Awards and honours

[amp_mcq option1=”Pablo Neruda” option2=”Derek Walcott” option3=”Ernest Hemingway” option4=”Winston Churchill” correct=”option3″]

Detailed SolutionWho among the following has received a Nobel Prize in literature 1953?

[amp_mcq option1=”UNESCO for exceptional contribution of efforts to popularise science” option2=”Indian Military” option3=”Jnanpith, a cultural literacy society for encouraging creative writing in modern languages” option4=”Indian Adult Education Association for outstanding contribution of adult literacy in India” correct=”option1″]

Detailed SolutionKalinga Award was instituted by –

[amp_mcq option1=”Exceptional service in emergency” option2=”Bravery on battlefield” option3=”Outstanding performance in sports” option4=”Exceptional service in slum dwellers” correct=”option3″]

Detailed SolutionArjuna Award is given for –

[amp_mcq option1=”Literature” option2=”Films” option3=”Journalism” option4=”Music” correct=”option1″]

Detailed SolutionMoortidevi Award is given annually in which of the following fields?

[amp_mcq option1=”Vishwanathan Anand” option2=”Leander Peas” option3=”Kapil Dev” option4=”Limba Ram” correct=”option3″]

Detailed SolutionThe first recipient of Rajiv Gandhi’s ‘Khel Ratna’ award is –

[amp_mcq option1=”1 only” option2=”2 only” option3=”2 and 3 only” option4=”1, 2 and 3″ correct=”option1″]

Detailed SolutionNorman Borlaug won Nobel Peace Prize for his contribution in: 1. Development of high-yielding crops. 2. Modernization of irrigation infrastructure. 3. Introduction of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. Select the correct answer using the code given below:

[amp_mcq option1=”USA” option2=”UK” option3=”Russia” option4=”Sweden” correct=”option1″]

Detailed SolutionThe Nobel Prize was instituted by the country –

[amp_mcq option1=”M. G. Ramachandran” option2=”B. R. Ambedkar” option3=”K. Kamraj” option4=”Lal Bahadur Shastri” correct=”option3″]

Detailed SolutionWho was the first posthumous recipient of Bharat Ratna?

[amp_mcq option1=”1965″ option2=”1961″ option3=”1963″ option4=”1957″ correct=”option1″]

Detailed SolutionThe Arjuna Awards were instituted in the year –

[amp_mcq option1=”exploring new dimensions in creative writing in Indian languages” option2=”outstanding contribution to science” option3=”creating mass awareness on environmental issues” option4=”excellence in film direction” correct=”option2″]

Detailed SolutionShanti Swarup Bhatnagar awards are given for –