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Practice MCQ Questions and answers on Awards and Honours-GK

Learn and practice General Knowledge questions and answers on Awards and Honours with very easy and understandable explanations. GK questions are very helpful different type of competitive exams. Page-2 section-1

Each section contains 100 MCQs on Awards and Honours .
11
The first recipient of Rajiv Gandhi's 'Khel Ratna' award is -
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Answer: Option A
Solution:
The first recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi's 'Khel Ratna' award was Chess Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand, who was honoured for the performance in the year 1991 – 92.
12
Pulitzer prize is awarded for outstanding work in the field of -
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Answer: Option C
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Pulitzer Prize is a series of annual prizes awarded by Columbia University, New York City, for outstanding public service and achievement in American journalism, letters, and music.
13
Saraswathi Samman is given annually for outstanding contribution to -
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Answer: Option C
Solution:
The Saraswati Samman is an annual award for outstanding prose or poetry literary works in any of the 22 languages of India listed in Schedule VIII of the Constitution of India.
14
Who among the following has received a Nobel Prize in literature 1953?
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Answer: Option D
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The Nobel Prize in Literature 1953 was awarded to Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values.
15
The Arjuna Awards were instituted in the year -
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Answer: Option B
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The Arjuna Awards are given by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, government of India to recognize outstanding achievement in National sports. Instituted in 1961, the award carries a cash prize of Rs 500000, a bronze statue of Arjuna and a scroll.
16
The first Indira Gandhi Award for International Justice and Harmony has been given to -
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Answer: Option D
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17
'Ashoka Chakra' is awarded for -
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Answer: Option D
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'Ashoka Chakra' is awarded for most conspicuous bravery or some act of daring or act of valour or self - sacrifice otherwise than in the face of the enemy. The decoration may be awarded posthumously.
18
Who among the following is the recipient of the first Dayawati Modi Award for art, culture and education?
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Answer: Option B
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Amitabh Bachchan, acclaimed actor and son of well - known poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan, was presented the Dayawati Modi Award in 2002 for his contribution to the field of Art, Culture and Education.
19
The Nobel Prize was first awarded in -
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Answer: Option C
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On 10 December 1901 the first Nobel Prizes were awarded.
20
Who among the following own the Nobel prize for literature?
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Answer: Option B
Solution:
Samuel Barclay Beckett was an Irish novelist, playwright, short story writer, theatre director, poet, and literary translator. He won Nobel prize for Literature in 1969.