honours & awards section 10 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 41

Consider the following statements

1. As a tribute to the ideals espoused by Mahatma Gandhi, the Government of India had launched the International Gandhi Peace Prize in 1995 on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
2. First recipient of the prize is Dr. A. T. Ariyaratane President, Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement, Sri Lanka.

a) Both 1 and 2

b) 1 only

c) 2 only

d) Neither of these

Question : 42 [SSC CPO 2009]

Nobel Prize winning India, Amartya Sen, is known for his work in which area ?

a) Chemistry

b) Environmental Protection

c) Physics

d) Economics

Question : 43 [SSC CPO 2009]

What is the field in which coutstanding work may be recognised with the award of Pulitzer Prize ?

a) International Understanding

b) Literature and Journalism

c) Science and Technology

d) Environmental Studies

Question : 44 [MPPCS (Spl)(Pre) 2004]

Who has been awarded ‘Bharat Ratna’?

a) Amjad Ali Khan

b) Ravi Shankar

c) Dr. Kurien

d) Dr. Sarvapalli Gopal

Question : 45

Consider the following statements

1. The Nobel Prize awarding ceremony takes place on December 10 of every year.
2. The Nobel Prize for Literature was added later on to the other five existing areas – Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Peace and Economics.

a) Both 1 and 2

b) 1 only

c) 2 only

d) Neither 1 nor 2