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The following question based on honours & awards topic of general awareness mcq
(a) Perseus-Pisces
(b) Shapley
(c) Laniakea
(d) Coma
The correct answers to the above question in:
Answer: (c)
Milky Way lies on the far outskirt of Laniakea near the border of Perseus-Pisces.
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Question : 1
Which of the following prizes is also known as the Alternative Nobel prize?
a) Right Livelihood award
b) Magsaysay award
c) Booker prize
d) Pulitzer prize
Answer »Answer: (a)
Right Livelihood prize is considered to be the alternative to Nobel prize. This is also an annual prize which is given to individuals who have done something exemplary to solve some of the most pressing issues in the world.
Question : 2
Name the physicist awarded Nobel prize for Quantum Theory in 1918.
a) Max Planck
b) Niels Bohr
c) Max Puluak
d) Burry
Answer »Answer: (a)
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1918 was awarded to Max Planck, professor at Berlin University, in recognition of his epoch-making investigations into quantum theory.
This theory revolutionized mankind’s understanding of atomic and subatomic processes, just as Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity revolutionized the understanding of space and time.
Question : 3
The Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award conferred in the field of
a) Sports
b) Literature
c) Medical Science
d) Communal harmony and peace
Answer »Answer: (d)
Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award is given for outstanding contribution towards the promotion of communal harmony, national integration and peace.
The award was instituted by the All India Congress Committee of the Indian National Congress Party (INC), in 1992 to commemorate the lasting contribution made by the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, who carries a citation and a cash award of 5 lakhs.
Question : 4
Who has been awarded the highest peace time gallantry award “Ashoka Chakra” on 15th August 2014?
a) Sepoy Vikram
b) Lt. Manoran kumar
c) Major Mukund Varadarajan
d) Lt. Kapish singh
Answer »Answer: (c)
Major Mukund Varadarajan laid down his life, in a counter terrorist operation, posthumously awarded Ashoka Chakra.
Question : 5
Nobel Prizes are awarded annually at
a) Geneva
b) Washington
c) Stockholm
d) Oslo
Answer »Answer: (d)
Nobel Prizes are awarded annually at Oslo in December.
Question : 6
Kalinga Prize is given in which of the following fields?
a) Creative writing
b) Medicine
c) Arts
d) Science
Answer »Answer: (d)
The Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science is an award given by UNESCO for exceptional skill in presenting scientific ideas to laypeople. It was created in 1952, following a donation from Biju Patnaik, Founder President of the Kalinga Foundation Trust in India.
The recipient of this annual award must have demonstrated — during a brilliant career as writer, editor, lecturer, film producer, radio/television programme director or presenter — talent in interpreting science and technology for the public.
The recipient should have striven to emphasize the international importance of science and technology and the contribution they make to improving public welfare, enriching the cultural heritage of nations, and solving problems facing humanity. Many past prize winners have been scientists, while others have been trained in journalism or have been educators or writers.
Note: The Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science is an award given by UNESCO for exceptional skill in presenting scientific ideas to laypeople.
It was created in 1952, following a donation from Biju Patnaik, Founder President of the Kalinga Foundation Trust in India. IN 2015 Diego Andrés Golombek of Argentina got this award.
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