Question

How many Indians were honoured with the National Sports Awards in August 2020 by President Ram Nath Kovind?
1. 56
2. 78
3. 89
4. 74

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : 74

The Correct Answer is "74".

• The National Sports Awards was virtually conferred by President Ram Nath Kovind the National Sports and Adventure Award 2020.
• Kovind had presented Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, Arjuna Award, Dronacharya Award, Dhyan Chand Award, Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award, and Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar.
• A record 74 athletes of the country were honored on hockey wizard Major Dhyan Chand's 115th birth anniversary.
• Twenty-seven sportspersons were honored with the Arjuna Award, in the ceremony.

 

• Table Tennis star Manika Batra was presented with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, the highest sports honor in the country.
• Apart from Manika, cricketer Rohit Sharma, Mariyappan T. (Para-Athletics), Vinesh (Wrestling), and Rani (Hockey) were also conferred with Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.

Arjun Award
Atanu Das	archery
Sandesh Jhingan	football
Vishesh Bhriguvanshi	basketball
Subedar Manish Kaushik and Lovlina Bograhain	boxing
Chirag Chandrasekhar Shetty	badminton
Deepti Sharma	cricket
Sawant Ajay Anant	Equestrian
Divij Sharan	Tennis
Manu Bhaker	shooter
Shutler Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy, Ishant Sharma	cricketer
Manish Narwal	Para shooting
Sandeep	Para-Athletics
Suyash Narayan Jadhav	Para-Swimming
Shiva Keshavan	Winter Sports
Madhurika Suhas Patkar	table tennis
Saurabh Chaudhary	Shooting
Sandesh Jhingan	football
Divya Kakran and Rahul Aware	Wresting
Dattu Baban Bhokanal	rowing
Kale Sarika Sudhakar	kho kho
Aditi Ashok	golf
Akashdeep Singh and Deepika	hockey

 

• The awardees attended the ceremony from Sports Authority of India (SAI) and National Informatics Centre (NIC) centers in various places across the country - Bengaluru, Pune, Sonepat, Chandigarh, Kolkata, Lucknow, Delhi, Mumbai, Bhopal, Hyderabad, and Itanagar.
• The prize money for Arjuna Award and Khel Ratna Award has been increased to Rs 15 lakhs and Rs 25 lakhs, respectively.
• Yogesh Malviya (Mallakhamb), Jaspal Rana (Shooting), Jude Felix Sebastian (Hockey) Kuldeep Kumar Handoo (Wushu), and Gaurav Khanna (Para Badminton) were conferred with Dronacharya Award in the regular category.
• Punjab University, Chandigarh won Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy.