Important General Awareness-2 for NIPER 2017 Exam

1	Nobel Prize winner 2016 1.       Economics- Oliver Hart, Bengt Holmstrom (for contract theory) 2.       Peace- Juan Manuel Santos (Colombian President) 3.       Medicine- Yoshinori Ohsumi (For his discoveries of mechanisms of autophagy) 4.       Physics- David J. Thouless, F. Duncan M. Haldane, J. Michael Kosterlitz (for discovery of mathematical framework in the field of topography to explain unexpected properties of solid materials) 5.       Chemistry- Jean Pierre Sauvage, Sir J. Fraser Stoddart, Bernard L. Feringa (for developing the molecular machine) 6.       Literature- Bob Dylan (USA Singer)
2	1.       Man booker prize 2016- Paul Betty 2.       UNESCO Confucius prize for literacy- Jan Shikshan Sansthan (kerala) 3.       Ramon Magsaysay Award 2016- T.M. Krishna, Bezwada Wilson 4.       Rajiv gandhi khel ratna award 2016- a.       P.V.Sindhu b.      Dipa Karmakar c.       Jitu Rai d.      Sakshi Malik 5.       Dronacharya awards 2016- a.       Nagapuri Ramesh (Athletics) b.      Sagar mal dhayal (Boxing) c.       Bishweshwar Nandi (Gymnastics) 6.       Arjuna awards- a.       Lalita babar- Athletics b.      Sourav Kothari- Billiards and snooker c.       Virender singh –Wrestling (deaf) d.      Shiva thappa (Boxing) e.      Ajinkya rahane (Cricket) f.        Sandeep singh mann (Para athletics) g.       Subrata paul (Football)
3	US open 2016 winner- Mens single winner- Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland) Runner up- Novak Djokovic (Serbia) Womens single winner- Angelique Kerber (Germany) Runner up- Karolina Pliskova (Czech republic)
4	Australian open 2017 winner- Mens single- Roger Fedrer (Switzerland) Runner up- Rafel Nadal (Spain) Womens single winner- Serena Williams (USA) Runner up- Vinus Williams (USA)
5	Rio Olympic 2016- Indias Rank- 67th Opening ceremony flag bearer (India)- Abhinav Bindra Closing ceremony flag bearer- Sakshi Malik Top rank in medal tally- USA 2ND rank- UK 3RD Rank- China Medal winner for india-PV Sindhu (silver), Sakshi Malik (bronze)
6	15th Paralympics 2016- (hosted by Brazil) Indias rank 43rd Opening ceremony flag bearer (india)- Devendra Jhajharia Closing ceremony flag bearer- Mariyappan Thangavelu Medal  winner for india - Mariyappan Thangavelu (gold), Devendra Jhajharia(gold), Deepa Malik (silver), Varun Bhati (bronze)
7	Hockey world cup venue 2018- India Icc cricket world cup venue 2019- England Icc cricket world cup venue 2023- India Icc cricket T20 world cup venue 2020- Australia FIFA world cup 2018- Russia FIFA world cup 2022- Qatar Commonwealth games 2018- Gold Coast (Australia) Olympic games summer 2020- Tokyo (Japan) Olympic games winter 2018- Pyeongchang (South Korea) Asian games 2019- Hanoi (Vietnam)
8	Miss Universe 2016- Iris Mittenaere (France)
9	Miss world 2016- Stephanie Del (Puerto Rico) 10. Ranji Trophy winner 2016-17- Gujarat Runner up- Mumbai 11.Irani Trophy winner 2016-17- Rest of India       Runner up- Gujarat 12.Kabbaddi world cup winner 2016- India        Runner up- Iran 13.ICC headquarter- Dubai 14.ICC Chairman- Shashank Manohar 15.ICC president- Zaheer Abbas 16.FIFA president- Gianni Infantino 17.IPL winner 2016- Sunriser Hyderabad    Runner up- RCB (Banglore) 18.Pro Kabaddi League winner 2016- Patna Pirates