timothée Chalamet
Best Actress – Musical/Comedy	Rose Byrne
Best Animated Film	KPop Demon Hunters

Exam Point

• Golden Globe Awards film और television दोनों के लिए दिए जाते हैं।
• 2026 में One Battle After Another ने Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy सहित कई major honours जीते।

National Film Awards 2026

यह UPSSSC PET के लिए बहुत important है क्योंकि यह भारत सरकार का प्रमुख cinema award है।

2026 में 72nd National Film Awards घोषित किए गए। ये awards 2024 में certified films के लिए हैं।

Major Winners

Category	Winner
Best Feature Film	Article 370
Best Actor	Mammootty & Kartik Aaryan
Best Actress	Yami Gautam – Article 370
Best Debut Director	Randeep Hooda – Swatantrya Veer Savarkar
Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment	Kalki 2898 AD
Best Direction	Rajkumar Periasamy – Amaran
Best Supporting Actor	Sanjay Mishra – Bhakshak
Best Supporting Actress	Sachana Namidass – Maharaja
Best Non-Feature Film	Bhangaar
Best Documentary	Ram-Nami

Special PET Facts

• 72nd National Film Awards: 2026
• Best Feature Film: Article 370
• Best Actress: Yami Gautam
• Best Actor: Mammootty और Kartik Aaryan — Joint Winners
• Best Debut Director: Randeep Hooda
• Best Popular Film: Kalki 2898 AD
• Best Direction: Rajkumar Periasamy – Amaran

Official announcement के अनुसार 72nd National Film Awards 18 July 2026 को घोषित हुए।

Expected Question

Q. 72वें National Film Awards में Best Actress का पुरस्कार किसे मिला?

A. Alia Bhatt
B. Yami Gautam
C. Rani Mukerji
D. Sai Pallavi

Answer: B. Yami Gautam

Dadasaheb Phalke Award

Important: Dadasaheb Phalke Award को National Film Awards की सामान्य Best Actor/Best Film category से अलग समझें। यह Indian cinema में lifetime contribution के लिए दिया जाने वाला सर्वोच्च cinema honour है।

Latest Important Awardee

Award	Recipient
Dadasaheb Phalke Award – 2023	Mohanlal

President Droupadi Murmu ने 23 September 2025 को 71st National Film Awards के दौरान Mohanlal को 2023 का Dadasaheb Phalke Award प्रदान किया।

Static + Current Connection

• First recipient: Devika Rani
• First awarded: 1969
• Award: Dadasaheb Phalke Award
• Latest confirmed recipient: Mohanlal
• Award year: 2023
• Presented: 2025

Exam Trap

• Question: Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2023 किसे दिया गया?
• Answer: Mohanlal

इसे Asha Parekh से confuse न करें।

Asha Parekh → Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2020, जिसे 2022 में प्रदान किया गया था।

Sahitya Akademi Award 2025 – Announced in 2026

यह PET के लिए बहुत high-priority literary award है।

Sahitya Akademi ने March 2026 में Sahitya Akademi Award 2025 के winners घोषित किए।

कुल 24 भाषाओं में awards घोषित किए गए।

Most Important Names

Language	Winner	Work	Genre
English	Navtej Sarna	Crimson Spring	Novel
Hindi	Mamta Kalia	Jeete Jee Allahabad	Memoir
Gujarati	Yogesh Vaidya	Bhattkhadaki	Poetry
Kannada	Amaresh Nugadoni	Dada Seerisu Tande	Short Stories
Kashmiri	Ali Shaida	Najdavanek'y Pot Aalav	Poetry
Malayalam	N. Prabhakaran	Maayaamanushyar	Novel

सबसे जरूरी Facts

• Sahitya Akademi Award: Literature
• 2025 Award announced: 2026
• Languages: 24
• English winner: Navtej Sarna
• English book: Crimson Spring
• Hindi winner: Mamta Kalia
• Hindi work: Jeete Jee Allahabad

Official Sahitya Akademi information के अनुसार 2025 awards में 8 poetry books, 4 novels, 6 short-story collections, 2 essays, 1 literary criticism, 1 autobiography और 2 memoirs शामिल थे।

PET Expected Question

Q. Sahitya Akademi Award 2025 के English language category में किसे सम्मानित किया गया?

A. Amitav Ghosh
B. Vikram Seth
C. Navtej Sarna
D. Jeet Thayil

Answer: C. Navtej Sarna

Jnanpith Award

Jnanpith Award भारत के सबसे प्रतिष्ठित साहित्यिक पुरस्कारों में से एक है।

Latest

Point	Detail
Award	Jnanpith Award
Latest announced	60th Jnanpith Award
Award Year	2025
Announced	2026
Winner	R. Vairamuthu
Language	Tamil

R. Vairamuthu को 60वें Jnanpith Award के लिए चुना गया।

Expected Question

• Q. 60वें Jnanpith Award के लिए 2026 में किसे चुना गया?
• Answer: R. Vairamuthu

International Booker Prize 2026

Taiwan Travelogue ने International Booker Prize 2026 जीता।

Point	Detail
Book	Taiwan Travelogue
Original Author	Yang Shuang-zi
Translator	Lin King
Award	International Booker Prize 2026

Important Fact

यह Mandarin Chinese में originally written book थी और International Booker जीतने वाली पहली ऐसी book बनी।

Prize money £50,000 है, जिसे author और translator के बीच equally share किया जाता है।

Expected Question

Q. International Booker Prize 2026 किस पुस्तक ने जीता?

A. Heart Lamp
B. Taiwan Travelogue
C. The Book of Disquiet
D. Tomb of Sand

Answer: B. Taiwan Travelogue

Booker Prize 2026

यहाँ एक बहुत important current-affairs trap है।

18 August 2026 तक Booker Prize 2026 का winner घोषित नहीं हुआ है।

• 2026 Longlist जारी हो चुकी है।
• Shortlist: 22 September 2026
• Winner announcement: 9 November 2026

Booker Prize 2026 → Winner not announced as of 18 August 2026.

Pulitzer Prize 2026

2026 Pulitzer Prizes 4 May 2026 को घोषित किए गए।

Major Winners

Category	Winner
Fiction	Daniel Kraus – Angel Down
Drama	Bess Wohl – Liberation
History	Jill Lepore – We the People
Biography	Amanda Vaill – Pride and Pleasure
Poetry	Juliana Spahr – Ars Poeticas
Music	Gabriela Lena Frank – Picaflor: A Future Myth

Public Service

• The Washington Post ने 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service जीता।

PET Focus

• Pulitzer Prize → Journalism, Literature, Drama & Music

Expected Question

• Q. 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction किसे मिला?
• Answer: Daniel Kraus – Angel Down

Templeton Prize 2026

2026 Templeton Prize प्रसिद्ध paleontologist Professor Simon Conway Morris को दिया गया।

Key Facts

• Award: Templeton Prize
• Year: 2026
• Winner: Simon Conway Morris
• Field: Evolutionary biology and broader philosophical implications of scientific discoveries

Award announcement April 2026 में हुआ।

IIFA Awards

IIFA यानी International Indian Film Academy Awards Indian cinema से जुड़ा major international film award है। 2026 में IIFA का 25th edition Jaipur में आयोजित हुआ।

Important Winners

Category	Winner
Best Film	Laapataa Ladies
Best Actress	Nitanshi Goel
Best Actor	Kartik Aaryan

PET Point

• IIFA → International Indian Film Academy Awards
• 2026 edition में Laapataa Ladies ने Best Film honour हासिल किया।

Filmfare Awards

Filmfare Awards Hindi cinema में artistic और technical excellence को recognise करने वाले प्रमुख awards हैं।

Latest Major Edition

70th Filmfare Awards October 2025 में आयोजित हुए थे। इसलिए 18 August 2026 तक Hindi Filmfare Awards का नया 2026 edition उपलब्ध न होने की स्थिति में 70th Filmfare Awards को latest major edition के रूप में याद रखें।

Important Winners

• Best Film: Laapataa Ladies
• Best Actor: Kartik Aaryan – Chandu Champion
• Best Actress: Alia Bhatt – Jigra
• Critics' Best Actress: Pratibha Ranta – Laapataa Ladies

Filmfare की official winners database भी latest winner information उपलब्ध कराती है।

Awards One-Liner Revision -1 

Award	Latest Important Winner	Year
Oscars – Best Picture	One Battle After Another	2026
Oscars – Best Actor	Michael B. Jordan	2026
Oscars – Best Actress	Jessie Buckley	2026
BAFTA – Best Film	One Battle After Another	2026
BAFTA – Leading Actor	Robert Aramayo	2026
BAFTA – Leading Actress	Jessie Buckley	2026
Grammy – Album of Year	Bad Bunny	2026
Grammy – Song of Year	Billie Eilish	2026
National Film Award – Best Film	Article 370	2026
National Film Award – Best Actress	Yami Gautam	2026
National Film Award – Best Actor	Mammootty & Kartik Aaryan	2026
Dadasaheb Phalke Award	Mohanlal	Award year 2023
Sahitya Akademi – English	Navtej Sarna	2025/Announced 2026
Sahitya Akademi – Hindi	Mamta Kalia	2025/Announced 2026
Jnanpith Award	R. Vairamuthu	2025/Announced 2026
International Booker	Taiwan Travelogue – Yang Shuang-zi	2026
Pulitzer Fiction	Daniel Kraus – Angel Down	2026
Templeton Prize	Simon Conway Morris	2026
IIFA Best Film	Laapataa Ladies	2026

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Most Expected Award Questions - 1

• 72nd National Film Awards में Best Feature Film कौन-सी फिल्म बनी? - Article 370
• 2026 में National Film Award for Best Actress किसने जीता? - Yami Gautam
• National Film Awards 2026 में Best Actor का award किन्हें jointly दिया गया? - Mammootty और Kartik Aaryan
• 2026 Oscars में Best Picture कौन-सी फिल्म बनी? - One Battle After Another
• 2026 BAFTA में Leading Actress कौन बनीं? - Jessie Buckley
• 2026 Grammy Awards में Album of the Year किसने जीता? - Bad Bunny
•  Sahitya Akademi Award 2025 के English category में किसे चुना गया? - Navtej Sarna
•  Sahitya Akademi Award 2025 के Hindi category में किसे सम्मानित किया गया? - Mamta Kalia
•  60th Jnanpith Award किसे मिला? - R. Vairamuthu
•  International Booker Prize 2026 किस पुस्तक को मिला? - Taiwan Travelogue
•  2026 Pulitzer Fiction Prize किसने जीता? - Daniel Kraus for Angel Down
•  2026 Templeton Prize किसे मिला? - Simon Conway Morris

Super Revision Trick

Awards को इस तरह याद करो:

OSCARS → Cinema (International)
BAFTA → British Film & TV
GRAMMY → Music
GOLDEN GLOBES → Film + Television
NATIONAL FILM AWARDS → Indian Cinema
DADASAHEB PHALKE → Lifetime contribution to Indian Cinema
SAHITYA AKADEMI → Indian Literature
JNANPITH → Major Indian Literary Honour
BOOKER → English Literature
INTERNATIONAL BOOKER → Translated Fiction
PULITZER → Journalism + Literature + Drama + Music
TEMPLETON → Science + broader philosophical/religious implications

Padma Awards 2026

Padma Awards भारत के प्रमुख civilian honours में शामिल हैं।

Padma Awards की 3 Categories

Award	Position
Padma Vibhushan	Exceptional & distinguished service
Padma Bhushan	Distinguished service of a high order
Padma Shri	Distinguished contribution

Padma Awards 2026

2026 में कुल 131 Padma Awards घोषित किए गए:

• 5 Padma Vibhushan
• 13 Padma Bhushan
• 113 Padma Shri

Official Padma Awards database में 2026 awardees उपलब्ध हैं।

Important Names to Remember

Award	Important Awardee
Padma Vibhushan	Justice K. T. Thomas
Padma Vibhushan	Dharmendra Singh Deol – Posthumous
Padma Vibhushan	N. Rajam
Padma Bhushan	Alka Yagnik
Padma Awards 2026	Praveen Kumar – Padma Shri, Sports

PET Point

• Padma Awards → Republic Day पर घोषित किए जाते हैं।

Expected Question

Q. 2026 में कुल कितने Padma Awards घोषित किए गए?

A. 119
B. 125
C. 131
D. 135

Answer: C. 131

Bharat Ratna

• Bharat Ratna भारत का सर्वोच्च civilian award है।

Important Facts

• Instituted: 1954
• Highest civilian honour of India
• Fields: Art, Literature, Science, Public Service आदि में exceptional contribution
• First recipients: C. Rajagopalachari, Dr. S. Radhakrishnan और Dr. C. V. Raman

Latest Important Awardees

2024 में Bharat Ratna के लिए कई प्रमुख व्यक्तियों को सम्मानित किया गया:

• Karpoori Thakur – Posthumous
• L. K. Advani
• P. V. Narasimha Rao – Posthumous
• Chaudhary Charan Singh – Posthumous
• M. S. Swaminathan – Posthumous

PET Tip: Bharat Ratna को Padma Vibhushan से confuse मत करना।

Abel Prize 2026

यह Mathematics का बहुत important international award है।

Winner: Gerd Faltings

Point	Detail
Award	Abel Prize
Year	2026
Winner	Gerd Faltings
Country	Germany
Institution	Max Planck Institute for Mathematics
Field	Mathematics

Gerd Faltings को arithmetic geometry में उनके योगदान तथा लंबे समय से चली आ रही Diophantine conjectures को solve करने के लिए 2026 Abel Prize दिया गया।

याद रखने की Trick

• Abel Prize → Mathematics

Expected Question

• Q. 2026 Abel Prize किसे प्रदान किया गया?
• Answer: Gerd Faltings

Pritzker Architecture Prize 2026

इसे अक्सर “Architecture का Nobel” कहा जाता है।

Winner: Smiljan Radić Clarke

Point	Detail
Award	Pritzker Architecture Prize
Year	2026
Laureate	Smiljan Radić Clarke
Country	Chile
Field	Architecture

Smiljan Radić Clarke को 2026 Pritzker Prize के लिए चुना गया। यह award architecture के highest international distinctions में से एक माना जाता है।

Expected Question

• Q. 2026 Pritzker Architecture Prize किसे मिला?
• Answer: Smiljan Radić Clarke

Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development

Graca Machel को 2025 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development के लिए चुना गया।

Important Facts

• Award: Indira Gandhi Prize
• Full name: Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development
• Winner: Graca Machel
• Award year: 2025
• Country: Mozambique

यह award peace, disarmament और development के क्षेत्र में महत्वपूर्ण contribution के लिए दिया जाता है।

Expected Question

• Q. 2025 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development किसे मिला?
• Answer: Graca Machel

Gandhi Peace Prize

यह award Government of India द्वारा दिया जाता है।

Important Facts

Point	Detail
Instituted	1995
Named after	Mahatma Gandhi
Given by	Government of India
Purpose	Peaceful and Gandhian methods

Gandhi Peace Prize social, economic और political transformation में non-violence तथा Gandhian methods के माध्यम से contribution को recognise करता है।

Latest Important Recipient

• Gita Press, Gorakhpur को 2021 Gandhi Peace Prize से सम्मानित किया गया था।

Exam Trap

• Gita Press → Gandhi Peace Prize 2021. इसे Gandhi Peace Prize 2026 न लिखें।

Ramon Magsaysay Award

इसे अक्सर “Asia's Nobel Prize” कहा जाता है।

18 August 2026 तक 2026 Ramon Magsaysay Awardees घोषित नहीं हुए हैं।

Official Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation के अनुसार: 2026 awardees → 31 August 2026 को reveal होंगे।

Latest Available

2025 awardees को latest completed edition के रूप में याद करें।

Important Indian Connection

• Sonam Wangchuk ने 2018 Ramon Magsaysay Award जीता था।

PET Fact

• Ramon Magsaysay Award → Asia

Expected Question

• Q. Ramon Magsaysay Award को सामान्यतः किस नाम से जाना जाता है?
• Answer: Asia's Nobel Prize

Saraswati Samman

यह K. K. Birla Foundation द्वारा दिया जाने वाला important literary award है।

Latest Award

Saraswati Samman 2025 → Dr. Ramkumar Mukhopadhyay

Point	Detail
Award	Saraswati Samman
Year	2025
Winner	Dr. Ramkumar Mukhopadhyay
Work	Hara Parbati Katha
Language	Bengali
Genre	Novel

2024 में यह award Swami Bhadreshdas को Sanskrit work Swaminarayana Siddhanta Sudha के लिए मिला था।

Expected Question

• Q. Saraswati Samman 2025 किसे दिया गया?
• Answer: Dr. Ramkumar Mukhopadhyay

Vyas Samman

यह भी K. K. Birla Foundation का important literary award है।

Latest Available Winner

34th Vyas Samman → Suryabala

Point	Detail
Award	Vyas Samman
Edition	34th
Winner	Suryabala
Work	Kaun Des Ko Vasi: Venu Ki Diary
Language	Hindi

Vyas Samman मुख्यतः पिछले 10 वर्षों में प्रकाशित outstanding Hindi literary work के लिए दिया जाता है।

Trick

• Vyas Samman → Hindi Literature

Expected Question

• Q. 34th Vyas Samman किसे मिला?
• Answer: Suryabala

Moortidevi Award

• यह award Bharatiya Jnanpith द्वारा दिया जाता है।

Important Facts

• Field: Literature
• Organisation: Bharatiya Jnanpith
• First recipient: C. K. Nagaraja Rao
• First award: 1983
• Award contemplative and perceptive literary work के लिए दिया जाता है।

Available records के अनुसार latest widely listed recipient Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari हैं।

PET Tip

• Moortidevi Award → Bharatiya Jnanpith

Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards

यह भारत के performing arts से जुड़ा प्रमुख national award है।

Covers

• Music
• Dance
• Theatre
• Traditional / folk performing arts

2024 Awards

• 2026 में Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards 2024 के recipients को honours प्रदान किए गए।

Among the recipients: T. S. Nagabharana को Theatre में contribution के लिए Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 2024 प्रदान किया गया। President Droupadi Murmu ने August 2026 में awards confer किए।

Important

• Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship → Performing Arts में Akademi का highest honour.

Expected Question

• Q. Sangeet Natak Akademi Award मुख्यतः किस क्षेत्र से संबंधित है?
• Answer: Music, Dance and Drama / Performing Arts

Lalit Kala Akademi Awards

Field

Visual Arts

Important areas:

• Painting
• Sculpture
• Printmaking
• Drawing
• Photography आदि

PET Fact

• Lalit Kala Akademi → Visual Arts. इसे Sangeet Natak Akademi से confuse न करें।
• Sangeet Natak → Performing Arts
• Lalit Kala → Visual Arts

National Sports Awards

Sports awards PET के लिए अलग से बहुत important हैं।

Major Awards

Award	Importance
Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna	India's highest sporting honour
Arjuna Award	Outstanding performance in sports
Dronacharya Award	Outstanding coaches
Dhyan Chand Award	Lifetime contribution to sports
Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar	Sports promotion

Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports के अनुसार Khel Ratna outstanding sporting performance के लिए और Arjuna Award outstanding performance तथा leadership, sportsmanship और discipline के लिए दिया जाता है।

2025 National Sports Awards का process 2026 में delayed रहा। June 2026 तक Ministry ने awards announce नहीं किए थे। इसलिए 2025 winners को बिना official confirmation के final current-affairs answer में नहीं लिखना चाहिए।

Latest Confirmed Khel Ratna

2024 के Khel Ratna awardees में:

• Gukesh Dommaraju
• Harmanpreet Singh
• Praveen Kumar
• Manu Bhaker

शामिल थे।

Expected Question

• Q. भारत का सर्वोच्च खेल सम्मान कौन-सा है?
• Answer: Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award

Global Teacher Prize

Important Fact

• Global Teacher Prize दुनिया के सबसे प्रसिद्ध teacher awards में से एक है।
• PET के लिए focus: Global Teacher Prize → Teachers / Education

Current-affairs notes में winner का year जरूर check करना चाहिए क्योंकि award annually बदलता है।

Right Livelihood Award

इसे कई बार “Alternative Nobel Prize” कहा जाता है।

Field

• Human rights
• Environment
• Peace
• Social justice

PET Trick: Right Livelihood → Social change + Human rights + Environment

Aga Khan Award for Architecture

Field

Architecture

• यह award architectural excellence के साथ-साथ social, cultural और environmental context में meaningful projects को recognise करता है।

Confusion Alert

• Pritzker → Individual architect / architecture distinction
• Aga Khan Award → Architectural projects

World Press Photo of the Year

Field

Photojournalism

• यह award international photojournalism में important photographs और visual storytelling को recognise करता है।

PET Trick

• World Press Photo → Photography / Photojournalism

Breakthrough Prize

• इसे popularly “Oscars of Science” भी कहा जाता है।

Major Fields

• Fundamental Physics
• Life Sciences
• Mathematics

PET Point

• Breakthrough Prize → Science

Fields Medal

यह Mathematics का सबसे prestigious awards में से एक है।

Important Facts

• Field: Mathematics
• Awarded: Every 4 years
• Eligibility: Young mathematicians, traditionally age under 40
• First awarded: 1936
• Maryam Mirzakhani: First woman to receive Fields Medal

2026 में Fields Medalists का नया group awarded हुआ; Fields Medal International Congress of Mathematicians के cycle से जुड़ा four-year award है।

PET Trick

• Abel Prize → Mathematics, annually
• Fields Medal → Mathematics, every 4 years

Wolf Prize

Fields

• Physics
• Chemistry
• Medicine
• Mathematics
• Agriculture
• Arts

PET Point

• Wolf Prize → Multiple scientific fields + Arts

UNESCO Peace / Cultural Awards

UNESCO विभिन्न cultural, educational, scientific और peace-related recognitions प्रदान करता है।

PET में इनके questions generally:

• Award name
• Winner
• UNESCO connection
• Field

के रूप में पूछे जा सकते हैं।

One-Liner Revision - 2

Award	Latest / Important Fact
Padma Awards 2026	131 awards
Bharat Ratna	Highest Civilian Award of India
Abel Prize 2026	Gerd Faltings
Pritzker Prize 2026	Smiljan Radić Clarke
Indira Gandhi Prize 2025	Graca Machel
Gandhi Peace Prize	Gita Press – 2021
Ramon Magsaysay 2026	Results due 31 Aug 2026
Saraswati Samman 2025	Dr. Ramkumar Mukhopadhyay
Vyas Samman	Suryabala
Moortidevi Award	Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari – latest listed
Sangeet Natak Akademi	Performing Arts
Lalit Kala Akademi	Visual Arts
Khel Ratna	Highest Sporting Honour of India
Pritzker	Architecture
World Press Photo	Photojournalism
Breakthrough Prize	Science
Fields Medal	Mathematics – every 4 years
Right Livelihood	Alternative Nobel Prize
Aga Khan Award	Architecture / Projects

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Most Expected Question -2 

• 2026 Abel Prize किसे दिया गया? - Gerd Faltings
• 2026 Pritzker Architecture Prize के laureate कौन हैं? - Smiljan Radić Clarke
• Saraswati Samman 2025 किसे मिला? - Dr. Ramkumar Mukhopadhyay
• 34th Vyas Samman किसे दिया गया? - Suryabala
• Ramon Magsaysay Award को किस नाम से जाना जाता है? -  Asia's Nobel Prize
• 2026 Ramon Magsaysay Awardees कब घोषित होंगे? - 31 August 2026
• Gandhi Peace Prize किसके नाम पर है? - Mahatma Gandhi
• Sangeet Natak Akademi Award किस क्षेत्र से संबंधित है? - Performing Arts
• Lalit Kala Akademi किस क्षेत्र से संबंधित है? - Visual Arts
• भारत का सर्वोच्च खेल सम्मान कौन-सा है? -  Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award
• Fields Medal किस क्षेत्र का प्रमुख international award है? - Mathematics
• Pritzker Prize किस क्षेत्र से संबंधित है? - Architecture

Final Memory Map

Literature

• Sahitya Akademi → Indian Languages
• Jnanpith → Indian Literature
• Saraswati Samman → Indian Literature
• Vyas Samman → Hindi Literature
• Moortidevi → Literature
• Booker → English Literature
• International Booker → Translated Fiction

Science

• Abel → Mathematics
• Fields → Mathematics
• Breakthrough → Science
• Wolf → Science + Arts

Cinema

• Oscar → International Cinema
• BAFTA → British Film/TV
• IIFA → Indian Cinema
• Filmfare → Hindi Cinema
• National Film Awards → Indian Cinema
• Dadasaheb Phalke → Lifetime contribution to Indian Cinema

Art & Culture

• Sangeet Natak → Performing Arts
• Lalit Kala → Visual Arts
• Pritzker → Architecture
• Aga Khan → Architecture

Peace/ Social Service

• Gandhi Peace Prize → Gandhian ideals
• Indira Gandhi Prize → Peace, Disarmament & Development
• Ramon Magsaysay → Asian leadership/service
• Right Livelihood → Social/environmental work

Sports

• Khel Ratna → Highest Sporting Honour
• Arjuna → Outstanding Sportsperson
• Dronacharya → Coaches

Sardar Patel National Unity Award

यह भारत सरकार का महत्वपूर्ण national award है।

Important Facts

Point	Detail
Award	Sardar Patel National Unity Award
Field	National Unity & Integrity
Named after	Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Instituted	2019
Given by	Government of India

यह award भारत की unity और integrity में outstanding contribution को recognise करता है।

18 August 2026 तक Sardar Patel National Unity Award 2026 का winner officially announced नहीं हुआ है। Government Awards portal पर 2026 award के लिए nomination window दिखाई गई है।

PET Question

• Q. Sardar Patel National Unity Award किस क्षेत्र में योगदान के लिए दिया जाता है?
• Answer: National Unity and Integrity

Gandhi Peace Prize

Important Facts

Point	Detail
Award	Gandhi Peace Prize
Instituted	1995
Named after	Mahatma Gandhi
Given by	Government of India
Purpose	Peace & Gandhian principles

Latest Important Winner

• Gita Press, Gorakhpur → Gandhi Peace Prize 2021

Exam Trap

• Gita Press को Gandhi Peace Prize 2021 के लिए मिला था। इसे 2026 award समझकर याद न करें। 

Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar

यह award Disaster Management के क्षेत्र में दिया जाता है।

Categories

• Institutional Category
• Individual Category

Important Facts

Point	Detail
Award	Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar
Field	Disaster Management
Named after	Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
Given by	Government of India

PET Trick

• Aapda Prabandhan = Disaster Management

इसलिए अगर question में “disaster management में outstanding contribution” आए, तो यह award याद करें।

Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar

• यह भारत के सबसे important science awards में से एक है।

Main Categories

Award	Field
Vigyan Ratna	Lifetime contribution to Science
Vigyan Shri	Distinguished contribution
Vigyan Yuva-Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar	Young scientists
Vigyan Team	Team contribution

Important

• Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar → Science & Technology यह award traditional Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize से अलग framework में दिया जाता है।

Expected Question

• Q. Vigyan Ratna Award किस क्षेत्र से संबंधित है?
• Answer: Science and Technology

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize

यह भारत के प्रमुख scientific awards में से एक है।

Important Facts

• Given by: CSIR
• Field: Scientific research
• Named after: Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar
• Covers multiple scientific disciplines

PET Trick

• Bhatnagar Prize → Indian Scientists + CSIR

Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar

• यह environmental protection और conservation से संबंधित important Indian award है।

Field

• Environment protection
• Conservation
• Pollution control
• Ecological sustainability

PET Point

• Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar → Environment

India Biodiversity Awards

• यह biodiversity conservation में महत्वपूर्ण contribution को recognise करता है।

Field

• Biodiversity conservation
• Sustainable use of biological resources
• Community participation

PET Trick

• Biodiversity Award → जैव विविधता संरक्षण

Champions of the Earth

• यह United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) का major environmental award है।

Important Facts

Point	Detail
Award	Champions of the Earth
Organisation	UNEP
Field	Environment
Level	International

Easy Trick

• UNEP → Environment → Champions of the Earth

UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize

यह journalism और press freedom से जुड़ा major international award है।

Important Facts

Point	Detail
Award	UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize
Organisation	UNESCO
Field	Press Freedom
Named after	Guillermo Cano Isaza

PET Question

• Q. UNESCO/Guillermo Cano Prize किससे संबंधित है?
• Answer: Press Freedom

Pulitzer Prize

• Part 1 में major winners cover हुए थे। यहाँ इसका exam classification याद रखें।

Pulitzer mainly covers:

• Journalism
• Literature
• Drama
• Music

Memory Trick

• Pulitzer = Journalism + Literature + Drama + Music

World Press Photo Award

Field

Photojournalism - यह international photography और visual journalism में outstanding work को recognise करता है।

PET Question

• Q. World Press Photo Award किस क्षेत्र से संबंधित है?
• Answer: Photojournalism

Laureus World Sports Awards

इसे sports की दुनिया के प्रमुख international awards में गिना जाता है।

Major Categories

• Laureus World Sportsman of the Year
• Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year
• Laureus World Team of the Year
• Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year
• Laureus World Comeback of the Year

BBC Indian Sportswoman / Sports Personality Awards

• ऐसे awards current affairs में occasionally पूछे जा सकते हैं, लेकिन PET priority में इन्हें National Sports Awards से नीचे रखें।
• Priority - Khel Ratna > Arjuna > Dronacharya > International Sports Awards

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy

• यह National Sports Awards framework का important component है।

Important Facts

• Short name: MAKA Trophy
• Field: Sports
• Given to: Overall winner of Khelo India University Games

Government sports portal के अनुसार MAKA Trophy Khelo India University Games के overall winner को दी जाती है।

Expected Question

• Q. MAKA Trophy किससे संबंधित है?
• Answer: Khelo India University Games

Arjuna Award (Lifetime)

यह traditional Arjuna Award से अलग category है।

Given For

Sportspersons जिन्होंने:

• Long-term contribution किया हो
• Retirement के बाद भी sports promotion में योगदान दिया हो

PET Trap

• Arjuna Award → Outstanding sporting performance
• Arjuna Award (Lifetime) → Lifetime contribution

Dronacharya Award

Field

Coaching - Outstanding coaches को दिया जाता है जिन्होंने athletes को international excellence तक पहुंचाने में योगदान दिया हो।

Categories

• Regular
• Lifetime

Trick

• Dronacharya = Coach

Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna

• भारत का highest sporting honour।

Important Facts

• Current name: Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award
• Previous name: Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
• Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna name discontinued from 2021.

Latest Confirmed 2024 Awardees

• D. Gukesh
• Manu Bhaker
• Harmanpreet Singh
• Praveen Kumar

Ministry की official list में ये 2024 Khel Ratna awardees हैं।

18 August 2026 तक Ministry website पर 2025 Khel Ratna का award page मौजूद है, लेकिन 2025 National Sports Awards के final awardee announcement को current notes में independently verify करना जरूरी है।

National Lalit Kala Akademi Awards

Field

Visual Arts

Includes:

• Painting
• Sculpture
• Printmaking
• Drawing
• Graphic arts

Trick

• Lalit Kala → Visual Art

Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship

Highest Honour

Akademi Ratna / Fellowship

यह performing arts में Akademi का highest honour माना जाता है।

Areas

• Hindustani music
• Carnatic music
• Dance
• Theatre
• Traditional performing arts

Trick

• Sangeet Natak → Performing Arts

National Film Awards – Special Categories

Part 1 में major categories covered थीं। PET के लिए इन categories को भी याद रखें:

Category	What to Remember
Best Feature Film	Overall cinema
Best Actor	Performance
Best Actress	Performance
Best Director	Direction
Best Popular Film	Popular/wholesome entertainment
Best Debut Director	First film direction
Best Non-Feature Film	Non-feature cinema
Best Documentary	Documentary

International Booker Prize

Remember the Difference

• Booker Prize → Originally English-language fiction
• International Booker Prize → Fiction translated into English

2026 Winner

Taiwan Travelogue

• Author: Yang Shuang-zi
• Translator: Lin King

PET Trick

• International Booker = Translation

Templeton Prize

Field

• Science, religion/philosophy और human understanding के broader questions से जुड़ा major international award।

2026 Winner

• Simon Conway Morris

Trick

• Templeton → Science + Spiritual/Philosophical Questions

Wolf Prize

Major Fields

• Physics
• Chemistry
• Mathematics
• Medicine
• Agriculture
• Arts

PET Point

• Wolf Prize → Multiple disciplines

Kavli Prize

Main Fields

Prize	Field
Astrophysics	Universe & Space
Nanoscience	Nano-level science
Neuroscience	Brain & nervous system

Trick

• Kavli = Space + Nano + Brain

L'Oréal–UNESCO For Women in Science

• यह women scientists को recognise करने वाला international award/programme है।
• Field - 

PET Point

• L'Oréal–UNESCO → Women in Science

UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize

Field

• Literacy / Education

Named After

• King Sejong the Great of Korea

Trick

• King Sejong → Literacy

UNESCO Peace Prize / Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize

Field

• Peace

Given By

• UNESCO

PET Trick

• Houphouët-Boigny → Peace

Right Livelihood Award

• Popularly known as: Alternative Nobel Prize

Fields

• Human rights
• Peace
• Environment
• Social justice

Expected Question

• Q. Right Livelihood Award को किस नाम से जाना जाता है?
• Answer: Alternative Nobel Prize

Aga Khan Award for Architecture

Field

Architecture लेकिन Pritzker से difference:

• Pritzker → Architect / architectural achievement
• Aga Khan → Outstanding architectural projects

PET Question

• Q. Aga Khan Award मुख्यतः किस क्षेत्र से संबंधित है?
• Answer: Architecture

Ramon Magsaysay Award

Nickname

• Asia's Nobel Prize

2026 Status

• 18 August 2026 तक 2026 awardees की announcement pending है।

Important

• Official announcement expected: 31 August 2026. इसलिए अभी किसी व्यक्ति को 2026 Ramon Magsaysay winner लिखना गलत होगा।

Sahitya Akademi Award – 2025

यहाँ official data को ध्यान से याद करें।

Sahitya Akademi ने 16 March 2026 को 24 languages में Sahitya Akademi Awards 2025 announce किए। Awards 31 March 2026 को New Delhi में presented हुए।

Most Important PET Facts

Language	Author	Work
English	Navtej Sarna	Crimson Spring
Hindi	Mamta Kalia	Jeete Jee Allahabad
Bengali	Prasun Bandyopadhyay	Shrestha Kabita
Gujarati	Yogesh Vaidya	Bhattkhadaki
Malayalam	N. Prabhakaran	Maayaamanushyar
Sanskrit	Mahamahopadhyaya Sadhu Bhadreshdas	Prasthanacatustaye Brahmaghosah
Tamil	Sa. Tamilselvan	Thamiz Sirukathaiyin Thadangal
Telugu	Nandini Sidha Reddy	Animesha

Sahitya Akademi Award 2025: 24 Languages और official breakdown:

• 8 Poetry
• 4 Novels
• 6 Short Stories
• 2 Essays
• 1 Literary Criticism
• 1 Autobiography
• 2 Memoirs

Padma Awards 2026

Total: 131 Padma Awards

Including:

• 5 Padma Vibhushan
• 13 Padma Bhushan
• 113 Padma Shri

Official announcement 25 January 2026 को हुआ।

Awards बाद में President Droupadi Murmu द्वारा May और June 2026 में Civil Investiture Ceremonies में presented किए गए।

Formula

• Padma Vibhushan → Exceptional & Distinguished Service
• Padma Bhushan → Distinguished Service of High Order
• Padma Shri → Distinguished Service in any field

Final One Revision- 3

Award	Field / Key Fact
Sardar Patel National Unity Award	National Unity
Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar	Disaster Management
Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar	Science & Technology
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize	Scientific Research
Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar	Environment
Champions of the Earth	UNEP / Environment
Guillermo Cano Prize	Press Freedom
World Press Photo	Photojournalism
Laureus Awards	Sports
MAKA Trophy	Khelo India University Games
Dronacharya Award	Coaches
Arjuna Award	Sportspersons
Khel Ratna	Highest Sporting Honour
Sangeet Natak Akademi	Performing Arts
Lalit Kala Akademi	Visual Arts
Kavli Prize	Astrophysics, Nanoscience, Neuroscience
UNESCO King Sejong	Literacy
Right Livelihood	Alternative Nobel
Aga Khan Award	Architecture
Wolf Prize	Multiple disciplines
Templeton Prize	Science + Philosophy
Ramon Magsaysay	Asia's Nobel Prize

Most Expected Questions - 3

• Bharat Ratna क्या है? → भारत का सर्वोच्च civilian award
• Khel Ratna क्या है? → भारत का सर्वोच्च sporting honour
• Dronacharya Award किसे दिया जाता है? → Coaches
• MAKA Trophy किससे संबंधित है? → Khelo India University Games
• Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar किस क्षेत्र से संबंधित है? → Science & Technology
• Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize किस organisation से जुड़ा है? → CSIR
• Champions of the Earth किस organisation का award है? → UNEP
• Guillermo Cano Prize किससे संबंधित है? → Press Freedom
• World Press Photo किस field से संबंधित है? → Photojournalism
• Kavli Prize किन तीन प्रमुख fields में दिया जाता है? → Astrophysics, Nanoscience, Neuroscience
• Right Livelihood Award को किस नाम से जाना जाता है? → Alternative Nobel Prize
• UNESCO King Sejong Prize किससे संबंधित है? → Literacy
• Sangeet Natak Akademi किस क्षेत्र से संबंधित है? → Performing Arts
• Lalit Kala Akademi किस क्षेत्र से संबंधित है? → Visual Arts
• Sardar Patel National Unity Award किससे संबंधित है? → National Unity & Integrity

Awards Master Map 2026

India

• Bharat Ratna → Highest Civilian Honour
• Padma Vibhushan → Exceptional Service
• Padma Bhushan → High-order Distinguished Service
• Padma Shri → Distinguished Service
• Gandhi Peace Prize → Peace/Gandhian values
• Sardar Patel National Unity Award → National Unity
• Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar → Disaster Management
• Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar → Science
• National Film Awards → Cinema
• Dadasaheb Phalke Award → Lifetime Cinema Contribution
• Sahitya Akademi → Indian Languages/Literature
• Jnanpith → Indian Literature
• Sangeet Natak Akademi → Performing Arts
• Lalit Kala Akademi → Visual Arts
• Khel Ratna → Sports
• Arjuna → Sportsperson
• Dronacharya → Coach

International

• Oscar → Cinema
• BAFTA → British Film/TV
• Grammy → Music
• Golden Globe → Film/TV
• Booker → English Literature
• International Booker → Translated Fiction
• Pulitzer → Journalism/Literature/Drama/Music
• Abel → Mathematics
• Fields Medal → Mathematics
• Pritzker → Architecture
• Templeton → Science/Philosophy
• Kavli → Science
• Wolf → Multiple Fields
• Laureus → Sports
• Ramon Magsaysay → Asian Service/Leadership
• Right Livelihood → Social Justice/Environment
• Champions of the Earth → Environment
• Guillermo Cano → Press Freedom 

Awards & Honours की तैयारी के बाद अब 2026 के सभी महत्वपूर्ण National Current Affairs भी पढ़ें, ताकि UPSSSC PET में कोई जरूरी update miss न हो।