honours & awards section 6 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 41 [SSC CML 2000]

Kalinga Prize for popularisation for science was established in 1951 by the UNESCO at the initiative of

a) Biju Patnaik

b) Jagadish Chandra Bose

c) C.V. Raman

d) S. Radhakrishnan

Question : 42 [UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2002]

Who was the first Indian to receive the Magsaysay award?

a) Indira Gandhi

b) Kiran Bedi

c) T.N. Seshan

d) Vinoba Bhave

Question : 43

FiFi awards are given in_____industry:

a) Automobiles

b) Home Appliances

c) Perfumes

d) Film

Question : 44 [SSC CPO 2006]

Amartya Sen was awarded the Nobel Prize for his contribution to

a) Econometrics

b) Welfare Economics

c) Monetary Economics

d) Development Economics

Question : 45

Which of the following statements are correct about International Children’s Peace Prize?

1. The prize is an initiative of KidsRights Foundation.
2. The Prize was launched in the year 2005.
3. The prize for 2014 has been awarded to Neha Gupta, an Indian citizen.

a) 2 and 3 only

b) 1 and 3 only

c) 1 and 2 only

d) All of these