Year Question Type
2015 Padma Awards, Bharat Ratna recipients
2016 Nobel Peace Prize recipients
2018 Bharat Ratna posthumous awardee
2019 Ramon Magsaysay Award (Arvind Kejriwal)
2020 Highest civilian award of India
Details
2021 Fields Medal related to which subject?
2022 Gallantry award hierarchy
2023 Oscar winners (RRR, Elephant Whisperers)
2024 Bharat Ratna 2024 recipients – MS Swaminathan, PV Narasimha Rao
Feature
Outstanding contributions to public service, community leadership, journalism, literature, peace, and international
✅ Awarded For
understanding
🌏 Region Covered Entire Asia
Instituted By Rockefeller Brothers Fund & Philippine Government
🎓 Named After Ramon Magsaysay, former President of the Philippines (died in air crash in 1957)
📍 First Awarded 1958
Presented By Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation (RMAF), Manila
Often Called “Asia’s Nobel Prize” ✅
Notable Indian Winners (Very Important for CAPF)
Year Name Field
1958 Vinoba Bhave Community Leadership
Year Name Field
1965 Verghese Kurien Community Leadership (White Revolution)
1971 M. S. Swaminathan Science & Agriculture (Green Revolution)
1994 Kiran Bedi Government Service (First IPS woman officer)
2001 Arvind Kejriwal Emergent Leadership (RTI activism)
2002 Aruna Roy Public Service (RTI movement)
2018 Bharat Vatwani & Sonam Wangchuk Restoring mentally ill; Eco-friendly education
Journalism (NDTV, fearless
2019 Ravish Kumar ✅
reporting)
2024 highlights:
Karma Phuntsho – Bhutan (cultural preservation)
Miyazaki Hayao – Japan (animated films) gibili
Farhan – Indonesian environmentalist
Phuong – Vietnam (Agent Orange activism)
Rural Doctors Movement – Thailand (universal health)
Notable 2025 Awardees
Padma Vibhushan (7)
Duvvur Nageshwar Reddy – Medicine, Telangana
Justice (Retd.) Jagdish Singh Khehar – Public Affairs
Kumudini Lakhia – Art (Gujarat)
L. Subramaniam – Art (Karnataka)
M. T. Vasudevan Nair – Literature (posthumous)
Osamu Suzuki – Industry (Japan, posthumous)
Sharda Sinha – Folk Art (Bihar, posthumous)
Padma Bhushan (19)
Ajith Kumar – Cinema
Nandamuri Balakrishna – Art
Shekhar Kapur – Filmmaking
Pankaj Udhas – Ghazal singing (posthumous)
P. R. Sreejesh – Hockey ⭐
Sadhvi Ritambhara – Social Work
S Ajith Kumar – Tamil Cinema
Bibek Debroy – Economics (posthumous)
Padma Shri (113):
Gokul Chandra Das – First-ever dhaki artist awarded Padma Shri
Bhim Singh Bhavesh – Journalism & social work for the Musahar community en.wikipedia.org
Farooq Ahmad Mir – Kani shawl artisan (J&K) en.wikipedia.org+1ndtv.com+1
Soniya Nityanand – Immunology & hematology (medicine) en.wikipedia.org
Ricky Kej – Grammy-winning composer & environmentalist
Hugh & Colleen Gantzer, Radha Bhatt – Travel writing, social work en.wikipedia.org+4
Year Question Type
2014 Major Dhyan Chand + sports awards
2016 Rio Olympics medal winners
First Indian to win a medal in gymnastics (Dipa
2017
Karmakar)
2018 Khelo India, Sports awards
2019 Asian Games winners
2021 Neeraj Chopra – Tokyo Olympics gold
2022 ICC trophies & hosts
2023 Commonwealth Games location
2024 Chess Grandmasters from India
✨ Expected CAPF 2025 Questions:
1. Where was the 2022 Commonwealth Games held?
→ Birmingham, UK
2. Which edition of the Commonwealth Games was held in India?
→ 2010 (Delhi)
3. Which Commonwealth Games got cancelled due to cost overruns?
→ 2026 Victoria (Australia)
🔸 What Are the Olympic Games?
Global multi-sport event held every 4 years.
Two types:
🔹 Summer Olympics
🔹 Winter Olympics
Governing body: IOC (International Olympic Committee)
📍 Headquarters: Lausanne, Switzerland
Year Host City Country India’s Medal Count Notes
2024 Paris France TBD (Upcoming) 33rd Olympiad
Year Host City Country India’s Medal Count Notes
2020 Tokyo Japan 7 medals (1 Gold) Postponed to 2021 (COVID-19)
2016 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 2 medals P. V. Sindhu (Silver), Sakshi Malik
2012 London UK 6 medals India’s highest medal haul at that time
2008 Beijing China 3 medals Abhinav Bindra: 1st individual gold
Player Event Olympics Year
Abhinav Bindra Shooting (10m Air Rifle) Beijing 2008
Neeraj Chopra Javelin Throw Tokyo 2020
🏑 India in Hockey (CAPF Factual Question Area)
India has won 8 Olympic golds in Men’s Hockey
Dominated from 1928 to 1980
Last gold: 1980 Moscow
🧠 Mnemonic for Host Cities (2008–2028)
"Be Real, Love Tokyo’s Parisian LA"
Be → Beijing 2008
Real → Rio 2016
Love → London 2012
Tokyo → Tokyo 2020
Parisian → Paris 2024
LA → Los Angeles 2028
✅ Asian Games – Overview
Rank Country Gold Total Medals
First Edition: 1951, New Delhi, India 1 China 201 383
Governing Body: Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) 2 Japan 52 188
Frequency: Every 4 years 3 South Korea 42 190
Total Editions Held: 19 (till 2023) 4 India 28 107
India Hosted: 5 Uzbekistan 22 71
o 1951 – New Delhi
o 1982 – New Delh
2026
Aichi-Nagoya
Japan (Upcoming)
🥇 Event 🧑🦱 First Indian 📌 Achievement
1st Indian female gymnast to qualify for Olympics (Rio 2016) – finished
Gymnastics Dipa Karmakar
4th in vault final
Olympics (Individual
Abhinav Bindra 1st Indian to win individual Olympic gold (Shooting, 2008 Beijing)
Gold)
Wrestling Olympic Medal KD Jadhav 1st Indian to win individual Olympic medal (Bronze – 1952 Helsinki)
Tennis Grand Slam 1st Indian to win a Grand Slam title (1997 French Open – Mixed
Mahesh Bhupathi
Winner Doubles)
Badminton World
PV Sindhu 1st Indian to become World Champion in Badminton (2019)
Champion
Boxing Olympic Medal Vijender Singh 1st Indian to win Olympic medal in boxing (Bronze – 2008)
Karnam
Female Olympic Medal 1st Indian woman to win Olympic medal (Bronze – Weightlifting, 2000)
Malleswari
Table Tennis at Olympics Sharath Kamal First Indian to qualify (2004 Athens)
Cricket World Cup (Men) Kapil Dev 1st captain to win WC for India (1983)
Cricket World Cup Led India to 2 finals (2005, 2017) – First Indian woman with 6000+ ODI
Mithali Raj
(Women) runs
Narain
Formula One (F1) 1st Indian to compete in F1 (2005)
Karthikeyan
Winter Olympics Shiva Keshavan 1st Indian to represent in Winter Olympics (Luge)
Commonwealth Games
Milkha Singh 1st individual gold in CWG (1958 – Athletics)
Gold
Asian Games Gold KD Jadhav First wrestler to win Gold in 1951 Asian Games
Avani Lekhara – 1 Gold & 1 Bronze (Shooting) marriegold
🏆 Sports Awards in India – Summary Table (CAPF One-Liners)
Award Name Given For Key Fact
Most outstanding performance by a
Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Highest sports award in India
sportsperson
Arjuna Award Consistent performance in past 4 years Second highest honor
Named after Mahabharata
Dronacharya Award Excellence in coaching
figure
Award Name Given For Key Fact
Focuses on retired
Dhyan Chand Award Lifetime achievement in sports
sportspersons
Rashtriya Khel Protsahan
Encouragement to sports through institutions For NGOs, corporates, etc.
Puruskar
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy Best performing university in sports Given to universities
🏅 Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award – 2024 Edition
Recipients:
Gukesh D (Chess) – Youngest-ever World Chess Champion; youngest Ratna recipient at 18 years & 7 months
Manu Bhaker (Shooting) – First Indian woman to win two medals (bronze) in a single Olympics (Paris 2024)
Harmanpreet Singh (Hockey) – Led India to second consecutive Olympic bronze at Paris 2024; top drag-
flicker
Praveen Kumar (Para-athletics, High Jump T64) – Gold medalist at Paris 2024 Paralympics with Asian Record;
Tokyo 2020 silver
Ceremony Date: 17 Jan 2025, awarded by President Murmu
👤 Core Personalities Frequently Appearing in PYQs
🇮🇳 Defence & Armed Forces Figures
Captain Vikram Batra – Param Vir Chakra; “Hero of Kargil”; NDA/Defence aspirants’ favorite.
Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma – First Indian in space (Soyuz T-11, 1984); NDA-related GK staple.
Admiral S. M. Nanda – Led Operation Trident (Indo-Pak War 1971); CDS-level defence GK.
Major Sudhir Kumar Walia – Awarded Ashoka Chakra for INSAS operation; relevant in CAPF/CISF contexts.
Freedom Fighters & Reformers
Subhas Chandra Bose – Founded Forward Bloc, led INA; frequent match-the-following subject.
Raja Ram Mohan Roy – Social reformer, “Father of the Indian Renaissance”; appears in CISF/CDS GK.
Sarojini Naidu – “Nightingale of India”; featured frequently in NDA and CISF papers.
🧠 Science, Space, & Civilian Icons
Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam – Missile man, former President; common across CDS/NDA general knowledge.
M. S. Swaminathan – “Father of the Green Revolution”; CAPF AC award questions often reference his
honors.
