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Practice MCQ Questions and answers on Awards and Honours-GK

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Each section contains 100 MCQs on Awards and Honours .
11
Which city has become the first Indian city to win 'Pierre Lenfant International Planning Excellence Award 2017' instituted by the American Planning Association?
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Answer: Option A
Solution:
Bhubaneswar has become the first Indian city to win Pierre Lenfant International Planning excellence award 2017 for its town planning process.
12
Who was directly elected for the post of judge of the supreme court?
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Answer: Option A
Solution:
Indu Malhotra was directly elected for the post of judge of the supreme court.
13
Dr. C.V. Raman was awarded Nobel Prize for his work connected with which of following phenomenon of Radiation?
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Answer: Option A
Solution:
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1930 was awarded to Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman for his work on the scattering of light and for the discovery of the effect named after him.
14
Which of the following cities is included in the batch of 9 new cities selected for the Smart City Mission in January, 2018?
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Answer: Option C
Solution:
The nine cities include three from Uttar Pradesh – Moradabad, Bareilly and Saharanpur, Bihar Sharif (Bihar), Silvassa (Dadra and Nagar Havelli), Erode (Tamil Nadu), Daman and Diu, Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh) and Kavaratti (Lakshadweep).
15
Who among the following has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2014?
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Answer: Option D
Solution:
Jean Patrick Modiano, generally known as Patrick Modiano, is a French novelist and recipient of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature.
16
Narendra Kohli has been recently chosen for the award of . . . . . . . . . .
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Answer: Option B
Solution:
Narendra Kohli won Vyas Samman, 2012.
17
The 'Cannes Award' is given for excellence in which of the following field?
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Answer: Option B
Solution:
The 'Cannes Award' is given for excellence in Films.
18
Moortidevi Award is given annually in which of the following fields?
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Answer: Option A
Solution:
The Moorti Devi Award is an annual literary award in India presented by the Bharatiya Jnanpith organization for a work which emphasizes Indian philosophy and culture.
19
Who was the first posthumous recipient of Bharat Ratna?
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Answer: Option D
Solution:
The 1954 statutes did not allow posthumous awards, but this was subsequently modified in the January 1955 statute, and Lal Bahadur Shastri became the first recipient to be honoured posthumously in 1966.
20
Who among the following has been awarded the Officer of the Legion of Honour, the highest civilian distinction of the Government of France?
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Answer: Option A
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