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(a) Kashinath Singh
(b) Kedarnath Singh
(c) Mridula Garg
(d) Sri Lal Sukla
The correct answers to the above question in:
Answer: (b)
Kedarnath Singh has been chosen for the Jnanpith Award 2013. His works include many poems, essays and stories.
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Question : 1
Governor of the Year Award received by-
a) Raghuram Rajan
b) Jacques de Larosiere
c) Claudio Borio
d) Tabare Vazquez
Answer »Answer: (a)
RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan received the Governor of the year Award for 2015. The award recognises the Governor of a Central Bank who has demonstrated strong leadership during the period under review.
He was awarded for his disciplined and focused approach to tackling macroeconomic instability.
Question : 2
Who conferred with the Indian Film personality of the year 2014 award?
a) Amitabh Bachchan
b) Dileep Kumar
c) Rajnikanth
d) Shahrukh Khan
Answer »Answer: (c)
Tamil Superstar Rajnikanth was honoured with the centenary award for Indian film personality of the year 2014 at the 45th International Film Festival of India (IFFI). The award consisted of a cash prize of 10 lakh rupees, a certificate and the silver peacock medal.
The award for Indian film personality of the year category was instituted in 2013 to commemorate 100 years of Indian cinema.
Question : 3
Which of the following awards was conferred upon Smt. Aruna Asaf Ali for her role in the welfare of adult and women?
a) Kalinga Prize
b) UNSECO Literacy Award
c) Moorti Devi Award
d) Tagore Literacy Award
Answer »Answer: (c)
Question : 4
Kabir Puraskar is related to which field?
a) Hindi literature
b) Cultural development
c) Promotion of communal harmony
d) Sculpture
Answer »Answer: (c)
Kabir puraskar is given for the promotion of communal harmony.
Instituted in 1990, Kabir Puraskar is given in 3 categories of grades with Rs. 2 lakh for first grade, Rs. 1 lakh for second grade and Rs. 50,000 for third grade along with certificates and citations.
Question : 5
Eddie Redmayne, won the Oscar (2015) for Best Actor for which film?
a) The Theory of Everything
b) Birdman
c) None of the options
d) Still Alice
Answer »Answer: (a)
English actor Eddie Redmayne won the 2015 Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as Stephen Hawking in ‘The Theory of Everything’.
The Theory of Everything is a 2014 British biographical romantic drama film directed by James Marsh and adapted from the memoir ‘Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen’ by Jane Wilde Hawking, the ex-wife of theoretical physicist Stephen.
Note: As of the 2017 ceremony, Casey Affleck is the most recent winner in the Best Actor category for his role as Lee Chandler in Manchester by the Sea.
Question : 6
The Nobel Prize was instituted by the country
a) Russia
b) UK
c) USA
d) Sweden
Answer »Answer: (d)
The Nobel Prize is a set of annual international awards bestowed in a number of categories by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and/or scientific advances.
The will of the Swedish philanthropist inventor Alfred Nobel established the prizes in 1895.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards
- the Nobel Prize in Physics,
- the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and
- the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences;
The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet awards
- the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine;
- the Swedish Academy grants the Nobel Prize in Literature; and
- the Nobel Peace Prize is not awarded by a Swedish organization but by the Norwegian Nobel Committee.
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