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Questions : Who was the awarded two ICC Awards-2004 for his achievements ?

(a) Brian Lara

(b) Rahul Dravid

(c) Shane Warne

(d) Andrew Flintoff

The correct answers to the above question in:

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

  1. Cricketer of the Year and
  2. Test Player of the Year.

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Question : 1

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: (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 : 2

Who among the following Indians has been honoured by a special Oscar?

a) Mira Nair

b) Satyajit Ray

c) Mahesh Bhatt

d) G.P.Sippy

Answer: (b)

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded Satyajit Ray, widely regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of the 20th century, an Honorary Oscar in 1992 for Lifetime Achievement. The Government of India honoured him with the Bharat Ratna, its highest civilian award, in the same year.

Question : 3

Sir C. V. Raman was awarded Nobel Prize for his work on:

a) Cryogenics

b) Radio activity

c) Light Scattering

d) Sonometer

Answer: (c)

Sir C. V. Raman was an Indian physicist whose groundbreaking work in the field of light scattering earned him the 1930 Nobel Prize for Physics.

He discovered that, when light traverses a transparent material, some of the deflected light changes in wavelength. This phenomenon is now called Raman scattering.

Question : 4

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: (d)

Question : 5

In which year did Amartya Kumar Sen receive the Nobel Prize in Economics ?

a) 2000

b) I995

c) 1998

d) 1990

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.

Question : 6

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: (d)

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