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(a) R.S. Arora
(b) Chauthiram Yadav
(c) Narindar Singh Saini
(d) Mukund Varadarajan
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Answer: (d)
Major Mukund Varadarajan and Naik Neeraj Kumar Singh were posthumously awarded on 26 January 2015 with the highest peacetime military honour the Ashok Chakra by President Pranab Mukherjee.
Both the army men sacrificed their lives while battling groups of militants in separate operations in the Shopian and Kupwara districts of Jammu and Kashmir.
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Question : 1
Who among the following is not a recipient of the Bharatiya Jnanpith Award?
a) V. K. Gokak
b) Ashaparna Devi
c) Raghupathi Sahai
d) M. F. Hussain
Answer »Answer: (d)
Question : 2
Who of the following was awarded with Yash Bharti Samman 2015 ?
a) Vinod Mehta
b) Vijay Yadav
c) D.R. Mehta
d) Zubin Mehta
Answer »Answer: (a)
Journalist Vinod Mehta was awarded with the Yash Bharti Samman 2015 by Uttar Pradesh Government. Vinod Mehta has launched a number of successful publications such as the Sunday observer, Indian post, The Independent, The Pioneer and Outlook. He has authored a biography of Meena Kumari (actress) and Sanjay Gandhi.
Question : 3
The Nobel prizes except Economics were first awarded in
a) 1904
b) 1902
c) 1903
d) 1901
Answer »Answer: (d)
Nobel prize was first given in 1901. From 1901 to 2012 the Nobel prizes and the Prize in Economic Sciences were awarded 555 times to 856 people and organizations. With some receiving the Nobel prize more than once, this makes a total of 835 individuals and 21 organizations.
Question : 4
Which of the following awards is presented on the eve of Republic Day of India?
- Bharat Ratna
- Padma Vibhushan
- Padma Shree
a) 1 and 2 only
b) 1 only
c) 2 only
d) 1, 2 and 3
Answer »Answer: (d)
All the three awards Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan and Padma Shree are presented or announced on the eve of Republic Day.
Question : 5
Consider the following statements:
- V.K. Krishna Menon Foundation is based in New Delhi.
- The first recipient of the V.K. Krishna Menon Award is the Chief Justice of India, KG. Balakrishnan.
a) Both 1 and 2
b) 1 only
c) 2 only
d) Neither 1 nor 2
Answer »Answer: (c)
Question : 6
Consider the following statements:
- The Lady Tata Memorial Trust was established by Sir Dorabji Tata in April 1932 in memory of his wife, Lady Meherbai.
- Awards are restricted to studies of leukemogenic agents, and the epidemiology, pathogenesis, immunology and genetic basis of leukaemia and related diseases.
a) Both 1 and 2
b) 1 only
c) 2 only
d) Neither of these
Answer »Answer: (a)
The Lady Tata Memorial Trust was established by Sir Dorabji Tata in April 1932 in memory of his wife, Lady Meherbai, who was struck with leukaemia in 1930 at the age of 50, and succumbed to the disease a year later in Wales, and passed away on 18th June 1931.
The Trust offers one-fifth of its income to scholars doing scientific investigations in Indian Universities and Institutes into diseases of the blood, with special references to leukaemia, and for scientific research towards alleviation of humans suffering from the disease.
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