Awards and honours

[amp_mcq option1=”1 only” option2=”2 only” option3=”both 1 and 2″ option4=”neither 1 nor 2″ correct=”option3″]

Detailed SolutionConsider the following statements about Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development: 1. Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany, was selected for the Prize for the year 2013. 2. The award is accorded annually to individuals only. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

[amp_mcq option1=”Soil and Water Conservation” option2=”Earth and Environmental Sciences” option3=”Dams and River Flow” option4=”Building and Road Science” correct=”option1″]

Detailed SolutionKartik Chandran has been awarded

[amp_mcq option1=”Nelson Mandela” option2=”Ch. Gani Khan” option3=”Doris Lesseing” option4=”Dalai Lama” correct=”option4″]

Detailed Solution“Bharat Ratna” awardee of foreign nationality who died in December 2013 is :

[amp_mcq option1=”V. Sampath” option2=”Dr. A. S. Pillai” option3=”Arvind Mayaram” option4=”Ajit Dobhal” correct=”option3″]

Detailed SolutionPresident Pranab Mukherjee on 7 October 2014 presented the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for excellence in Public Administration. Academics and Management for the year 2014 to –

[amp_mcq option1=”Physics” option2=”Literature” option3=”Medicine” option4=”Chemistry” correct=”option1″]

Detailed SolutionIndia’s first Nobel Prize was given for –

[amp_mcq option1=”Vir Chakra” option2=”Mahavir Chakra” option3=”Ashok Chakra” option4=”Shaurya Chakra” correct=”option2″]

Detailed SolutionWhich of the following is the second highest gallantry award in India?

[amp_mcq option1=”Larry Pressler” option2=”Amnesty International” option3=”Hussain Ibrahim Zaki” option4=”Yasser Arafat” correct=”option2″]

Detailed SolutionThe first Indira Gandhi Award for International Justice and Harmony has been given to –

[amp_mcq option1=”Dr. J. C. Bose” option2=”Dr.” option3=”Bose B. Dr. C. V. Raman C. Dr. Vikram Sarabhai” option4=”Dr. H. J. Bhabha” correct=”option2″]

Detailed SolutionThe only Indian to win the Nobel prize in physics is –

[amp_mcq option1=”Bhartruhari Mahtab” option2=”Arun Jaitley” option3=”Narendra Modi” option4=”Rahul Gandhi” correct=”option1″]

Detailed SolutionWho won the ‘Outstanding Parliamentarian’ Award for 2017 given by the Indian Parliamentary Group (IPG)?

[amp_mcq option1=”Narendra Modi” option2=”Suneet Panicker” option3=”Bhartruhari Mahtab” option4=”Mehtab Hussain” correct=”option3″]

Detailed SolutionThe Outstanding Parliamentarian Award for 2017 was given to –