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(a) Kaling Award
(b) Bourlog Award
(c) Dhanwantari Award
(d) Bhatnagar Award
The correct answers to the above question in:
Answer: (b)
In order to recognize a scientist, who provides a breakthrough for agriculture through a new insight that has created high potential value for the future, the Norman Borlaug Award has been constituted.
The nominations for the awards are for a scientist(s) of any discipline of agricultural and allied sciences. The award would be 10 lakh in cash.
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Question : 1
The 2016 Oscar for Best Actor winner is:
a) Pierce Brosnan
b) Leonardo DiCaprio
c) Brie Larson
d) Alejandro G Inarritu
Answer »Answer: (b)
Leonardo DiCaprio won the Best Actor award at the 88th Academy Awards for the movie, ‘The Revenant.’ It was his first Academy award. The Revenant is a 2015 American epic survival Western film directed, co-produced and co-written by Alejandro G. Iñárritu.
Question : 2
Consider the following Statements:
- Hifikepunye Pohambawon the Mo Ibrahim prize for achievement in African leadership for year 2014.
- He was the president of Ghana.
- Mo Ibrahim prize was established in 1995.
a) 1 and 2 only
b) 2 and 3 only
c) 1 only
d) All of the above
Answer »Answer: (c)
He was the president of Namibia.Mo Ibrahim prize was established in 2007.
Question : 3
Consider the following statements
- The biennial Green Star Awards recognize individuals, organizations, governments and companies who have demonstrated achievements in prevention, preparedness and response to environmental emergencies.
- A joint initiative between Green Cross International (GCI), the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the Green Star Awards seeks to increase awareness of environmental emergencies by drawing attention to efforts made to prevent, prepare for and respond to such emergencies.
a) Both 1 and 2
b) 1 only
c) 2 only
d) Neither of these
Answer »Answer: (a)
The idea for the Award was conceived in June 2007 during the 7th Advisory Group on Environmental Emergencies (AGEE) meeting in Rosersberg, Sweden, where meeting participants recommended the establishment of a special recognition scheme.
As a result, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of HumanitarianAffairs, the United Nations Environment Programme and Green Cross International was requested to develop a suitable award.
Question : 4
Who is the winner of inaugural Khushwant Singh Memorial Prize for poetry?
a) Arundhathi Subramaniam
b) Joy Goswami
c) Sridala Swamy
d) Ranjit Hoskote
Answer »Answer: (a)
Arundhathi Subramaniam has received Khushwant Singh Memorial Prize for poetry for her work When God is a Traveller.
Question : 5
Who crowned Miss World 2014 ?
a) Rolene Strauss
b) Edina Kulcsar
c) Yu Venesia
d) Elizabeth Safrit
Answer »Answer: (a)
Miss South Africa Rolene Strauss was crowned Miss World 2014 at the final of the beauty pageant held in London. Strauss is a 22 year old fourth year medical student at university of the Free state. India’s 21 year old Koyal Rana made it to the top 10 but failed to make it to the top five.
Question : 6
Consider the following Statements:
- Marathi litterateur Bhalchandra Nemade has been chosen for 2014 Jnanpith Award.
- Kedarnath Singh was the recipient of 2013 Jnanpith Award.
a) 2 only
b) Both1and 2
c) 1 only
d) None of the above
Answer »Answer: (b)
Eminent Marathi litterateur Bhalchandra Nemade, whose 1963 novel Kosala(Cocoon) changed the dimensions of Marathi novel, was selected for the 2014 Jnanpith Award.
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