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1. |
Apart from Journalism and Literature, this is the area in which excellence is honoured with The Pulitzer Prize?
(a) Music
(b) Sports
(c) Social Work
(d) Charity |
Answer: (a) |
2. |
Who won the 2009 FIFA Under-17 World Cup in Abuja, Nigeria?
(a) Netherlands
(b) Switzerland
(c) Brazil
(d) Portugal |
Answer: (b) |
3. |
Arjuna award is given to prominent sports persons in India. Arjuna Award was introduced in
(a) 1971
(b) 1961
(c) 1981
(d) 1991 |
Answer: (b) |
4. |
Besides Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, which other foreigner has won the Bharat Ratna award?
(a) Nelson Mandela
(b) Bernard Shaw
(c) Kofi Annan
(d) Mujib-ur-Rahman |
Answer: (a) |
5. |
Besides Roosevelt, who among the following Presidents of America has won the Nobel Peace Prize?
(a) Thomas Jefforson
(b) Bill Clinton
(c) Wudro Wilson
(d) none of these |
Answer: (c) |
6. |
Booker prize is given to the field of :
(a) Poetry
(b) Drama
(c) Essay
(d) Fiction |
Answer: (d) |
7. |
Consider the following statements :
1. V.K. Krishna Menon Foundation is based in New Delhi.
2. The first recipient of the V.K. Krishna Menon Award is the Chief Justice of India, KG. Balakrishnan.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 |
Answer: (b) |
8. |
Consider the following statements:
1.Nobel Peace Prize is presented annually in Oslo by the King of Norway.
2. The Nobel laureate receives three things-a diploma, a medal and a document confirming the prize amount.
Which of the statements given above is / are correct ?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) neither 1 nor 2 |
Answer: (c) |
9. |
Contribution to which field is honoured by Dhanvantari award?
(a) Physics
(b) space research
(c) literature
(d) medicine |
Answer: (d) |
10. |
Contribution to which field is honoured by the B D Goenka Award?
(a) Literature
(b) Journalism
(c) Culture
(d) Science |
Answer: (b) |
11. |
Contribution to which field is honoured by the Global 500 award?
(a) Cinema
(b) Environmental conservation
(c) Sports
(d) Literature |
Answer: (b) |
12. |
Contribution to which field is honoured by the Kalinga awards?
(a) Science and Technology
(b) Literature
(c) Peace
(d) Environmental protection |
Answer: (a) |
13. |
Dada Saheb Phalke award is for the contribution to :
(a) Cinema
(b) Sports
(c) Literature
(d) Environment |
Answer: (a) |
14. |
Despite being the greatest super hit film of all the times, ‘Sholay’ has won only one Filmfare Award. In which category did it get it?
(a) Best Film
(b) Sound Recording
(c) Music
(d) Editing |
Answer: (d) |
15. |
Dr. Linus Carl Pauling is the only person to have won two Nobel Prizes individually for:
(a) Chemistry in 1954, peace prize in 1962
(b) Peace prize in 1954, Chemistry in 1962
(c) Physics in 154, Medicine in 1962
(d) Medicine in 1954, Physics in 1962 |
Answer: (a) |
16. |
FiFi awards are given in_____industry:
(a) Film
(b) Home Appliances
(c) Automobiles
(d) Perfumes |
Answer: (d) |
17. |
For outstanding contribution to which one of the following' fields is Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize given?
(a) Literature
(b) Performing Arts
(c) Science
(d) Social Service |
Answer: (c) |
18. |
For which of the following disciplines in Nobel Prize Awarded?
(a) Physics and chemistry
(b) Physiology or Medicine
(c) Literature, Peace and Economics
(d) All the above |
Answer: (d) |
19. |
Gandhi Peace Prize for 2006 has been Awarded to
(a) Shabana Azmi
(b) Javed Akhtar
(c) Dalai Lama
(d) Archbishop Desmond Tutu |
Answer: (a) |
20. |
In terms of price money which of the following is the highest award given by the Government of India in any field?
(a) Bharat Ratna
(b) Gandhi Peace Prize
(c) Arjuna Award
(d) Jnanpith Award |
Answer: (b) |
21. |
In terms of Prize money which of the following is the highest literary prize in India?
(a) Vyas Samman
(b) Saraswathy Samman
(c) Jnanpith Award
(d) Kalidas Samman |
Answer: (b) |
22. |
Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar is given in which field :
(a) Cinema
(b) Sports
(c) Environment
(d) Literature |
Answer: (c) |
23. |
Marlon Brando won his second Oscar for ‘The Godfather.’ For which film did he win the first Oscar?
(a) Streetcar named Desire
(b) On the Waterfront
(c) Apocalypse No w
(d) Last Tango in Paris |
Answer: (B) |
24. |
Men from which nation has won the highest number of Nobel Prizes?
(a) England
(b) France
(c) America
(d) Italy |
Answer: (c) |
25. |
Nobel Prize award in Economics has been awarded from the year :
(a) 1978
(b) 1965
(c) 1960
(d) 1969 |
Answer: (d) |
26. |
Nobel Prizes are not given for the performance in the area of…
(a) Literature
(b) Physics
(c) Chemistry
(d) Music |
Answer: (d) |
27. |
On which date is Nobel Prize Awarded?
(a) December 10
(b) January 10
(c) April 10
(d) July 10 |
Answer: (a) |
28. |
Oscar prize is related to
(a) Literature
(b) Films
(c) Science
(d) Music |
Answer: (b) |
29. |
Rahul Banerjee won which of the following Natioanl Senior Champioship held in January 2008?
(a) Badminton
(b) Chess
(c) Archery
(d) Golf
(E) None of these |
Answer: (c) |
30. |
Sunita Williams is the recipient of which of the following Awards given away recently?
(a) Woman of the year 2007
(b) Padma Bhushan
(c) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award
(d) Pravasi India Award 2007
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Answer: (b) |