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(a) Madam Curie
(b) David Lee
(c) Russell Hulse
(d) Paul Boyer
The correct answers to the above question in:
Answer: (a)
Marie Curie was a Polish physicist and chemist, working mainly in France, who is famous for her pioneering research on radioactivity.
She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the only woman to win in two fields, and the only person to win in multiple sciences. She was also the first female professor at the University of Paris (La Sorbonne), and in 1995 became the first woman to be entombed on her own merits in Paris’ Panthéon.
She shared her 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with her husband Pierre Curie and with physicist Henri Becquerel. She was the sole winner of the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Her achievements included a theory of radioactivity (a term that she coined), techniques for isolating radioactive isotopes, and the discovery of two elements, polonium and radium.
Under her direction, the world’s first studies were conducted into the treatment of neoplasms, using radioactive isotopes.
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Question : 1
Who Selected for Saraswati Samman 2014 ?
a) Narendra Kohali
b) Ramdarash Mishra
c) Veerappa Moily
d) Sugatha Kumari
Answer »Answer: (c)
Former Union Minister and Senior Congress leader M.Veerappa Moily on 9 March 2015 was selected for the prestigious Saraswati Samman 2014 for his Kannada poem Ramayana Mahanveshanam.
In the poem Ramayana Mahanveshanam, Moily tried to explore the Ramarajya or the true principle of the ideal state from a secular and modern point of view in his collection of poems.
Question : 2
Which of the following categories of National Film Awards 2014 have been correctly paired with the recipients?
- Best Actor Bobby Simhaa
- Best Actress Kangana Ranaut
- Best Film on Pagdi- The Honour Social Issues
- Best Feature Film Court
a) 3 and 4 only
b) 2 and 4 only
c) 1 and 3 only
d) 1, 2 and 3 only
Answer »Answer: (b)
Vijay for Nanu Avanalla Avalu (Kannada) and Bobby Simhaa for film Jigarthanda (Tamil) were adjudged as Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor respectively. Chotoder Chobi (Bengali) by Kaushik Ganguly was adjudged as the Best Film on Social Issues.
Question : 3
Nobel Peace Prize for 2014 has been awarded to
a) Both Malala Yusufzai (Pakistan) and Kailash Satyarthi (India)
b) Kailash Satyarthi (India)
c) Malala Yusufzai (Pakistan)
d) Neither Malala Yusufzai (Pakistan) nor Kailash Satyarthi (India
Answer »Answer: (a)
The 2014 Nobel Peace Prize was shared, in two equal parts, between Kailash Satyarthi (India) and Malala Yousafzai (Pakistan) “for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education”.
Note: The Nobel Peace Prize 2016 was awarded to Juan Manuel Santos ”for his resolute efforts to bring the country’s more than 50-year-long civil war to an end”.
Question : 4
Who was honoured with “The Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers 2014”. ?
a) Ratan Tata
b) Manmohan Singh
c) Narendra Modi
d) Pranab Mukherjee
Answer »Answer: (b)
Manmohan Singh received Japan’s top national award The Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers 2014.
He was awarded for his contribution to the enhancement of relations and promotion of friendship between Japan and India. Manmohan Singh became the first Indian to receive this honour.
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