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(a) Christopher A. Sims and Thomas J. Sargent
(b) Bruce A. Beutler, Jules A. Hoffmann and Ralph M. Steinman
(c) Saul Perlmutter, Brian P. Schmidt and Adam G. Riess
(d) Dan Schechtman
The correct answers to the above question in:
Answer: (c)
Saul Perlmutter is an American astrophysicist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and a professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2003.
He is also a member of the National Academy of Sciences. Perlmutter shared both the 2006 Shaw Prize in Astronomy and the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics with Brian P. Schmidt and Adam Riess for providing evidence that the expansion of the universe is accelerating.
Note: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics 2016 with one half to David J. Thouless (University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA) and the other half to F. Duncan M. Haldane (Princeton University, NJ, US) and J. Michael Kosterlitz (Brown University, Providence, RI, USA)
“for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter”
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Question : 1
Consider about BAFTA Awards
- It is the British Counterpart of the Academy Awards (Oscars).
- It was first awarded in 1939.
- It honours the best national and foreign films.
a) 1 and 3
b) 1 and 2
c) 1 and 4
d) All of the above
Answer »Answer: (a)
Question : 2
Which of the following states conferred the Kalidas Samman?
a) Uttrakhand
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Rajasthan
d) Uttar Pradesh
Answer »Answer: (b)
The Kalidas Samman is a prestigious arts award presented annually by the government of Madhya Pradesh. The award is named after Kalidas, a renowned Classical Sanskrit writer.
The Kalidas Samman was first awarded in 1980 and was initially conferred in alternate years in the fields of Classical Music, Classical Dance, Theatre and Plastic Arts.
Question : 3
The Sultan Qaboos prize is given in the field of
a) Architecture
b) Literature
c) Science
d) Environmental preservation
Answer »Answer: (d)
The Sultan Qaboos prize is a biennial award sponsored by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) which is given for environmental preservation.
Question : 4
Who was honoured with Doctorate of Automotive Engineering by the Clemson University ?
a) Sunil Mittal
b) Mukesh Ambani
c) Ratan Tata
d) Narayan Murti
Answer »Answer: (c)
Ratan Tata was honoured on 26 February 2015 with an honorary Doctorate of Automotive Engineering by the Clemson University at the South Carolina Automotive summit. He was awarded for his contribution to the global automotive industry
Question : 5
Nobel Prizes are given by
a) The Government of Norway
b) The Government of Sweden
c) The Government of Switzerland
d) Swedish Academy
Answer »Answer: (d)
Question : 6
The Oscar Award was won 36 times by
a) Walt Disney
b) Alfred Hitchcock
c) Charlie Chaplin
d) Akiro Kurosawa
Answer »Answer: (a)
The question is wrong. No one has ever won 36 Oscar Awards. Walt Disney (1901–66) won or received a total of twenty-six Academy Awards, and holds the record for most Academy Awards in history.
He won a total of twenty-two competitive Academy Awards from a total of fifty-nine nominations. He holds the records for most wins and most nominations for an individual in history.
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