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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-4 section-1

Each section contains 100 MCQs on Awards and Honours .
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The highest civilian award of India 'Bharat Ratna' has been awarded to only two foreigners so far. One of them is Nelson Mandela. The other is
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Answer: Option A
Solution:
The highest civilian award of India 'Bharat Ratna' has been awarded to only two foreigners so far. One of them is Nelson Mandela. The other is Abdul Ghaffar Khan.
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The first recipient of Nehru Award was -
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Answer: Option D
Solution:
Thant known honorifically as U Thant was a Burmese diplomat and the third secretary - general of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971. He was the first recipient of Nehru Award.
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Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar awards are given for -
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Answer: Option B
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The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (SSB) is a science award in India given annually by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for notable and outstanding research, applied or fundamental, in biology, chemistry, environmental science, engineering, mathematics, medicine, and Physics.
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The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award is given by which of the following organisations?
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Answer: Option A
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The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (SSB) is a science award in India given annually by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for notable and outstanding research, applied or fundamental, in biology, chemistry, environmental science, engineering, mathematics, medicine, and physics.
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Which of the following awards was conferred upon Smt. Aruna Asaf Ali for her role in the welfare of adult and women?
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Answer: Option C
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On whose name is the highest award for services to the development of cinema given?
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Answer: Option B
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Dadasaheb Phalke Award is India's highest award in cinema. It is given for the "outstanding contribution to the growth and development of Indian cinema.”
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Which of the following famous financial journals of international repute confers 'Finance minister of the year' Award?
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Answer: Option C
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Tansen Samman has been instituted by the Government of?
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Answer: Option D
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Instituted by the Government of Madhya Pradesh in 1980, Tansen award is presented every year for excellence in Hindustani classical music. It is presented during the Tansen Samaroh at Gwalior.
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On whom did the U. S. President George W. Bush bestow, in 2002, the U.S.'s highest award for life time achievement in the field of scientific research?
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Answer: Option A
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The only Indian to win the Nobel prize in physics is -
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Answer: Option B
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Dr. C. V. Raman is India's first and only physicist to win a Nobel Physics Prize in 1930 "for his work on the scattering of light and for the discovery of the effect named after him.