Practice MCQ Questions and answers on Awards and Honours-GK

The Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration is a prestigious award accorded by the Indian National Congress, after former Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi. Aruna Asaf Ali is a winner of the Indira Gandhi Award for National integration.

The Nobel Prize in Literature 1993 was awarded to Toni Morrison who is the first black American to win the Nobel Prize for literature.

Zakir Hussain was the third president of India. Before becoming the President he won the Bharat Ratna Award in the year 1963.

The Rajiv Gandhi Manav Seva Award is given for service to children. Under this Scheme, every year the National Selection Committee selects three individuals who are presented the award on August 20 (the birthday of Rajiv Gandhi).

The UNESCO Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science is UNESCO's oldest prize, created in 1951 following a donation from Mr Bijoyanand Patnaik, Founder and President of the Kalinga Foundation Trust in India.

'The Last Emperor' won 9 Oscars and was named Best Film of 1987.

The prestigious Ramon Magsaysay award was conferred upon Mrs. Kiran Bedi for her excellent contribution to government service.

The first Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavna award was conferred on Mother Teresa in 1992. The award was instituted by All India Congress Committee of the Indian National Congress Party in 1992 to commemorate the lasting contribution made by the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.

'Global 500 Awards' are given for outstanding achievement in ​the Protection of environment. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) established the Global 500 Roll of Honour.

In 1999, Amartya Sen was awarded the Bharat Ratna, a year after his 1998 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.