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(a) Ashok Chakra
(b) Param Vir Chakra
(c) Vir Chakra
(d) Mahavir Chakra
The correct answers to the above question in:
Answer: (a)
The Ashoka Chakra is India’s highest peacetime military decoration awarded for valour, courageous action or self-sacrifice away from the battlefield.
It is the peacetime equivalent of the Param Vir Chakra and is awarded for the “most conspicuous bravery or some daring or pre-eminent valour or self-sacrifice” other than in the face of the enemy.
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Question : 1
Which of the following medals are awarded to personnel of all three services?
- Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM)
- Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (AVSM)
- Vishisht Seva Medal (VSM)
a) 1 and 3 only
b) 1 and 2 only
c) 2 and 3 only
d) 1, 2 and 3
Answer »Answer: (d)
All the three medals are awarded to recognize “distinguished service of an exceptional order” to all ranks of the Indian armed forces.
Question : 2
Consider the following statements
- The Pulitzer Prize was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of American (Hungarian-born) publisher Joseph Pulitzer, and is administered by Columbia University in New York City.
- In twenty of the categories, each winner receives a certificate and a US $10,000 cash award.
a) Both 1 and 2
b) 1 only
c) 2 only
d) Neither of these
Answer »Answer: (a)
The Pulitzer Prize is an award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature, and musical composition in the United States.
It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of American (Hungarian-born) publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City.
Prizes are awarded yearly in twenty-one categories. In twenty of the categories, each winner receives a certificate and a US$10,000 cash award. The winner in the public service category of the journalism competition is awarded a gold medal.
Question : 3
Madhav Gadgil is a winner of Tyler Prize 2015. He is a well known
a) Satirist
b) Ecologist
c) Physicist
d) Violinist
Answer »Answer: (b)
Madhav Gadgil is an ecologist. He, along with Jane Lubchenco, has won Tyler Prize 2015 for Environmental Achievement.
Question : 4
Name the winner of the Sanjay Chopra National Award for Bravery 2008.
a) Amit Kumar
b) Santosh Sen
c) Saumika Mishra
d) Pappu
Answer »Answer: (c)
The prestigious ‘Geetha Chopra Award’ was presented to Ms Prachi Santosh Sen from Madhya Pradesh and the ‘Sanjay Chopra Award’ was presented to Master Saumik Mishra of Uttar Pradesh for their exemplary courageous acts.
The coveted ‘Bapu Gaidhani Award’ was presented to Ms Kavita Kanwar (posthumously) and Ms Seema Kanwar of Chhattisgarh and another ‘Bapu Gaidhani Award’ was presented to Ms Asu Kanwar for exhibiting extraordinary courage. She got National bravery awards in 2008.
Note: Sanjay Chopra Award and Geeta Chopra Award instituted for bravery by children under the age of 16.
Question : 5
Who was awarded the first Rajiv Gandhi National Sabhavana Award?
a) Morarji Desai
b) Mother Teresa
c) J.R.D Tata
d) None of these
Answer »Answer: (b)
The first Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavna award was conferred on Mother Teresa in 1992.
The award was instituted by the All India Congress Committee of the Indian National Congress Party in 1992 to commemorate the lasting contribution made by the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. It is given on August 20, the birth anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi.
Question : 6
The 2015 Space Pioneer Award won by-
a) The Chandrayan Mission Team
b) Agni-5 Missile Team
c) The Mars Orbiter Mission Team
d) GSLV MK-III Team
Answer »Answer: (c)
The Mars Orbiter Mission Team of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) won the 2015 Space Pioneer Award in the Science and Engineering category.
India’s Mars Orbiter Mission was launched on 5 November 2013 and it reached the Mars orbit on 24 September 2014.
The Indian spacecraft has gone into orbit around Mars on the very first attempt and no other country has been able to do this till now.
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