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Question : 26
Nikhil Srivastava who has been recently declared as the joint winner of the prestigious George Polya Award is a/an
a) Biologist
b) Mathematician
c) Physicist
d) Social Scientist
Answer »Answer: (b)
Nikhil Srivastava has been declared as the joint winner of the George Polya Award for solving the Kadison Singer problem.
Question : 27 [SSC GL 2014]
Who had been selected for the Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award 2013 ?
a) Aashish Khan
b) Gautam Ghosh
c) Amjad Ali Khan
d) Muzaffar Ali
Answer »Answer: (c)
Sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan was chosen for the 21st Rajiv Gandhi National Sadhbhavna Award (2013) for his contribution towards the promotion of communal harmony and peace.
The award was conferred on him on 20 August 2013, the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
Note: In 2016 Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award is presented to Shobha Mudgal (singer).
Question : 28 [SSC CGL (PRE) 2002]
Authors in English from which of the following countries are not eligible to be considered for the Booker Prize?
a) Republic of Ireland
b) Commonwealth
c) Britain
d) USA
Answer »Answer: (d)
The Man Booker Prize for Fiction is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original full-length novel, written in the English language, by a citizen of the Commonwealth of Nations, Ireland, or Zimbabwe.
Note: Paul Beatty was awarded the 2016 Booker Prize for his novel The Sellout, receiving 50,000 pounds ($61,000), and becoming the first American author to be awarded the prize.
Question : 29
Consider the following Statements:
- Balbir Singh Senior was awarded Major Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award.
- He is often called Balbir Singh Senior to distinguish him from other Indian hockey players named Balbir Singh.
- Balbir Singh Senior was a member of three Olympic gold medal-winning Indian teams.
a) 1 and 3 only
b) 2 and 3 only
c) 1 and 2 only
d) All of the above
Answer »Answer: (d)
Balbir Singh Senior was a member of three Olympic gold medal-winning Indian teams, viz.,
- London Olympics (1948),
- Helsinki Olympics (1952) and
- Melbourne Olympics (1956).
He was the Vice-Captain of the Indian Hockey team during Helsinki Olympics and Captain during Melbourne Olympics.
Question : 30
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.
a) 1 and 3
b) 1 and 2
c) 2 and 3
d) All of the above
Answer »Answer: (c)
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.
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