Honours and Awards Questions & Answers (Compiled from UPSC, SSC ,PSC ,IBPS previous question papers)

Who won the nobel prize for Chemistry?
Jacques Dubochet(Bio Physicist),Joachim Frank(Professor) and Richard Henderson( Scientist)
Explanation:

They recieved the nobel prize for developing a new way to assemble precise three-dimensional images of biological molecules like proteins, DNA and RNA.

Which Konkani author has won the Saraswati Samman prize 2017?
Mahabaleshwar Sail
Explanation:

He has won the prestigious literary prize for his work ,Hawthan.

The airport which emerged as the best airport in Customer Satisfaction Index?
Raipur Airport
Explanation:

Swami Vivek Ananda Airport formerly known as Raipur Airport,is the primary airport serving the State of Chhattisgarh.

Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2014 was given to which one of the following?
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
Indian Institute of Science
Indian Space Research Organisation
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Explanation:

Forty years of pioneering work culminating in the successful launch of India’s first Mars orbiter in September 2014 has won the Indian Space Research Organisation the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2014.

താഴെ പറയുന്നവരില്‍ ജ്ഞാനപീഠ പുരസ്കാരം ലഭിച്ചിട്ടുള്ളതാര്‍ക്ക്?
ബഷീര്‍
എസ്.കെ.പൊറ്റക്കാട്
ഓ.എന്‍.വി
കേശവദേവ്‌

Agricultural scientist who got Nobel prize for peace—
Dr Norman E. Borlaug
Dr M.S. Swaminathan
Dr Hargovind Khorana
Dr Chandrasekhar
Dr Watson

Who amongst the following is selected for Basava Award (2006-07) by the Karnataka Government ?
Dr. Manmohan Singh
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Sonia Gandhi
Pratibha Patil
None of these

Hem Dutta who was honoured by the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhawana Award 2007 is a famous—
Author
Social activist
Player
Film producer
Scientist
Explanation:

Hem Dutta, the 63–year old activist from Assam, was honoured with the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award–2006. Committed to the cause of peace and Non-violence in Assam, Mr. Dutta has been involved with grassroots work in building communal harmony among people living in Assam.

Who amongst the following Indians was awarded King Charles II Medal by the UK in 2007?
Dr. Manmohan Singh
Smt. Sonia Gandhi
Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Smt. Vasundhara Raje
None of these

Who amongst the following is the recipient of Padma Vibhushan in 2012?
Jatin Das
Mario De Miranda
Mira Nair
N. Vitthal
Limba Ram

Who amongst the following is a Nobel laureate in Economics?
Kaushik Basu
Subir Gokarn
Dr. Amartya Sen
Montek Singh Ahluwalia
C. Rangarajan

In 2005 the ‘Ezhuthachan Award’ was given to
M.T. Vasudevan Nair
S. Gupthan Nair
Thirunalloor Karunakaran
T. Padmanabhan

Phalke Award is given to persons of which field?
Literature
Film
Sports
Science

Who got Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award in 2003-04?
Rahul Dravid
R.S. Rathore
Karnam Malleswari
Anju Bobby George

Who got the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004?
Elfriede Jelinek
Wangari Muta Maathai
Nelson Mandela
Hamid Karzai

Who was the first Indian to win Nobel Prize?
J.C. Sudarsan
Mother Teresa
Rabindranath Tagore
Amartya Sen

The film for which Balachandra Menon won the Bharath Award was:
April 18
Samantharangal
Sasneham
Kuruppinte Kanakkupusthakam

The first winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics is:
Einstein
Wilhelm Röntgen
Lippman
Marconi

Who donated the Ranji Trophy ?
Maharaja of Patiala
Maharaja of Kochi
Queen of England
Chief Minister of Bombay
Mayor of Gwalior

Magsaysay Award is based on the country
France
Germany
Japan
Phillippines

Oscar Award 2010 for the best actor was awarded to:
Christopher Walts
James Cameron
Jeff Bridges
Nicolas Cage

The first Malayalee who got Padmavibhushan:
Vallathole Narayana Menon
V.K. Krishna Menon
V.R.Krishna Iyer
A.K.Gopalan

The Nobel Prize for artificial synthesis of gene was awarded to
Nirenberg
Ochoa
Khorana
Kornberg

Who was the first Indian lady actress to receive the Padma Shri Award
Nargis Dutt
Meenakumari
Madhubala
Smitha Patil

Who was the first to win the Urvasi Award in Malayalam film?
Sheela
Sarada
Ragini
Jayabharathi

Which is the highest Gallantry Award in India?
Param Vir Chakra
Arjuna Award
Bharath Ratna
Dada Saheb Falke Award
Magsaysay Award

Nobel Prize winner in Literature this year is
Patrick Modiano
V.S. Naipaul
Luis Edward
William S. Nolas
Imre Kertesz

Who is the athlete on whom Doctorate degree is confirmed in 2001 ?
Sebastian Paul
Malleswari
P.T. Usha
Paramjit Singh
Milkha Singh

A Nobel Prize winner. of English literature, but of Indian origin ––:
Tagore
Sarojini Naidu
V.S. Naipaul
Sukumar Azheekode
None of these

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