Practice Quiz set 3 - general awareness mcq Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams
Q-1) In which year did Amartya Kumar Sen receive the Nobel Prize in Economics ?
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Prof. Amartya Sen was the recipient of the Nobel Prize for Economics for the year 1998, becoming the first Asian to receive this award. The Shantiniketan born economist is a pioneer in Welfare Economics.
Q-2) The Nobel prizes except Economics were first awarded in
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Nobel prize was first given in 1901. From 1901 to 2012 the Nobel prizes and the Prize in Economic Sciences were awarded 555 times to 856 people and organizations. With some receiving the Nobel prize more than once, this makes a total of 835 individuals and 21 organizations.
Q-3) Who won the best film award in the 60th Filmfare Awards?
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60th Filmfare Awards were announced in Mumbai. Best film award was given to film Queen and its Director Vikas Bahl won the Best Director award. Shahid won the Best Actor award for the film Haider and Kangana Ranaut won the Best Actress award for film Queen.
Kamini Kaushal was honoured with the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award.
Q-4) Who among the following Indians has been honoured by a special Oscar?
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded Satyajit Ray, widely regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of the 20th century, an Honorary Oscar in 1992 for Lifetime Achievement. The Government of India honoured him with the Bharat Ratna, its highest civilian award, in the same year.
Q-5) Nikhil Srivastava who has been recently declared as the joint winner of the prestigious George Polya Award is a/an
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Nikhil Srivastava has been declared as the joint winner of the George Polya Award for solving the Kadison Singer problem.
Q-6) Consider the statements related to the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology announced on 26 September 2015.
- The annual prizes are awarded by DRDO to its scientists.
- It is presented in seven categories.
- In 2015, 11 scientists were given prizes under various categories.
Which of them is/are true?
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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.
Q-7) International children’s peace prize 2014 was won by–
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Neha Gupta was awarded with the prestigious international children’s peace prize 2014. Neha an 18 year old Indian American from Philadelphia was awarded for her work to help orphans in India and other vulnerable children.
Q-8) Moortidevi Award is given annually in which of the following fields ?
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The Moortidevi Award is an annual literary award in India presented by the Bharatiya Jnanpith organization for a work which emphasizes Indian philosophy and culture. The prize includes an amount of Rupees Four Lakh, a plaque, a statue of Saraswati, and a shawl.
Q-9) The ‘Chakradhar Fellowship’ is given in the field of
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Q-10) Who among the following is not a recipient of the Bharatiya Jnanpith Award?
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