1) In which field is B.C. Roy Award is given?
1. Music
2. Journalism
3. Medicine
4. Environment
Ans: 3) Medicine
2) Girish Karand is
1. A well known playwright and actor
2. A recipient of Jnanpith Award
3. The President of the Film and Television Institute of Indian Society
4. All the above
Ans: 4) All the above
3) Who amidst the following won the Nobel Prize in science in two different disciplines?
1. Russell Hulse
2. David Lee
3. Madam Curie
4. Paul Boyer
Ans: 3) Madam Curie
4) Who amongst the following won the Nobel Prize at least twice?
1. Winston Churchill
2. Madame Curie
3. Octavio Paz
4. George Choupak
Ans: 2) Madame Curie
5) Who is the latest ‘Bharat Ratna’ awardee among the following who had performed at the historic function at the Red Fort on the 15th August 1947?
1. M. S. Subbalakshmi
2. Ustad Bismillah Khan
3. Pt. Ravishankar
4. Lata Mangeshkar
Ans: 2) Ustad Bismillah Khan
6) Who among the following Indians has been honoured by a special Oscar?
1. Mahesh Bhatt
2. Satyajit Ray
3. Mira Nair
4. G.P. Sippy
Ans: 2) Satyajit Ray
7) Booker Prize is given in the field of –
1. Medicine
2. Adventure
3. Fiction writing
4. Science
Ans: 3) Fiction writing
8) Who was the first Ramon Magsaysay Award winner from India?
1. C. D. Deshmukh
2. Jayprakash Narayan
3. Dr. Verghese Kurien
4. Acharya Vinoba Bhave
Ans: 4) Acharya Vinoba Bhave
9) Who amongst the following was awarded the Nobel Prize for developing the technology used in integrated circuits used in PCs?
1. Robert F. Furchgott
2. Horst L. Stormer
3. Jack Kilby
4. John A. Pople
Ans: 3) Jack Kilby
10) Authors in English from which of the following countries are not eligible to be considered for the Booker Prize?
1. Britain
2. Commonwealth
3. Republic of Ireland
4. U.S.A.
Ans: 4)
U.S.A.
11) Which Indian film won the Golden Lion Award for the “Best Picture” at the Venice Film Festival in 2001?
1. Lagan
2. Asoka
3. Monsoon Wedding
4. Gadar
Ans: 3) Monsoon Wedding
12) Who was awarded the Nobel Prize for inventing the microchip?
1. Jack St. Clair Kilby
2. Eric Cornell
3. Carl Wieman
4. Wolfgang Ketterle
Ans: 1) Jack St. Clair Kilby
13) Who was the first Gyanpeeth Puraskar winner?
1. Sumitra Nandan Pant
2. G. Shankar Kurup
3. K. Shivaram Karanth
4. Uma Shankar Joshi
Ans: 2) G. Shankar Kurup
14) Who from the following is an awardee of both the Nobel Prize and the Bharat Ratna?
1. Mahatma Gandhi
2. Rabindranath Tagore
3. Mother Teresa
4. Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
Ans: 3) Mother Teresa
15) Who among the following is a famous Chief Election Commissioner of India who has been awarded Mag-saysay award?
1. Sukumar Sen
2. M. S. Gill
3. J. M. Lyngdoh
4. S. L. Shakdher
Ans: 3) J. M. Lyngdoh
16) The government of which state has instituted the ‘Tansen Samman’?
1. Uttar Pradesh
2. Madhya Pradesh
3. Gujrat
4. Maharashtra
Ans: 2) Madhya Pradesh
17) Who amongst the following facilitated the development of MRI as an important diagnostic tool and for that won a Nobel Prize?
1. Sydney Brenner
2. Paul C. Lauterbur
3. John E. Sulton
4. H. Robert Horvitz
Ans: 2) Paul C. Lauterbur
18) Who has instituted the “Moortidevi Sahitya Puraskar”?
1. Ministry of HRD, Central Government
2. Sahitya Academy
3. Bharatiya Jnanpith Trust
4. Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan
Ans: 3) Bharatiya Jnanpith Trust
19) Who amongst the following got a Nobel Prize in recognition of his discoveries of how salts and water transport in and out of cells in the human body?
1. Roderick MacKinnon
2. Kurt Wuethrich
3. John E. Sultan
4. H. Robert Horvitz
Ans: 1) Roderick MacKinnon
20) Which amongst the following films has won the minimum number of Oscars?
1. Ben Hur
2. Titanic
3. The Lord of the Ring : Return of the King
4. Jurassic Park
Ans: 4) Jurassic Park
21) Kalinga Prize is given in which of the following fields?
1. Arts
2. Medicine
3. Creative Writing
4. Science
Ans: 4) Science
22) In which city is the Nobel Prize presentation ceremony held?
1. Stockholm
2. Oslo
3. Geneva
4. The Hague
Ans: 2) Oslo
23) Who amidst the following eminent Indian journalists was conferred the Magsaysay Award?
1. Frank Moraes
2. Kushwant Singh
3. Arun Shourie
4. Girilal Jain
Ans: 3) Arun Shourie
24) What is the prize money given with Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna?
1. Rs. 1.50 lakh
2. Rs. 2 lakh
3. Rs. 3 lakh
4. Rs. 5 lakh
Ans: 4) Rs. 5 lakh
25) After whom is the Magsaysay Award named?
1. A former president of Indonesia
2. A former king of Thailand
3. A former president of Philippines
4. A former Prime Minister of Australia
Ans: 3) A former president of Philippines
26) In which of th
e following fields is the Nobel Prize not given?
1. Physics
2. Mathematics
3. Chemistry
4. Medicine
Ans: 2) Mathematics
27) Which industrialist has been honoured with Bharat Ratna?
1. Ghanshyamdas Birla
2. JRD Tata
3. Dhirubhai Ambani
4. Sir Shriram
Ans: 2) JRD Tata
28) Which of the following international prizes / awards is given for outstanding contribution in the field of journalism?
1. Booker Prize
2. Pulitzer Prize
3. Sakharov Prize
4. Sullivan Award
Ans: 2) Pulitzer Prize
29) Who among the following former Chiefs of Army Staff had been awarded the ‘Mahavir Chakra’ twice?
1. General K. M. Cariappa
2. General K. S. Thimayya
3. General A. S. Vaidya
4. General S. H. F. J. Man-ek-shaw
Ans: 3) General A. S. Vaidya
30) Biologist of Indian origin who received the Nobel Prize was
1. Raja Ramanna
2. C. V. Raman
3. Hargovind Khorana
4. Jagadish Chandra Bose
Ans: 3) Hargovind Khorana
31) Who among the following received both Bharat Ratna and Nishan-e-Pakistan?
1.Lal Bahadur Shastri
2.Morarji Desai
3.Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad
4.Ayub Khan
Ans: 2) Morarji Desai
32) Grammy award is given in the field of:
1.Literature
2.Music
3.Science
4.Inventions and discoveries
Ans: 2) Music
33) Who among the following is not a recipient of Dadasaheb Phalke Award?
1.V. Shantaram
2.Raj Kapoor
3.Mukesh Bhatt
4.Lata Mangeshkar
Ans: 3) Mukesh Bhatt
34) Who among the following is a non-Indian to be conferred the Bharat Ratna?
1.Mother Teresa
2.Sheikh Mujiur Rahman
3.Nelson Mandela
4.Lord Mountbatten
Ans: 3) Nelson Mandela
35) Which of the following is the world’s top environmental conservation award?
1. Golden Bear Award
2. Golden Panda Award
3. Golden Globe Award
4. Golden Palms Award
Ans: 2) Golden Panda Award
36) Kalinga Prize for popularisation of science was established in 1951 by the UNESCO with the initiative of
1C.V. Ramana
2.Jagdish Chandra Bose
3.Biju Pattnaik
4.S. Radhakrishnan
Ans: 3) Biju Pattnaik
37) Arjuna award is conferred to____________
1.Persons of cineworld
2.Journalists
3.Sports persons
4.Coaches
Ans: 3) Sports persons
38) Oscar award is conferred to____________
1.Persons of cineworld
2.Journalists
3.Sports persons
4.Coaches
Ans: 1) Persons of cineworld
39) Dronacharya award is given to___________
1.Persons of cineworld
2.Journalists
3.Sports persons
4.Coaches
Ans: 4) Coaches
40) Pulitzer Prize is given to____________
1.Persons of cineworld
2.Journalists
3.Sports persons
4.Coaches
Ans: 2) Journalists
41) Which Indian born scientist was awarded the Nobel Prize in Astrophysics
1.Prof Chandrashekhar
2.Sir C.V. Raman
3.Satyendra Nath Bose
4.Vikram Sarabhai
Ans: 1) Prof Chandrashekhar
42) The first Indian to win Nobel Prize was
1.Sir C.V. Raman
2.Rabindra Nath Tagore
3.Hargobind Khurana
4.Amartya Sen
Ans: 2) Rabindra Nath Tagore
43) Which is the highest award for gallantry during peacetime?
1. Vir Chakra
2. Param Vir Chakra
3. Ashok Chakra
4. Mahavir Chakra
Ans: 3) Ashok Chakra
44) The “Global 500” awards are given for outstanding achievement in which one of the following fields?
1.Literature
2.Medicine
3.Environmental Protection
4.Promotion of International Peace
Ans: 3) Environmental Protection
45) Manav Seva Award has been instituted in the memory of
1.Indira Gandhi
2.Acharya Vinoba Bhave
3.Rajiv Gandhi
4.Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Ans: 3) Rajiv Gandhi
46) Who received the Booker prize for the book “Half a Life”?
1.Arundhati Roy
2.Anita Desai
3.V.S.Naipaul
4.Kiran Bedi
Ans: 3) V.S. Naipaul
47) Who among the following had got the Bharat Ratna before becoming the President of India?
1.Dr. Zakir Hussain
2.Dr. Rajendra Prasad
3.Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
4.V. V.Giri
Ans: 3) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
48) Who out of the following was the first recipient of Bharat Ratna Award?
1.B.C. Roy
2.S. Chandrasekhar
3.C.V. Raman
4.Gobind Ballabh Pant
Ans: 3) C.V. Raman
49) Nobel Prize in which field is not paid out of the endowment set up by Dr. Alfred Nobel?
1.Peace
2.Medicine
3.Economics
4.Chemistry
Ans: 3) Economics
50) Who was the first actress to be conferred the honour of Padmashree?
1.Kanan Devi
2.Devika Rani
3.Sulochana
4. Nargis Dutt
Ans: 4) Nargis Dutt
51) Who was the first lady recipient of the Dada saheb Phalke award?
1.Nargis Dutt
2.Uma Devi
3.Devika Rani
4.Sulochana
Ans: 3) Devika Rani
52) The Nobel Prize for Economics was instituted by
1.Alfred Nobel
2.Sweden’s Central Bank
4.World Bank
Ans: 2) Sweden’s Central Bank
53) Who was the first musician to be felicitated with the Bharat Ratna?
1.Lata Mangeshkar
2.M. S. Subhalakshmi
3.Pt. Ravi Shankar
4.Pt. Bhimsen Joshi
Ans: 2) M. S. Subhalakshmi
54) Bharat Ratna is designed like the leaf of?
1.Banyan Tree
2.Peepal Tree
3.Coconut Tree
4.Sandalwood Tree
Ans: 2) Peepal Tree
55) The book “The Audacity of Hope” has been written by
1.Nayantara Sehgal
2.Aravind Adiga
3.Vikram Seth
4.Barack Obama
Ans: 4) Barack Obama
56) The Nobel Prize was instituted by which country?
1.USA
2.UK
3.Russia
4.Sweden
Ans: 4) Sweden
57) The Magsaysay Award for social service was instituted by?
1.The Govt. of India
2.The UNO
3.The ILO
4.The Philippines Government
Ans: 4) The Philippines Government
58) Novelist Mr. Salman Rushdie was awarded Knighthood by
1.Queen Elizabeth II
2.Prince Charles
3.Mr. Gordon Brown
4.Mrs. margaret Thatcher
Ans: 1) Queen Elizabeth II
59) Who was the first Hindi writer to receive the Jnanpith award?
1.Mahadevi Verma
2.Sumitra Nandan Pant
3.Dr. Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
4.S.H. Vatsyayan
Ans: 2) Sumitra Nandan Pant
60) Who was the first posthumous recipient of Bharat Ratna?
1.B. R. Ambedkar
2.K. Kamraj
3.Lal Bahadur Shashtri
4. M. G. Ramachandran
Ans: 3) Lal Bahadur Shashtri
61) Among the following Nobel laureates, who was not a recipient of the Nobel Prize for Peace?
1.Sir Winston Churchill
2.Woodrown Wilson
3.Linus C. Pauling
4.Norman Ernest Borlaug
Ans: 1) Sir Winston Churchill
62) Who was the first Indian women winner of “Miss Universe award?
1.Reeta Farta
2.Aishwarya Rai
3.Lara Datta
4.Sushmita Sen
Ans: 4) Sushmita Sen
63) Which of the following awards is instituted by UNESCO?
1.Nehru Award for International Understanding
2.Kalinga Prize
3.Arjuna Award
4.Nobel Prize
Ans: 2) Kalinga Prize
64) The film which won the Audience Award at the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland is
1.Nayak
2.Lagaan
3.Yadeein
4. Dil Chahta Hai
Ans: 2) Lagaan
65) Which of the following is India’s highest honour in the field of literature?
1.Saraswati Samman
2.Vyas Samman
3.Kalidas Samman
4.Jnanpith Award
Ans: 4) Jnanpith Award
66) Golden Globe Awards are associated with
1.Social work
2.Journalism
3.Peace initiative
4.Films
Ans: 4) Films
67) Indira Goswami, the famous editor, poet, scholar and writer won the Jnanpith Award in which language?
1. Bengali
2. Odia
3. Assamese
4. Hindi
Ans: 3) Assamese
68) Moorti devi Award is given annually in which of the following fields?
1.Literature
2.Films
3.Journalism
4.Music
Ans: 1) Literature
69) Nobel Prizes are given annually at
1.Manila
2.Stockholm
3.Geneva
4.New York
Ans: 2) Stockholm
70) How many Nobel Prize awards are awarded each year?
1. 10
2. 6
3. 5
4. 8
Ans: 2) 6
71) Grammy Award is given in the field of?
1.Acting
2.Music
3.Singing
4.Boxing
Ans: 2) Music
72) In which year did Dada Saheb Phalke produce the first feature film?
1.1911
2.1913
3.1910
4.1912
Ans: 2) 1913
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