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(a) 2000
(b) I995
(c) 1998
(d) 1990
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Answer: (c)
Prof. Amartya Sen was the recipient of the Nobel Prize for Economics for the year 1998, becoming the first Asian to receive this award. The Shantiniketan born economist is a pioneer in Welfare Economics.
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Question : 1
The first Indira Gandhi Award for International Justice and Harmony has been given to
a) Hussain Ibrahim Zaki
b) Larry Pressler
c) Amnesty International
d) Yasser Arafat
Answer »Answer: (d)
Question : 2
Who was the awarded two ICC Awards-2004 for his achievements ?
a) Brian Lara
b) Rahul Dravid
c) Shane Warne
d) Andrew Flintoff
Answer »Answer: (b)
2004 ICC Awards were held at Alexandra Palace, London on 7 September 2004. The 2004 ICC Awards were the inaugural episode and was aimed at recognizing the best individual and team performances of the previous year.
Rahul Dravid picked up both the Test Player of the Year and the Player of the Year at the inaugural ICC awards ceremony at Alexandra Palace in London.
Note: In 2016 Ravichandran Ashwin also got ICC award in two categories
- Cricketer of the Year and
- Test Player of the Year.
Question : 3
Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar is given by which ministry?
a) Ministry of Rural Development
b) Ministry of Labour
c) Ministry of Minority
d) Ministry of Culture
Answer »Answer: (b)
The Vishvakarma Rashtriya puraskar and National Safety awards scheme was launched in 1965 by the ministry of labour to motivate the brilliant workers and industrial units who deliver their best to curb mishaps and increase the industrial (occupational) safety measures and work for the promotion of the interests of both the management and labour.
Question : 4
Who among the following is not the recipient of the Bharat Ratna Award?
a) Ustad Bismillah Khan
b) Lata Mangeshkar
c) Satyajit Ray
d) Raj Kapoor
Answer »Answer: (d)
Question : 5
Who was the first posthumous recipient of Bharat Ratna ?
a) Lal Bahadur Shastri
b) K. Kamraj
c) B.R. Ambedkar
d) M.G. Ramachandran
Answer »Answer: (a)
Lal Bahadur Shastri was the first person to have received the Bharat Ratna posthumously in 1966. Other posthumous recipients of the Bharat Ratna include: K. Kamaraj: 1976, M. G. Ramachandran: 1988, and B.R. Ambedkar: 1990.
Question : 6
Who won the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2012 ?
a) International Atomic Energy Agency
b) U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
c) European Union
d) Liu Xiaobo
Answer »Answer: (c)
The Nobel Peace Prize 2012 was awarded to European Union (EU) “for over six decades contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe”.
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”.
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