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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 .
1
Who among the following has been chosen 'Person of the year 2015' by Times magazine?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
Angela Dorothea Merkel is a German politician serving as Chancellor of Germany since 2005. She has been chosen 'Person of the year 2015' by Times magazine.
2
Nobel Prizes are distributed annually at -
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
Except for the Peace Prize, the Nobel Prizes are presented in Stockholm, Sweden, at the annual Prize Award Ceremony on 10 December, the anniversary of Nobel's death.
3
Which of the following was the winner of the Grammy Awards 2016 "Song of the Year"?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
Ed Sheeran won two Grammy awards including song of the Year for "Thinking Out Loud".
4
Which one of the following States will host the Nobel Prize Series - India 2018 (Science Impacts Life) Exhibition?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
The Goa government executed a trilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Department of Bio-Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India (GoI) and Nobel Media, Sweden to hold the 'Nobel Prize Series'.
5
Kalidas Samman Award has been instituted by -
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
The Kalidas Samman is a prestigious arts award presented annually by the government of Madhya Pradesh in India.
6
'Sanghmitra Kalita' has been honoured with which award recently?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
The correct answer is Pulitzer Award. Indian - American Sanghamitra Kalita, who was the then managing editor of Los Angeles Times, was part of the team that won the Pulitzer in the breaking news category in 2016.
7
Who of the following was honoured as 2014 World Food Prize Laureate?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
Sanjaya Rajaram, a wheat breeder who has spent his life developing more than 480 varieties of the staple crop, was awarded The World Food Prize among an international audience at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines.
8
The 28th Annual lata Mangeshkar Samman Alankaran 2013 was conferred to -
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
The Madhya Pradesh government, in May 2013, conferred the 28th Annual Lata Mangeshkar Samman Alankaran 2013 on famous playback singer Hariharan.
9
Kailash Satyarthi, a Nobel laureate, was selected for -
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi conferred Harvard University's 2015 Humanitarian of the Year Award. He was awarded for his continuing contribution to the cause of child rights and abolition of child slavery.
10
Which homegrown MNC was named the innovator of the year 2017 in the Times India Awards?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Mahindra & Mahindra, a homegrown automotive multinational that produces everything from two-wheelers to tractors, was named Innovator for the Year 2017.