1. The 'Cannes Award' is given for excellence in which field?
a) Films
b) Journalism
c) Literature
d) Economics
Explanation: The 'Cannes Award' is given for excellence in films.
2. The journalist who refused to accept 'Padma Bhushan' was?
a) Shekaran Nair
b) Khushwant Singh
c) Ratan Thiyam
d) Arun Shourie
Explanation: Khushwant Singh (Journalist) returned his Padma Bhushan in protest against Operation Blue Star (1984). He was awarded Padma Vibhushan in 2007.
3. The Nobel peace prize is awarded in which city?
a) Oslo
b) Stockholm
c) Brussels
d) Geneva
Explanation: As stipulated in the will of the Swedish born inventor and international industrialist Alfred Nobel, which was opened after his death in 1896, the Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine and Literature are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, while the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo, Norway.
4. Arjuna Award is given for -
a) Exceptional service in emergency
b) Bravery on battlefield
c) Outstanding performance in sports
d) Exceptional service in slum dwellers
Explanation: Arjuna award is given for outstanding performance in sports and games. This was the highest honour for sportspersons before Khel Ratna came up in 1991.
5. Who among the following is not a recipient of the Bharatiya Jnanpith Award?
a) Ashaparna Devi
b) M. F. Hussain
c) Raghupathi Sahai
d) V. K. Gokak
Explanation: M. F. Hussain is not a recipient of the Bharatiya Jnanpith Award.
6. Who won the Jnanpith Award 2016?
a) Shankha Ghosh
b) Shankar Balasubramaniam
c) Amitav Ghosh
d) Jhumpa Lahiri
Explanation: Shankha Ghosh and Raghuveer Chaudhari won the Jnanpith Award 2016.
7. Who was chosen for the National Yash Chopra Memorial Award 2017?
a) Shahid Kapoor
b) Shahrukh Khan
c) Anupam Kher
d) Abhishek Bachchan
Explanation: The king of romance Shah Rukh Khan was conferred with the Yash Chopra Memorial Award on 25 February 2017. The award commemorates the director - producer by honouring excellence in various spheres of cinema like acting, music etc.
8. Which bollywood actor received Kala Ratan Award in March 2017?
a) Naseeruddin Shah
b) Akshay Kumar
c) Anupam Kher
d) Anupam Kher
Explanation: Anupam Kher was honoured with the Kala Ratan Award in March 2017.
9. Who among the following is a Sanjay Chopra award recipient for 2016?
a) Abhinash Mishra
b) Arjun Singh
c) Aromal SM
d) Sarvanand Saha
Explanation: Arjun Singh, who fought with a tiger in Uttarakhand to save his mother, was the recipient of Sanjay Chopra Award in 2016. He along with 24 other children were honoured with National Bravery Awards at Republic Day celebrations.
10. Which of the following won the Oscars 2017 Best Picture?
a) La La Land
b) Moonlight
c) Arrival
d) Fences
Explanation: 'Moonlight' won Best Picture in Oscars 2017.
11. The UNSECO's 'Prix Jules Verne' prize has been given to which of the following serials of Doordarshan?
a) The World This Week
b) Surabhi
c) Eye Witness
d) Turning Point
Explanation: Turning Point
12. Who among the following is not a recipient of 'Dada Saheb Phalke' Award?
a) Ramanand Sagar
b) Raj Kapoor
c) Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre
d) Ashok Kumar
Explanation: Ramanand Sagar is not a recipient of 'Dada Saheb Phalke' Award.
13. Which state Government of India has instituted the Samman Award?
a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Himachal Pradesh
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Andhra Pradesh
Explanation: Madhya Pradesh
14. Sharad Joshi Samman is awarded for -
a) Cartoon
b) Satire and essay
c) Trade Union Activity
d) Social Service
Explanation: Madhya Pradesh government has instituted an award in memory of Sharad Joshi titled "Sharad Joshi Samman", given each year to individuals for outstanding achievement in the field of writing.
15. In 1901, Nobel Prize was not given for ?
a) Chemistry
b) Physics
c) Economics
d) Peace
Explanation: In 1901, Nobel Prize was not given for Economics.
16. Who among the following is a winner of the Indira Gandhi Award for National integration?
a) Aruna Asaf Ali
b) Ashok Kumar
c) Sundarlal Bahuguna
d) M. G. K. Menon
Explanation: 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.
17. The first black American to win the Nobel Prize for literature is
a) Arthur Ashe
b) Martin Luther King
c) Toni Morrison
d) Nelson Mandela
Explanation: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1993 was awarded to Toni Morrison who is the first black American to win the Nobel Prize for literature.
18. Who among the following got the 'Bharat Ratna' award, before becoming the President of India?
a) R. Venkatramanan
b) Dr. Zakir Hussain
c) V. V. Giri
d) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Explanation: Zakir Hussain was the third president of India. Before becoming the President he won the Bharat Ratna Award in the year 1963.
19. Manav Seva Award has been instituted in the memory of -
a) Rajiv Gandhi
b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
c) Indira Gandhi
d) Acharya Vinoba Bhave
Explanation: 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).
20. Kalinga Award was instituted by
a) UNESCO for exceptional contribution of efforts to popularise science
b) Indian Military
c) Jnanpith, a cultural literacy society for encouraging creative writing in modern languages
d) Indian Adult Education Association for outstanding contribution of adult literacy in India
Explanation: 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.
21. B. C. Roy Award is given in the field of -
a) Music
b) Journalism
c) Medicine
d) Environment
Explanation: B. C. Roy National Award Fund registered under the Societies Registration Act of 1860, has decided to give award in recognition of the outstanding service in the field of Socio - Medical Relief and in the establishment of the Medical organisations and Medical institutions.
22. In which year was Pulitzer Prize established?
a) 1917
b) 1918
c) 1922
d) 1928
Explanation: Pulitzer Prize was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of American publisher Joseph Pulitzer, and is administered by Columbia University in New York City. Prizes are awarded yearly in twenty - one categories
23. Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2000 was awarded to the former President of South Africa along with
a) Sathish Dawan
b) C. Subramanian
c) Grameen Bank of Bangladesh
d) World Health Organisation
Explanation: The Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2000 was split between the South African President and peace representative Nelson Mandela and the microfinance organisation and community development bank Grameen Bank.
24. Who has been awarded the first lifetime Achievement Award for his/her contribution in the field of Cinema?
a) Ashok Kumar
b) Hou Hsiao-Hsien
c) Akiro Burosova
d) Bernardo Burtolucci
Explanation: Ashok Kumar
25. The prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award was conferred upon Ms. Kiran Bedi for her excellent contribution to which of the following fields?
a) Literature
b) Community Welfare
c) Government Service
d) Journalism
Explanation: The prestigious Ramon Magsaysay award was conferred upon Ms. Kiran Bedi for her excellent contribution to government service.
26. On whose name is the highest award for services to the development of cinema given?
a) Raj Kapoor
b) Dada Saheb
c) Meena Kumari
d) Amitabh Bachchan
Explanation: 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.”
27. Which of the following famous financial journals of international repute confers 'Finance minister of the year' Award?
a) Dalal Street
b) Business Standard
c) Euromoney
d) Money Matters
Explanation: Euromoney
28. Tansen Samman has been instituted by the Government of?
a) Gujarat
b) Maharashtra
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Madhya Pradesh
Explanation: 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
29. 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?
a) Arun Netravalli
b) Dr. Hargovind Khorana
c) Subramania Chandrasekar
d) Professor C. Radhakrishna Rao
Explanation: Arun Netravalli
30. The only Indian to win the Nobel prize in physics is -
a) Dr. J. C. Bose
b) Dr. C. V. Raman
c) Dr. Vikram Sarabhai
d) Dr. H. J. Bhabha
Explanation: 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.
31. How many Nobel Prize awards are awarded each year?
a) 8
b) 5
c) 10
d) 6
Explanation: Since 1901, the Nobel Prize has been awarded in the fields of physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and peace, while a memorial prize in economic sciences was added in 1968.
32. In which year did Dada Saheb Phalke produce the first feature film?
a) 1912
b) 1913
c) 1911
d) 1910
Explanation: Dada Saheb Phalke produced the first feature film in 1913 named Raja Harishchandra.
33. The Arjuna Awards were instituted in the year
a) 1965
b) 1963
c) 1961
d) 1957
Explanation: 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 500,000, a bronze statue of Arjuna and a scroll.
34. In which year 'Bharat Ratna' India's highest civilian award was established and how many persons have been honoured with this award so far?
a) 1952, 67
b) 1954, 48
c) 1969, 45
d) 1972, 41
Explanation: Bharat Ratna was established in 1952 and 48 persons have been honoured with this award so far.
35. Norman Borlaug won Nobel Peace Prize for his contribution in:
1. Development of high-yielding crops.
2. Modernization of irrigation infrastructure.
3. Introduction of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) 2 and 3 only
d) 1, 2 and 3
Explanation: Norman Borlaug was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 in recognition of his contributions to world peace through increasing food supply. Later in his life, he helped apply these methods of increasing food production in Asia and Africa.
36. Which of the following societies has instituted an award for an outstanding parliamentarian?
a) Jamanlal Bajaj Foundation
b) Institute of Constitutional and Parliamentary Studies
c) G. B. Pant Memorial Society
d) R. D. Birla samara Kosh
Explanation: G. B. Pant Memorial Society
37. Which is the highest gallantry award in India?
a) Param Vishishtat Seva Medal
b) Param Vir Chakra
c) Kirti Chakra
d) Vir Chakra
Explanation: The Param Vir Chakra (PVC) is India's highest military decoration awarded for the highest degree of valour or self - sacrifice in the presence of the enemy, similar to the British Victoria Cross, US Medal of Honor, Pakistani Nishan - e - Haider, or French Legion of Honour or Russian Cross of St. George.
38. Which state gives Mewar Award?
a) Haryana
b) Delhi
c) Punjab
d) Rajasthan
Explanation: Maharana Mewar Award is a State Award of Rajasthan. This award has been instituted to honour work of permanent value to those who consider it their duty, like the Diwan of Shree Eklingnath ji, to serve society through services in the field of education, literature, social services, philanthropy and character building activities.
39. Who is the first Asian Winner of Nobel Prize?
a) C. V. Raman
b) Rajiv Gandhi
c) Rabindranath Tagore
d) Mother Teresa
Explanation: Rabindranath Tagore is the first Asian Nobel Laureate in Literature in 1913.
40. Who was the first Indian to receive Nobel Prize in Literature?
a) Mother Teresa
b) C. V. Raman
c) Rabindranath Tagore
d) Sarojini Naidu
Explanation: Rabindranath Tagore was the first Indian to receive Nobel Prize in Literature.
41. The first Indira Gandhi Award for International Justice and Harmony has been given to
a) Larry Pressler
b) Amnesty International
c) Hussain Ibrahim Zaki
d) Yasser Arafat
Explanation: Yasser Arafat
42. Ashoka Chakra' is awarded for?
a) acts of gallantry in the presence of enemy
b) gallantry by children
c) outstanding contribution to literature
d) the most conspicuous bravery or self sacrifice on land, air or sea but not in the presence of the enemy
Explanation: '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.
43. Who among the following is the recipient of the first Dayawati Modi Award for art, culture and education?
a) Dharmavir Bharti
b) Amitabh Bachchan
c) B. V. Karanth
d) Ashok Vajpeyi
Explanation: 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.
44. The Nobel Prize was first awarded in ?
a) 1976
b) 1958
c) 1901
d) 1972
Explanation: On 10 December 1901 the first Nobel Prizes were awarded.
45. Who among the following own the Nobel prize for literature?
a) Linus Pauling
b) Samuel Beckett
c) Philip Noel - Baker
d) Ralph Bunche
Explanation: 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.
46. 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
a) Abdul Ghaffar khan
b) Mikhail Gorbachev
c) Marshal Tito
d) Abdul Wali Khan
Explanation: 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.
47. The first recipient of Nehru Award was
a) Martin Luther King
b) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
c) Mother Teresa
d) U Thant
Explanation: 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.
48. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar awards are given for
a) exploring new dimensions in creative writing in Indian languages
b) outstanding contribution to science
c) creating mass awareness on environmental issues
d) excellence in film direction
Explanation: 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.
49. The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award is given by which of the following organisations?
a) Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
b) Indian Council for Agricultural Research
c) Indian National Science Academy
d) Indian Space Research Organisation
Explanation: 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.
50. Which of the following awards was conferred upon Smt. Aruna Asaf Ali for her role in the welfare of adult and women?
a) Tagore Literacy Award
b) UNSECO Literacy Award
c) Moorti Devi Award
d) Kalinga Prize
Explanation: Moorti Devi Award
51. Sanghmitra Kalita' has been honoured with which award recently?
a) Pulitzer Award
b) Bookers Award
c) Gyanpeeth Award
d) The Legion of Honour
Explanation: 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.
52. Who of the following was honoured as 2014 World Food Prize Laureate?
a) M. S. Swaminathan
b) Sanjaya Rajaram
c) Hari Shankar Gupta
d) C. N. R. Rao
Explanation: 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.
53. The 28th Annual lata Mangeshkar Samman Alankaran 2013 was conferred to
a) Sonu Nigam
b) Kailash Kher
c) Hariharan
d) A. R. Rahman
Explanation: The Madhya Pradesh government, in May 2013, conferred the 28th Annual Lata Mangeshkar Samman Alankaran 2013 on famous playback singer Hariharan
54. Kailash Satyarthi, a Nobel laureate, was selected for
a) Oxford Humanitarian of the year Award, 2015
b) Cambridge Humanitarian of the year Award, 2015
c) Harvard Humanitarian of the year Award, 2015
d) Australian Humanitarian of the year Award, 2015
Explanation: 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.
55. Which homegrown MNC was named the innovator of the year 2017 in the Times India Awards?
a) Hindustan Unilever Limited
b) Mindtree
c) Hero Motocorp
d) Mahindra & Mahindra
Explanation: Mahindra & Mahindra, a homegrown automotive multinational that produces everything from two-wheelers to tractors, was named Innovator for the Year 2017
56. Which Indian Chief Minister won the 2017 Outlook Speakout Award?
a) Mamata Banerjee
b) Nitish Kumar
c) Devendra Fadnavis
d) Naveen Patnaik
Explanation: Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik won best administrator at Outlook Speakout awards.
57. Which one of the following films was awarded the best children's film in Berlin International film festival, 2016?
a) Ottal
b) Killa
c) Dhanak
d) Hail
Explanation: Malayalam film 'Ottal' (The Trap) won the Best Children's Film award at the 2016 Berlin International Film Festival.
58. An Indian economist has won 'Balzan Prize 2017' for contribution of women in Indian agriculture. What is his name?
a) Devika Jain
b) Rohini Pande
c) Dipali Joshi
d) Bina Agarwal
Explanation: The International Balzan Foundation on 11 September 2017 announced the winners of the 2017 Balzan Prize. Indian economist Bina Agarwal was recognised among other awardees for her work on women's contributions to agriculture in India.
59. "Bharat Ratna" awardee of foreign nationality who died in December 2013 is :
a) Nelson Mandela
b) Ch. Gani Khan
c) Doris Lesseing
d) Dalai Lama
Explanation: "Bharat Ratna" awardee Nelson Mandela died on 5 December 2013.
60. The award given for outstanding performance in sports is
a) Bharat Ratna
b) Arjuna Award
c) Dronacharya Award
d) Padma Shri Award
Explanation: The award given for outstanding performance in sports is Arjuna Award.
61. Narendra Kohli has been recently chosen for the award of . . . . . . . . . ?
a) Saraswati Samman, 2012
b) Vyas Samman, 2012
c) Jnanpith Award 2012
d) None of these
Explanation: Narendra Kohli won Vyas Samman, 2012.
62. The 'Cannes Award' is given for excellence in which of the following field?
a) Literature
b) Films
c) Journalism
d) Economics
Explanation: The 'Cannes Award' is given for excellence in Films.
63. Moortidevi Award is given annually in which of the following fields?
a) Literature
b) Films
c) Journalism
d) Music
Explanation: 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.
64. Who was the first posthumous recipient of Bharat Ratna?
a) M. G. Ramachandran
b) B. R. Ambedkar
c) K. Kamraj
d) Lal Bahadur Shastri
Explanation: 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.
65. Who among the following has been awarded the Officer of the Legion of Honour, the highest civilian distinction of the Government of France??
a) N. R. Narayana Murthy
b) Ratan Tata
c) K. M. Birla
d) Mukesh Ambani
Explanation: No explanation is given for this question
66. President Pranab Mukherjee on 7 October 2014 presented the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for excellence in Public Administration. Academics and Management for the year 2014 to
a) V. Sampath
b) Dr. A. S. Pillai
c) Arvind Mayaram
d) Ajit Dobhal
Explanation: No explanation is given for this question
67. Which of the following is the second highest gallantry award in India?
a) Vir Chakra
b) Mahavir Chakra
c) Ashok Chakra
d) Shaurya Chakra
Explanation: Maha Vir Chakra is the second highest military decoration in India and is awarded for acts of conspicuous gallantry in the presence of the enemy, whether on land, at sea or in the air.
68. Name the field in which M. R. Poovamma has won an award in 2015?
a) Carnatic Music
b) Tamil Literature
c) Athletics
d) Wrestling
Explanation: M. R. Poovamma was winner of the 2015 Arjuna award for her contributions in the field of athletics.
69. Maha Chakri Sirindhorn who has been conferred with first "World Sanskrit Award" belong to which country?
a) Pakistan
b) Thailand
c) Australia
d) China
Explanation: Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand has been conferred the first 'World Sanskrit Award' for her contribution towards promotion of the language.
70. Who was the first recipient of Dronacharya Award in 1985?
a) O. M. Nambiar
b) Om Prakash Bhardwaj
c) B. B. Bhagwat
d) All of them
Explanation: O. M. Nambiar, Om Prakash Bhardwaj and B. B. Bhagwat were the first recipient of Dronacharya Award in 1985.