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(a) Lata Mangeshkar
(b) Indira Gandhi
(c) Mother Teresa
(d) Sarojini Naidu
The correct answers to the above question in:
Answer: (b)
Indira Gandhi became the first woman to receive the Bharat Ratna in 1971. She served as the Prime Minister of India from 1966 to 1977 and then again from 1980 until her assassination in 1984. Instituted in 1954, the Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian award of India.
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Question : 1
Consider the following statements in context with the 13th Asian Shooting Championships held in Kuwait.
- Indian shooter Jitu Rai has won Gold medal in 50 metre pistol event category.
- Indian shooter Heena Sidhu has won silver medal in 10 metre Air Pistol event in women’s category.
a) Both 1 and 2
b) 1 only
c) 2 only
d) None of these.
Answer »Answer: (d)
Indian shooter Jitu Rai has won silver medal in 50 metre pistol event category. Heena Sidhu has won Gold medal in 10 metre Air Pistol event in women’s category.
Question : 2
The prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award was conferred upon Mr Arvind Kejriwal in which of the following category?
a) Government Service
b) Literature
c) Community Welfare
d) Emergent Leadership
Answer »Answer: (d)
In 2006, Kejriwal was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership recognising his involvement in a grassroots movement Parivartan using right-to-information legislation in a campaign against corruption.
The same year, after resigning from the IRS, he donated his Magsaysay award money as a corpus fund to found the Public Cause Research Foundation, a non-governmental organisation (NGO).
Question : 3
Chameli Devi Jain puraskar conferred to the professionals :
a) Musician
b) Journalist
c) Novelist
d) Scientist
Answer »Answer: (b)
Chameli Devi Jain puraskar is conferred to the journalists. The award, instituted by the Media Foundation has been conferred to Tusha Mittal of Tehelka’s Kolkata News Bureau in 2012.
Question : 4
Who of the following was honoured with Yash Chopra Memorial Award ?
a) Amitabh Bachchan
b) Dharmendra
c) Lata Mangeshkar
d) Dileep Kumar
Answer »Answer: (a)
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan was honoured with the Yash Chopra Memorial Award. Amitabh Bachchan is the second recipient of the award. The award was first conferred to melody queen Lata Mangeshkar in 2013.
Question : 5
Which South Korean author in May 2016 won the 2016 Man Booker International Prize for her novel ‘The Vegetarian’?
a) Tami Hoag
b) Yiyun Li
c) Han Kang
d) Taya Zinkin
Answer »Answer: (c)
South Korean author, Han Kang, on 16 May 2016 won the 2016 Man Booker International Prize for her novel ‘The Vegetarian’’.
It is a novel about a woman who “wants to reject human brutality” and gives up eating meat. The novel was translated by Deborah Smith and was published by Portobello Books.
Question : 6
Who among the following Indians is one who has been selected on July 27, for the Ramon Magsaysay Award, 2016?
a) Kiran Bedi
b) Kailash Satyarthi
c) Bezwada Wilson
d) Mahasweta Devi
Answer »Answer: (c)
Bezwada Wilson, a renowned campaigner against manual scavenging, and Carnatic singer T.M. Krishna from Chennai were, on 27 July 2016, named for the prestigious Magsaysay Award.
Other winners are Conchita Carpio-Morales from the Philippines, Dompet Dhuafa from Indonesia, Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers and Vientiane Rescue from Laos.
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