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Q1. Who was the first actor to get an Oscar Award?
A. Montgomery
B. Fairbanks
C. Janet Gayner
D. Charlie Chaplin
Answer: Janet Gayner
Q2. Which country awards the Nobel Prize?
A. Ireland
B. Sweden
C. England
D. America
Answer: Sweden
Q3. Who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010?
A. Albert Arnold Gore
B. Mohammed Unnus
C. Liu Xiaobo
D. Mohamed ElBaradei
Answer: Liu Xiaobo
Q4. Who among the following is not a recipient of Bharat Ratna?
A. Vinobha Bhave
B. Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
C. Lal Bahadur Shastri
D. Dr.S. Radhakrishnan
Answer: Sardar Vallbhabhai Patel
Q5. Hari Om Ashram Trust Awards are presented to outstanding
A. Sportsmen
B. Scientists
C. Literary writers
D. Journalist
Answer: Scientists
Q6. Who was the first Indian to receive a Nobel Prize?
A. Mother Teresa
B. Hargobind Tagore
C. CV Raman
D. Rabindranath Tagore
Answer: Rabindranath Tagore
Q7. The Nobel prize for Economics was instituted in 1967 but was first awarded in
A. 1967
B. 1988
C. 1969
D. 1970
Answer: 1969
Q8. Who was the first Indian lady actress to receive the Padma Shri Award?
A. Smita Patil
B. Nargis Dutt
C. Meena Kumari
D. Madhubala
Answer: Nargis Dutt
Q9. Who was the first Indian to receive the Magsaysay Award?
A. Indira Gandhi
B. TN Seshan
C. Kiran Bedi
D. Vinoba Bhave
Answer: Vinoba Bhave
Q10. Which of the following is India’s highest honour in the field of literature?
A. Vyas Samman
B. Kalidas Samman
C. Jnanpith Award
D. Saraswathi Samman
Answer: Jnanpith Award
Q11. The Oscar Award was won 36 times by
A. Charlie Chapin
B. Alfred Hitchcock
C. Walt Disney
D. Kurosawa
Answer: Walt Disney
Q12. Which State Government of India has instituted the Iqbal Samman award?
A. UP
B. MP
C. AP
D. HP
Answer: MP
Q13. Manav Seva Award has been instituted in the memory of
A. Indira Gandhi
B. Dr.Rajendra Prasad
C. Rajiv Gandhi
D. Acharya Vinoba Bhave
Answer: Rajiv Gandhi
Q14. Shirin Ebadi, who won the Nobel peace prize in 2003, is from
Iraq
B. Nigeria
C. Iran
D. Libia
Answer: Iran
Q15. When was the Nobel Prize for literature instituted?
A. 1901
B. 1969
C. 1972
D. 1975
Answer: 1901
Q16. Who was the first to win the Nobel Prize for literature?
A. Albert Camus
B. Ernest Hemingway
C. Knut Hamson
D. Rene Sully Prudhomme
Answer: Rene Sully Prudhomme
Q17. Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar award is given to those who in the field of science and technology. The institution associated with prof. Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar is
A. DST
B. CSIR
C. ICMR
D. IISC
Answer: CSIR
Q18. In the context of the Indian defence, what is Dhruv?
A. Aircraft carrying warship
B. Missilecarryingsubmarine
C. Advancedlighthelicopter
D. Intercontinental ballistic missile
Answer: Advanced light-helicopter
Q19. Which of the following authors won the Booker Prize twice?
A. Margaret Atwood
B. JM Coetzee
C. Graham Swift
D. Ian McEwan
Answer: JM Coetzee
Q20. Where were the principles of Panchsheel regulated ?
A. Paris
B. New Delhi
C. Bandung
D. Cairo
Answer: Bandung
Q21. The Arjuna Awards were instituted in the year
A. 1957
B. 1961
C. 1963
D. 1965
Answer: 1961
Q22. Which state gives Mewar award?
A. Haryana
B. Delhi
C. Punjab
D. Rajasthan
Answer: Rajasthan
Q23. The first recipient of Human Rights Awards is
A. Leach Walesa
B. Nelson Mandela
C. Andrei Sakharov
D. Amnesty International
Answer: Nelson Mandela
Q24. The Journalist who refused to accept Padma Bhushan was
A. Arun Shourie
B. Nikhil Chakraborty
C. Shekharan Nair
D. Khushwant Singh
Answer: Arun Shourie
Q25. Who was awarded the first Rajiv Gandhi National Sadhavana Award?
A. J.R.D. Tata
B. Acharya Tulsi
C. Mother Teresa
D. R.A. Mashelkar
Answer: Mother Teresa
Q26. Which is the highest gallantry award in India?
A. Vir Chakra
B. Param Vir Chakra
C. Param Vishishta Seva Medal
D. Kirti Chakra
Answer: Param Vir Chakra
Q27. Who has conferred the title ‘Bharat Ki Suputri’ in 1992?
A. Sarojini Naidu
B. Indira Gandhi
C. Mother Teresa
D. Lata Mangeshkar
Answer: Mother Teresa
Q28. Nobel prizes are given in how many fields?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8
Answer: 6
Q29. Who is the first non–Indian to receive the Bharat Ratna?
A. Mother Teresa
B. Zubin Metra
C. Martin Luther King
D. Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
Answer: Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
Q30. The Chameli Devi Award is given to an outstanding woman who is a
A. Scientist
B. Lawyer
C. Vocalist
D. Journalist
Answer: Journalist
Q31. The Nobel Prize is awarded in which city?
A. Brussels
B. Oslo
C. Geneva
D. Stockholm
Answer: Oslo
Q32. Who among the following won a Nobel Prize for literature?
A. Linus Pauling
B. Ralph Bunche
C. Phillip Noel-Baker
D. Samuel Beckett
Answer: Samuel Beckett
Q33. Tansen Samman has been instituted by the government of
A. Gujarat
B. Madhya Pradesh
C. Maharashtra
D. Gujarat
Answer: Madhya Pradesh
Q34. Which of the following films won seven Oscar Awards in 1991?
A. Ghost
B. Dances with Wolves
C. Reversal of Fortune
D. The Last Emperor
Answer: Dances with Wolves
Q35. The first Indian to receive Nobel Prize in Literature was
A. C.V. Raman
B. Mother Teresa
C. Sarojini Naidu
D. Rabindranath Tagore
Answer: Rabindranath Tagore
Q36. Who among the following Nobel Prize winners was not an indian citizenship?
A. Cv Raman
B. Mother Teresa
C. SubramaniChandrasekar
D. Rabindranath Tagore
Answer: SubramaniChandrasekar
Q37. The first black American to win the Nobel Prize for literature is
A. Nelson Mandela
B. Martin Luthar
C. Arther Ashe
D. Toni Morrison
Answer: Toni Morrison
Q38. When did Amnesty International win the Nobel Prize?
A. 1917
B. 1949
C. 1977
D. 1982
Answer: 1977
Q39. Which one of the following is a spacecraft?
A. Apophis
B. Cassini
C. Spitzer
D. TechStars
Answer: Cassini
Q40. In which one of the following locations in the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor project being built?
A. Northern Spain
B. Southern France
C. Eastern Germany
D. Southern Italy
Answer: Southern France
Q41. Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2000 was awarded to the former President of South Africa along with
A. Satish Dhawan
B. World Health Organisation
C. Subramaniam
D. Grameen Bank of Bangladesh
Answer: Grameen Bank of Bangladesh
Q42. Ramon Magsaysay Award is named after the former President of
A. Thailand
B. Phillippines
C. Indonesia
D. Indian Journalist’s Association
Answer: Phillippines
Q43. The first recipient of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award is
A. Leander Peas
B. Kapil Dev
C. Vishwanathan Anand
D. Limba Ram
Answer: Limba Ram
Q44. Who was the first recipient of the Govind Ballabh Pant Award for the best parliamentarian?
A. L.K. Advani
B. S.M.Banerjee
C. Shivraj Patil
D. Indrajit Gupta
Answer: Indrajit Gupta
Q45. Who among the following has been chosen for the first C.K. Nayudu award for lifetime contribution to Indian Cricket?
A. Lala Amarnathn
B. Sunil Gavaskar
C. G.R. Vishwanath
D. Bishan Singh Bedi
Answer: Lala Amarnathn
Q46. B.C. Roy Award is given in the field of
A. Music
B. Medicine
C. Environment
D. Journalism
Answer: Journalism
Q47. The Nobel Prize was first awarded in
A. 1958
B. 1961
C. 1969
D. 1972
Answer: 1969
Q48. The first recipient of Nehru Award was
A. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
B. Mother Teresa
C. U Thant
D. Martin Luther king
Answer: U Thant
Q49. Oscar Awards are associated with
A. Sports
B. Music
C. Literature
D. Films
Answer: Films
Q50. Saraswathi Samman is given annually for outstanding contribution to
A. Classical music
B. Fine arts
C. Literature
D. Education
Answer: Literature
Q51. India’s highest award given for exceptional work in art, literature and recognition of public service of the highest order is
A. Param Vir Chakra
B. Bharat Ratna
C. Jnanpith Award
D. Kalinga Award
Answer: Bharat Ratna
Q52. To encourage an increase in the quality, quantity and availability o food in the world, the world food prizes is founded by
A. Prof MS Swaminathan
B. UNDP
C. Prof Norman Borlaug
D. WHO
Answer: Prof Norman Borlaug
Q53. Which among the following Indian artists is the winner of the Oscar Award?
A. Dilip Kumar
B. Bhanu Athaiya
C. Shyam Benegal
D. Rohini Hattangadi
Answer: Bhanu Athaiya
Q54. 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
D. Mahatma Gandhi Award
Answer: Indira Gandhi award
Q55. Goldman Awards are given for outstanding contribution in which of the following fields?
A. population control
B. population of science
C. conservation of energy
D. protection of the environment
Answer: protection of the environment
Q56. Nobel prize is distributed annually at
A. Manila
B. Stockholm
C. Geneva
D. New York
Answer: Stockholm
Q57. Which one of the following awards were instituted by the KK Birla Foundation?
A. Saraswati Samman
B. Kabir Award
C. Kalidas Samman
D. Jnanpith Award
Answer: Saraswati Samman
Q58. Who among the following has received both Bharat Ratna and Nishan -e -Pakistan?
A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. Moraji Desai
C. Ayub Khan
D. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Answer: Moraji Desai
Q59. Ramon Magsaysay Award is named after the former president of
A. Indonesia
B. Indian Journalist’s Association
C. Thailand
D. Philippines
Answer: Philippines
Q60. Meghanath Saha award is given for outstanding contribution in which of the following fields?
A. Journalism
B. Science
C. Literature
D. Social Science
Answer: Science
Q61. Who among the following got the Bharat Ratna Award before becoming the president of India?
A. R Venkataraman
B. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
C. DR Zakir Hussian
D. W Giri
Answer: DR Zakir Hussian
Q62. From which one of the following did India buy the Brank anti-missile defence systems?
A. France
B. Israel
C. Russia
D. USA
Answer: Israel
Q63. The Chameli Devi Award is given to an outstanding woman is a
A. Vocalist
B. journalist
C. lawyer
D. scientist
Answer: journalist
Q64. Which one of the following is a medium-range surface to air missile?
A. Nag
B. Prithvi
C. Trishul
D. Akash
Answer: Trishul
Q65. Who among the following is not a Data Saheb Phalke awardee?
A. Shyam Benegal
B. JP Dutta
C. Adoor Gopalakrishnan
D. Mrinal Sen
Answer: JP Dutta
Q66. Moortidevi Award is given annually in which of the following fields?
A. Films
B. Music
C. Literature
D. Journalism
Answer: Literature
Q67. Who among the following is the recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award?
A. Kishore Kumar
B. Durga Khote
C. Satyajit Ray
D. Om puri
Answer: Durga Khote
Q68. Who among the following Indian artistes is the winner of the Oscar Award?
A. Shyam Bengal
B. Bhanu Athaiya
C. Dilip Kumar
D. Rohini Hattangadi
Answer: Bhanu Athaiya
Q69. In 1901, Nobel Prize was not given for
A. Physics
B. Chemistry
C. Economics
D. Peace
Answer: Economics
Q70. The first Indira Gandhi Award for International Justice and Harmony has been given to
A. Larry Pressler
B. Yasser Arafat
C. Hussain Ibrahim Zaki
D. Amnesty International
Answer: Yasser Arafat
Q71. Who is the first non–Indian to receive the Bharat Ratna?
A. Martin Luther King
B. Mother Teresa
C. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
D. Aubin Mehta
Answer: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Q72. Cannes Film Festival is held in
A. Switzerland
B. France
C. Italy
D. England
Answer: France
Q73. When did Amnesty International win the Nobel Prize?
A. 1917
B. 1949
C. 1977
D. 1982
Answer: 1977
Q74. In which country is the committee which selects winners for Nobel peace prize located?
A. Sweden
B. Norway
C. Finland
D. Denmark
Answer: Norway
Q75. On which one of the following rivers is the Tehri Hydropower Complex located?
A. Alaknanda
B. Bhagirathi
C. Dhauliganga
D. Mandakini
Answer: Bhagirathi
Q76. Life Divine was written by
A. Sri Aurobindo
B. Mahatma Gandhi
C. Vivekanand
D. Abul Fazal
Answer: Sri Aurobindo
Q77. Who was awarded the first Rajiv Gandhi National Sadhavana Award?
A. Acharya Tulsi
B. Mother Teresa
C. J.R.
D. Tata D. R.A. Mashelkar
Answer: Mother Teresa
Q78. B.C. Roy Award is given in the field of
A. Music
B. Medicine
C. Journalism
D. Environment
Answer: Journalism
Q79. Who among the following Indians has been honoured by a special Oscar?
A. G.P. Sippy
B. Mahesh Bhatt
C. Satyajit Ray
D. Mira Nair
Answer: Satyajit Ray
Q80. The Oscar Award was won 36 times by
A. Walt Disney
B. Alfred Hitchcock
C. Charlie Chaplin
D. Akira Kurosawa
Answer: Charlie Chaplin
Q.81 The Arjuna Awards were instituted in the year
(A) 1963
(B) 1965
(C) 1961
(D) 1957
Answer: 1961
Q.82 The ‘Dronacharya Award’ is associated with
(A) Eminent Surgeons
(B) Famous Artists
(C) Sport Coaches
(D) Expert Engineers
Answer: Sport Coaches
Q.83 Nobel Prizes are not given for which of the following fields?
(A) Physics
(B) Chemistry
(C) Peace
(D) Music
Answer: Music
Q.84 The Pulitzer Prize is associated with which one of the following?
(A) Environmental protection
(B) Olympic Games
(C) Journalism
(D) Civil Aviation
Answer: Journalism
Q.85 To encourage an increase in the quality, quantity, and availability of food in the world, the World Food Prize was founded by
(A) Prof. M.S. Swaminathan
(B) UNDP
(C) Prof. Norman Borlaug
(D) WHO
Answer: Prof. Norman Borlaug
Q.86 For outstanding contribution to which one of the following fields is Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize given?
(A) Literature
(B) Science
(C) Performing Arts
(D) Social Service
Answer: Science
Q.87 Which of the following organisations gives the Kalinga Prize for popularising science?
(A) UNESCO
(B) CSIR
(C) UGC
(D) Ministry of Science and Technology
Answer: UNESCO
Q.88 Ramon Magsaysay awards are given in honour of former President of
(A) Indonesia
(B) Thailand
(C) New Zealand
(D) Philippines
Answer: Philippines
Q.89 Which of the following awards is also known as Alternative Nobel Prize?
(A) Pulitzer Prize
(B) Right Livelihood Award
(C) Booker Prize
(D) Ramon Magsaysay Award
Answer: Right Livelihood Award
Q.90 Which is the highest gallantry award for the personnel of armed forces in India?
(A) Ashoka Chakra
(B) Maha Vir Chakra
(C) Param Vir Chakra
(D) Kirti Chakra
Answer: Param Vir Chakra
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