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The following question based on honours & awards topic of general awareness mcq
(a) Harold Pinter
(b) Robert H. Grubbs and Richard R. Schrock
(c) Robert J. Aumann and Thomas C. Schelling
(d) Barry J. Marshall and J Robin Warren
The correct answers to the above question in:
Answer: (a)
Harold Pinter, was a Nobel Prize-winning English playwright, screenwriter, director and actor. One of the most influential modern British dramatists, his writing career spanned more than 50 years. His best-known plays include,
- The Birthday Party (1957),
- The Homecoming (1964), and
- Betrayal (1978), each of which he adapted to film.
His screenplay adaptations of others’ works include,
- The Servant (1963),
- The GoBetween (1970),
- The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1981),
- The Trial (1993), and
- Sleuth (2007).
He also directed or acted in radio, stage, television, and film productions of his own and others’ works. Pinter received over 50 awards, prizes, and other honours, including the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2005.
Note: “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition” The Nobel Prize in Literature for2016 was awarded to Bob Dylan.
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Question : 1
Who among the following Nobel Prize winner was not an Indian citizen?
a) Subrahmanyam Chandrasekhar
b) Mother Teresa
c) C.V. Raman
d) Rabindra Nath Tagore
Answer »Answer: (a)
Question : 2
Consider the following Statements:
- Veteran actor and film producer Shashi Kapoor has been awarded with prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke Award 2014.
- Dada Saheb Phalke Award was established in 1959 to commemorate the birth centenary year of father of Indian cinema Dadasaheb Phalke.
- The award comprises a Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus) medallion, a cash prize of 10 lakh rupees and a shawl.
a) 1 and 3 only
b) 2 and 3 only
c) 1 and 2 only
d) All of the above
Answer »Answer: (a)
Dada Saheb Phalke Award was established in 1969 to commemorate the birth centenary year of father of Indian cinema Dadasaheb Phalke.
Question : 3
Which ex-U.S. President has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize-2002 ?
a) Jimmy Carter
b) William Jefferson Clinton
c) John F. Kennedy
d) Franklin D. Rossevelt
Answer »Answer: (a)
James Earl “Jimmy” Carter, Jr. is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States and was awarded the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office.
In 2002, President Carter received the Nobel Peace Prize for his work “to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development” through The Carter Center.
Three sitting presidents, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson and Barack Obama, have received the prize.
Note: The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes created by the Swedish industrialist, inventor, and armaments manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Chemistry, Physics, Physiology or Medicine, and Literature.
It has been awarded annually (with some exceptions) to those who have “done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses” the recipient is selected by the Norwegian Nobel Committee, a five-member committee appointed by the Parliament of Norway.
Since 1990, the prize is awarded on 10 December in Oslo City Hall each year. Most awards-International Committee of the Red Cross (3 times) In 2002 EX-American president JIMMY CARTER got a Nobel peace prize and In 2009 American president Barak Obama got this prize.
The 2016 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos ”for his resolute efforts to bring the country’s more than 50-yearlong civil war to an end.
Question : 4
The film which won the Audience Award at the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland is
a) Yaadein
b) Lagaan
c) Nayak
d) Dil Chahta Hai
Answer »Answer: (b)
Lagaan won the Audience Award at the Locarno International Film Festival. It was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 74th Academy Awards also. This film was directed by Ashutosh Gowarikar.
Question : 5
Who won the Jnanpith Award for 2011?
a) Sachidananda Routray
b) Sitakant Mahapatra
c) Gopinath Mohanty
d) Pratibha Ray
Answer »Answer: (d)
Pratibha Ray is an Indian academic and writer who won the Jnanpith Award in 2011. She was the first woman to win the Moortidevi Award in 1991. ,
Note : The most recent 52nd Jnanpith Award recipient of the award is Bengali poet and critic Shankha Ghosh who was awarded for the year 2016.
Question : 6
Which of the following received the Field’s medal (Nobel Prize of Mathematics) 2014?
a) Sanjay Barua
b) Manjul Bhargava
c) Mukul Pathak
d) Srikant Kheda
Answer »Answer: (b)
Manjul Bhargava has been awarded Field’s medal 2014 for his work in developing powerful new methods in the Geometry of numbers.
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