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Awards and Honours

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Question 1

Bharat Ratna was instituted in which year?

A. 1950

B. 1952

C. 1954

D. 1956

Question 2

Who was the first recipient of Bharat Ratna?

A. Jawaharlal Nehru

B. Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

C. C. Rajagopalachari

D. Dr. C.V. Raman

Question 3

Who was the first woman to receive Bharat Ratna?

A. Mother Teresa

B. Indira Gandhi

C. Lata Mangeshkar

D. M.S. Subbulakshmi

Question 4

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan received Bharat Ratna in 1987. What is significant about this award?

A. He was the youngest recipient

B. He was the first foreigner to receive it

C. He was the first posthumous recipient

D. He was the first musician to receive it

Question 5

M.S. Subbulakshmi received Bharat Ratna in 1998. What was special about this award?

A. She was the first woman to receive it

B. She was the first Carnatic musician to receive it

C. She was the first musician to receive Bharat Ratna

D. She was the first foreigner to receive it

Question 6

Sachin Tendulkar received Bharat Ratna in 2013. What was unique about this?

A. He was the first cricketer to receive it

B. He was the youngest and first sportsperson to receive it

C. He was the first Maharashtra resident to receive it

D. He was the first to receive it twice

Question 7

Who received the first posthumous Bharat Ratna?

A. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

B. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

C. Lal Bahadur Shastri

D. Rajiv Gandhi

Question 8

Who among the following received Bharat Ratna for being the 'Father of Green Revolution in India'?

A. Chidambaram Subramaniam

B. M.S. Swaminathan

C. Norman Borlaug

D. Verghese Kurien

Question 9

Bharat Ratna was received by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam in 1997. He is known as?

A. Father of Indian Nuclear Programme

B. Missile Man of India

C. Father of Indian Space Programme

D. Iron Man of India

Question 10

Nelson Mandela received Bharat Ratna in 1990. He was which number foreigner to receive this award?

A. First

B. Second

C. Third

D. Fourth

Question 11

Padma Awards are announced every year on which occasion?

A. Independence Day - August 15

B. Republic Day - January 26

C. Gandhi Jayanti - October 2

D. National Sports Day - August 29

Question 12

Which is the second highest civilian award of India?

A. Padma Shri

B. Padma Bhushan

C. Padma Vibhushan

D. Param Vir Chakra

Question 13

Sachin Tendulkar received Padma Vibhushan in which year?

A. 2001

B. 2004

C. 2008

D. 2010

Question 14

Param Vir Chakra is India's highest gallantry award. When was it instituted?

A. August 15, 1947

B. January 26, 1950

C. November 26, 1949

D. October 2, 1950

Question 15

Who was the first recipient of Param Vir Chakra?

A. Lance Naik Albert Ekka

B. Major Somnath Sharma

C. Flying Officer Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon

D. Captain Vikram Batra

Question 16

The design of Param Vir Chakra was made by whom?

A. Savitri Khanolkar

B. Nora Richards

C. Annie Besant

D. Margaret Noble

Question 17

Ashoka Chakra is the highest gallantry award for which type of service?

A. Wartime service

B. Peacetime service

C. Naval service

D. Air force service

Question 18

Which award is the wartime equivalent of Kirti Chakra?

A. Param Vir Chakra

B. Maha Vir Chakra

C. Vir Chakra

D. Shaurya Chakra

Question 19

Nobel Prize was established by Alfred Nobel. What did he invent?

A. Telephone

B. Dynamite

C. Electric bulb

D. Radio

Question 20

In which year was the Nobel Prize first awarded?

A. 1895

B. 1896

C. 1901

D. 1905

Question 21

Rabindranath Tagore won Nobel Prize in 1913. What was he the first to achieve?

A. First Indian to win Nobel Prize

B. First non-European to win Nobel Prize in Literature

C. First Asian to win Nobel Prize

D. Both b and c

Question 22

C.V. Raman won Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930 for which discovery?

A. Raman Effect

B. Photoelectric Effect

C. Doppler Effect

D. Compton Effect

Question 23

Amartya Sen won Nobel Prize in Economics in 1998 for contribution to which field?

A. Development economics

B. Welfare economics

C. Trade economics

D. Monetary economics

Question 24

Kailash Satyarthi won Nobel Peace Prize 2014. He shared it with whom?

A. Nelson Mandela

B. Malala Yousafzai

C. Aung San Suu Kyi

D. Barack Obama

Question 25

Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences was added in which year?

A. 1945

B. 1955

C. 1969

D. 1975

Question 26

Who was the only person to win Nobel Prize twice in the same category?

A. Albert Einstein

B. Linus Pauling

C. Marie Curie

D. Frederick Sanger

Question 27

Pulitzer Prize is administered by which institution?

A. Harvard University

B. Columbia University, New York

C. Yale University

D. Oxford University

Question 28

Who was the first Indian to win the Pulitzer Prize?

A. Jhumpa Lahiri

B. Gobind Behari Lal

C. Geeta Anand

D. Siddhartha Mukherjee

Question 29

Jhumpa Lahiri won Pulitzer Prize in 2000 for which book?

A. The Namesake

B. The Lowland

C. The Interpreter of Maladies

D. Unaccustomed Earth

Question 30

Salman Rushdie won Booker Prize in 1981 for which book?

A. The Satanic Verses

B. Midnight's Children

C. The Moor's Last Sigh

D. Shame

Question 31

Arundhati Roy won Booker Prize in 1997. She was the first Indian woman to win it. For which book?

A. In Other Worlds

B. The Algebra of Infinite Justice

C. The God of Small Things

D. Walking with the Comrades

Question 32

Aravind Adiga won Booker Prize in 2008 for which book?

A. Last Man in Tower

B. Selection Day

C. The White Tiger

D. Between the Assassinations

Question 33

Who was the first Indian to win an Oscar Award?

A. Satyajit Ray

B. A.R. Rahman

C. Bhanu Athaiya

D. Resul Pookutty

Question 34

A.R. Rahman won two Oscars for Slumdog Millionaire (2009). Which were the categories?

A. Best Original Score and Best Original Song

B. Best Original Song and Best Sound Editing

C. Best Original Score and Best Sound Mixing

D. Best Original Score and Best Background Score

Question 35

The film RRR won Oscar 2023 for Best Original Song. What was the song name?

A. Naatu Naatu

B. Jai Ho

C. Nimma Nimma

D. Dosti

Question 36

Which Indian film won Oscar 2023 for Best Short Documentary?

A. The Last Film Show

B. Writing with Fire

C. The Elephant Whisperers

D. All That Breathes

Question 37

Pandit Ravi Shankar won his first Grammy Award in 1968 for which album?

A. The Concert for Bangladesh

B. West Meets East

C. Full Circle - Carnegie Hall

D. The Sound of India

Question 38

Ramon Magsaysay Award is often called by which name?

A. Asian Nobel Prize

B. Prize of the Orient

C. Asia Peace Prize

D. Eastern Excellence Award

Question 39

Who was the first Indian to win Ramon Magsaysay Award?

A. Mother Teresa

B. M.S. Subbulakshmi

C. Jayaprakash Narayan

D. Acharya Vinoba Bhave

Question 40

Ramon Magsaysay Award is awarded on which date every year?

A. June 12

B. August 31

C. October 15

D. December 10

Question 41

Dadasaheb Phalke Award is the highest award in which field?

A. Indian Literature

B. Indian Cinema

C. Indian Classical Music

D. Indian Dance

Question 42

Who was the first recipient of Dadasaheb Phalke Award?

A. Nargis Dutt

B. Meena Kumari

C. Devika Rani

D. Sulochana

Question 43

Which award is given with a trophy called 'Swarna Kamal' (Golden Lotus)?

A. Bharat Ratna

B. Jnanpith Award

C. National Film Award for Best Film

D. Sahitya Akademi Award

Question 44

Jnanpith Award is India's highest award in which field?

A. Cinema

B. Science

C. Literature

D. Music

Question 45

Who was the first recipient of Jnanpith Award?

A. Sumitranandan Pant

B. G. Sankara Kurup

C. Ramdhari Singh Dinkar

D. Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay

Question 46

Ashapoorna Devi won Jnanpith Award in 1976. What was special about this?

A. She was the first Hindi writer to win it

B. She was the first woman to win Jnanpith Award

C. She was the first Bengali to win it

D. She was the youngest recipient

Question 47

Amitav Ghosh won Jnanpith Award in 2018. What was unique about this?

A. He was the first Bengali to win it

B. He was the youngest recipient

C. He was the first English language writer to win it

D. He was the first Indian-American to win it

Question 48

Sangeet Natak Akademi was established in which year?

A. 1950

B. 1952

C. 1954

D. 1956

Question 49

Sahitya Akademi Award is given in how many Indian languages?

A. 18

B. 22

C. 24

D. 26

Question 50

Kalinga Prize is given by which organization for popularization of science?

A. WHO

B. UNESCO

C. UNICEF

D. UNDP

Question 51

Who was the first Indian to win the Kalinga Prize?

A. C.V. Raman

B. Homi Bhabha

C. Jawaharlal Nehru

D. Vikram Sarabhai

Question 52

Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding is given by which organization?

A. Ministry of External Affairs

B. Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR)

C. Nehru Memorial Museum

D. Ministry of Education

Question 53

Nargis Dutt Award in National Film Awards is given for best film on which theme?

A. Best film on freedom struggle

B. Best film on national integration

C. Best film on women empowerment

D. Best film on environment

Question 54

Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development is given on which date?

A. January 19

B. March 8

C. November 19

D. October 31

Question 55

Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Award is given by which organization?

A. Government of India

B. Indian National Congress

C. Rajiv Gandhi Foundation

D. Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust

Question 56

Vinoba Bhave received Bharat Ratna posthumously in 1983. He is known as founder of which movement?

A. Chipko Movement

B. Bhoodan Movement

C. Narmada Bachao Andolan

D. Save Silent Valley Movement

Question 57

Aruna Asaf Ali received Bharat Ratna posthumously in 1997. She is known for which act during freedom struggle?

A. Participated in Dandi March

B. Hoisted flag at Gowalia Tank during Quit India Movement

C. Led the Indian National Army

D. Published underground newspaper during British rule

Question 58

Bidhan Chandra Roy received Bharat Ratna in 1961. National Doctors Day is celebrated on his birthday. When is it?

A. April 1

B. May 5

C. July 1

D. October 3

Question 59

Lata Mangeshkar is known as the Nightingale of India. She received Bharat Ratna in which year?

A. 1999

B. 2001

C. 2003

D. 2005

Question 60

Mother Teresa received Nobel Peace Prize in which year?

A. 1975

B. 1977

C. 1979

D. 1981

Question 61

Satyajit Ray received which award for Lifetime Achievement from the Academy Awards in 1992?

A. Regular Oscar Award

B. Honorary Oscar Award

C. Special Achievement Award

D. Irving Thalberg Memorial Award

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