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Questions |
Answers |
1. |
The Annual Academy awards are better known as
(a) Nobel Prize
(b) Magsasay Award
(c) Oscar Award
(d) None of these |
Answer: (c) |
2. |
Who was the first winner of Saraswathy Samman?
(a) Rama Kant Path
(b) Dr Harivanshrai Bachchan
(c) Vijay Tendulkar
(d) Dr Harbajan Singh |
Answer: (b) |
3. |
World Professional Billiards Champion Pankaj Advani accepted the Eklavya award, the highest recognition for a sportsperson in which state?
(a) Delhi
(b) Karnataka
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Kerala
(e) Andhra Pradesh |
Answer: (b) |
4. |
The committee of the Norwegian Parliament Awards the prize for:
(a) Economics
(b) Peace
(c) Medicine
(d) Literature |
Answer: (b) |
5. |
The Fifth National Winter Games were organized in -
(a) Jaipur
(b) Gulmarg
(c) Hyderabad
(d) Chennai
(E) Delhi |
Answer: (b) |
6. |
The first Indian recipient of Nobel Prize in Literature is
(a) Mother Teresa
(b) Rabindranath Tagore
(c) Sorijini Naidu
(d) C.V. Raman |
Answer: (b) |
7. |
The highest gallantry Award in India is
(a) Ashok Chakra
(b) Paramvir Chakra
(c) Mahavir Chakra
(d) Param Vishista Chakra |
Answer: (b) |
8. |
The most coveted Award at the 61st Cannes Film Festival was received by—
(a) ‘Hunger’
(b) Line of Passage
(c) ‘The Class’
(d) Three Monkeys |
Answer: (c) |
9. |
The Prize for the oddest book title in a year is known as –
(a) The Diagram Prize
(b) The Bizarre Prize
(c) The Bibliophile Prize
(d) The Cenotaph Prize |
Answer: (a) |
10. |
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Awarded the Noble Prize in:
(a) Physics
(b) Economics
(c) Chemistry
(d) (a) and (c) |
Answer: (d) |
11. |
The Winner of the Scripps National Spelling Bee Contest is _____.
(a) Ravi Kumar
(b) Sameer Mishra
(c) Kuljit Singh
(d) None of these |
Answer: (b) |
12. |
U-Tant Award is given for:
(a) Social Service
(b) Contribution to east-west understanding
(c) Community leadership
(d) Journalism |
Answer: (a) |
13. |
When did Amnesty International win the Nobel Prize?
(a) 1917
(b) 1949
(c) 1977
(d) 1982 |
Answer: (c) |
14. |
When did Mother Teresa win the Nobel Peace Prize?
(a) 1979
(b) 1975
(c) 1981
(d) 1982 |
Answer: (a) |
15. |
When did Red Cross win the Nobel Peace Prize for the first time?
(a) 1917
(b) 1977
(c) 1949
(d) 1956 |
Answer: (a) |
16. |
When was the Nobel Prize for literature instituted?
(a) 1956
(b) 1969
(c) 1972
(d) 1975 |
Answer: (b)
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17. |
Which American Gallantry award is given to the soldier who is wounded in action?
(a) Iron Cross
(b) Purple Heart
(c) Congressional Medal
(d) Victoria Cross |
Answer: (B) |
18. |
Which country has initiated ‘Malcolm Baldridge Award' for Quality’?
(a) USA
(b) UK
(c) France
(d) Japan |
Answer: (d) |
19. |
Which Indian Business Magazine has initiated the ‘Best Product Design Award’?
(a) Business India
(b) Business Today
(c) Outlook Business
(d) Business Week |
Answer: (d) |
20. |
Which is the highest literary prize given by the Government in India?
(a) Saraswati Samman
(b) Kalidas Samman
(c) Sahitya Akadami Award
(d) Jnanpith Award |
Answer: (c) |
21. |
Which is the Prize in Mathematics, equivalent to Nobel Prize?
(a) Newton Prize
(b) Gauss Prize
(c) Fields Prize
(d) Cambridge Prize |
Answer: (c) |
22. |
Which of the following authors won the Booker Prize twice?
(a) Margaret Atwood
(b) Ian Mc Ewan
(c) J. M. Coetzee
(d) Graham Swift |
Answer: (c) |
23. |
Which of the following awards is given for contribution to poetry?
(a) Kabir Award
(b) Kalidas Samman
(c) Saraswathy Samman
(d) Vyas Samman |
Answer: (a) |
24. |
Which of the following awards is given to the Best Parliamentarian?
(a) Gujar Mal Modi Award
(b) J B Pant Award
(c) Nehru Award
(d) none of those |
Answer: (b) |
25. |
Which of the following awards was instituted by Shanti Prasad Jain?
(a) Vyas Samman
(b) Shankar Samman
(c) Jnanpith award
(d) Kabir Award |
Answer: (c) |
26. |
Which of the following awards was instituted by the Indian National Congress in its Centenary Year?
(a) Gandhi Peace Prize
(b) Nehru Award
(c) Indira Gandhi award for National Integration
(d) Mahatma Gandhi Peace Award |
Answer: (c) |
27. |
Which of the following awards was instituted in 1992 to mark the golden jubilee of the Quit India Movement?
(a) Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award
(b) Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Award
(c) Rajiv Gandhi Excellence Award
(d) Rajiv Smriti Puraskar |
Answer: (b) |
28. |
Which of the following cities will host 2012 Olympics Games?
(a) Paris
(b) New York
(c) London
(d) Madrid |
Answer: (c) |
29. |
Which of the following films won the best Film Award in 65th Golden Globe Awards ceremony ?
(a) Away from her
(b) Atonement
(c) No Country for Old Men
(d) I’m Not there |
Answer:: (b) |
30. |
Which of the following is an award instituted by the Madhya Pradesh
Government?
(a) Dhanvantari Award
(b) Kabir Award
(c) Saraswathi Samman
(d) Arjuna Awards |
Answer: (b) |