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(a) Scientists
(b) Young Mathematician
(c) Poets
(d) Young Physicians
The correct answers to the above question in:
Answer: (b)
The SASTRA Ramanujan Prize, founded by Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology & Research Academy (SASTRA) University in Kumbakonam, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan’s hometown, is awarded every year to a young mathematician judged to have done outstanding work in Ramanujan’s fields of interest.
The age limit for the prize has been set at 32 (the age at which Ramanujan died), and the current award is $10,000.
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Question : 1
Who was conferred with Giraffe Hero Award 2015 ?
a) Vinod Rai
b) Subhash Chandra Agrawal
c) K.C. Abraham
d) Pratap Singh Patwal
Answer »Answer: (b)
Indian RTI activist Subhash Chandra Agrawal was conferred with the Giraffe Hero Award 2015 by a US-based NGO. The Giraffe Heroes Project.
Agrawal was awarded for his bravery in utilising the Right to Information (RTI) Act 2005 for the public good despite innumerable challenges.
Question : 2
Consider the following Statements:
- Australian author Richard Flanagan won the Man Booker Prize 2014.
- He is the third Australian to win the Man Booker Prize.
- The Booker Prize was first awarded in 1969.
a) 1 and 3 only
b) 2 and 3 only
c) 1 and 2 only
d) All of the above
Answer »Answer: (d)
Question : 3
Consider the following Statements:
- Boxer Manoj Kumar was awarded with Arjuna Award.
- He has won silver medal in Commonwealth Games 2010.
a) 2 only
b) Both1and 2
c) 1 only
d) None of the above
Answer »Answer: (c)
He has won gold medal in Commonwealth Games 2010. The award was instituted in 1961. It carries a monetary prize of Rs. 500,000, a bronze statuette of Arjuna and a scroll.
Question : 4
Who won the Nobel Prize 2014 for Economics ?
a) Patrick Modiano
b) John O’ Keefe
c) Jean Tirole
d) Stefan W. Hell
Answer »Answer: (c)
The Noble prize 2014 for Economics was awarded to French economist Jean Tirole for his analysis of market power and regulation.
Question : 5
Consider the following statements:
- Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding was founded in 1965.
- Mother Teresa was the first person to get the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding.
a) Both 1 and 2
b) 1 only
c) 2 only
d) Neither 1 nor 2
Answer »Answer: (b)
Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding was founded in 1965.
It is administered by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) to people “for their outstanding contribution to the promotion of international understanding, goodwill and friendship among people of the world”. The money constituent of this award is 2.5 million rupees.
Question : 6
Sugathakumari chosen for the award of the Saraswati Samman 2012 is an eminent poetess in _____ .
a) Telugu
b) Tamil
c) Kannada
d) Malayalam
Answer »Answer: (d)
Sugathakumari is an established writer in Malayalam. She won the prestigious Saraswati Samman in 2012 for Manalezhuthu, being only the third Malayalam writer to do so.
Note: The Saraswati Samman is an annual award for outstanding prose or poetry literary works in any 22 Indian languages listed in Schedule VIII of the Constitution of India.
Eminent Konkani writer Mahabaleshwar Sail has been honoured with the Saraswati Samman 2016 for his novel Hawthorn.
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