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- Padma Vibhushan is the second-highest civilian award in India.
- Tagore Literature Awards are jointly instituted by the Sahitya Akademi and UNESCO.
(a) Both 1 and 2
(b) 1 only
(c) 2 only
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
The correct answers to the above question in:
Answer: (b)
Only statement 1 is correct.
The Padma Vibhushan is the second-highest civilian award in the Republic of India and is instituted by Samsung Electronics and the Sahitya Akademi and not by UNESCO.
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Question : 1
Consider the following Statements:
- Lal Krishna Advani was conferred with Padma Bhushan.
- Harish Salve was conferred with Padma Vibhushan.
- Bimal Roy was conferred with Padma Shri.
a) 3 only
b) 2 and 3 only
c) 1 and 2 only
d) All of the above
Answer »Answer: (a)
- Lal Krishna Advani- Padma Vibhushan
- Harish Salve - Padma Bhushan
- Bimal Roy- Padma Shri.
Question : 2
Nobel prizes are distributed annually at
a) Geneva
b) New York
c) Stockholm
d) Manila
Answer »Answer: (c)
The Nobel awards in literature, medicine, physics, chemistry, peace, and economics are given in Stockholm, Sweden. The Peace prize is awarded in Oslo, Norway.
Question : 3
Who named as the winner of Sahitya Akademi Award 2014 for Sanskrit language ?
a) Budhi Nath Mishra
b) Prabodh Nath Sharma
c) Prabhu Nath Dwivedi
d) Prakash Mishra
Answer »Answer: (c)
Eminet Sanskrit Scholar Prabhu Nath Dwivedi was on 14 January 2015 named as the winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award 2014 for Sanskrit language. He was awarded for his work Kanakalochanaha, a collection of 16 short stories based on various social issues.
Question : 4
Pulitzer prize was established in
a) 1928
b) 1918
c) 1922
d) 1917
Answer »Answer: (d)
The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature, and musical composition. It was established in 1917 and administered by Columbia University in New York City by provisions in the will of American publisher Joseph Pulitzer.
Question : 5
Recently, Madhav Sharma has been hounoured with which of the following award by the UK government?
a) Dadabhai Naoroji Award
b) Nelson Mandela Award
c) Mahatma Gandhi Award
d) Mother Teresa Award
Answer »Answer: (a)
The first ever Dadabhai Naoroji Award for culture has been given to Madhav Sharma by the UK government.
Question : 6
Which India-born scientist was awarded the Nobel Prize in Astrophysics?
a) Satyendra Nath Bosh
b) Sir C.V. Raman
c) Prof. Chandrashekhar
d) Vikram Sarabhai
Answer »Answer: (c)
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar was an IndianAmerican astrophysicist who, with William A. Fowler, won the 1983 Nobel Prize for Physics for key discoveries in astrophysics that led to the currently accepted theory on the later evolutionary stages of massive stars. The Chandrasekhar limit is named after him.
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