Honours and Awards Quiz - Question & Answers Set - 1

Honours and Awards Quiz - Question & Answers Set - 1

Question 1 :
The Nigerian Novelist who won the Nobel prize
Clod Seamong
Vol Soyinga
Joseph Brodskey
None of these

Question 2 :
Bharathiya Jnanpith Award was instituted in
1976
1944
1970
1980

Question 3 :
The first Indian to get the Nobel Prize is
Rabindra Nath Tagore
C. Rajagopalachari
C. V Raman
Dr. Hargobind Khorana

Question 4 :
Dr.S. Chandra Sekhar received Nobel prize in
Chemistry
Physics
Mathematics
Medicine

Question 5 :
Jnapeetham Award 2010 was awarded to:
Girish Karnad
O.N.V.Kurup
Chandrasekhara Kambara
Mahaswethadevi

Question 6 :
Among the following personalaties who was conferred the'Bharataratna' last?
A.P.J Abdul Kalam
Bhimsen Joshi
Amarthya Zen
Bismillah Khan

Question 7 :
Nobel Prize for the year 2011 was awarded to:
Doris Lessing
Thomas Transtromer
Mario Vargas Llosa
Herta Muller

Question 8 :
The 59th Dadha Saheb Phalke Award for 2011 was awarded to:
Soumitra Chatterjee
Dr. Rama Naidu
K. Balachander
Manna Dey

Question 9 :
The President of India has awarded Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award to
Vijay Kumar (Shooter)
M.S. Dhoni (Cricketer)
Both (A) and (B)
None of the above

Question 10 :
President A.P.J Abdul Kalam presented the prestigious Gandhi Peace Prize for 2003 to:
Vladimir Putin
Vaclav Havel
Goh Chok Tong
Lata Mangeshkar
Explanation:

Vaclav Havel- Havel was the ninth and last president of Czechoslovakia (1989├óÔé¼ÔÇ£1992) and the first president of the Czech Republic

Question 11 :
The Jnapith Award is awarded for excellence in the field of:
Danceing
Cinema
Literature
Paint

Question 12 :
Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Suu Kyi is a _
42 years old politician
Bharat Ratna
Military General
Nobel Prize winner
None of these

Question 13 :
Who amongst the following is the winner of the Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Peace and Reconc iliation 2009 ?
Yukiya Amano
Aung San Suu Kyi
Bill Gates
Hillary Clinton
None of these

Question 14 :
Who amongst the following is the recipient of the 'Dadasaheb Phalke Award - 2010'?
Javed Akhtar
Amitabh Bachchan
Guizar
Hema Malini
None of above

Question 15 :
The Marathi poet and Sahitya Akademi award winner passed away in Pune on 26th March 2012
Manik Godghate
Kartar Sing Duggal
Mani Ram Bagri
None of these

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Honours and Awards Quiz - Question & Answers Set - 1