Honour and Awards

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106 Kalinga Award was instituted by

A
UNESCO for exceptional contribution of efforts to popularise science
B
Indian Military.
C
Jnanpith, a cultural literacy society for encouraging creative writing in modern languages
D
Indian Adult Education Association for outstanding contribution of adult literacy in India

107 Who among the following is not a recipient of the Bharatiya Jnanpith Award?

A
Ashaparna Devi
B
M. F. Hussain
C
Raghupathi Sahai
D
V. K. Gokak

108 Who was the first posthumous recipient of Bharat Ratna ?

A
B.R. Ambedkar
B
K. Kamraj
C
Lal Bahadur Shastri
D
M.G. Ramachandran

109 Who amidst the following won the Nobel Prize in Science in two different disciplines?

A
Russell Hulse
B
David Lee
C
Madam Curie
D
Paul Boyer

11 Who was the first Gyanpeeth Puraskar winner ?

A
Sumitra Nandan Pant
B
G. Shankar Kurup
C
K. Shivaram Karanth
D
Uma Shankar Joshi

12 Grammy Award is given in the field of :

A
Acting
B
Music
C
Singing
D
Boxing

112 In which year did Dada Saheb Phalke produce the first feature film ?

A
1911
B
1913
C
1910
D
1912

113 Which is the highest award for gallantry during peacetime?

A
Vir Chakra
B
Param Vir Chakra
C
Ashok Chakra
D
Mahavir Chakra

114 Which industrialist has been honoured with Bharat Ratna ?

A
Ghanshyamdas Birla
B
JRD Tata
C
Dhirubhai Ambani
D
Sir Shriram

115 In the 53rd National Film Awards, the award for ‘Best Feature Film’ has gone for

A
‘Kaalpurush – Memories in the Mist’
B
‘Rang De Basanti’
C
Parzania
D
Paheli

116 The Nobel Prize for Chemistry for the year 2011 has been awarded to :

A
Saul Perlmutter, Brian P. Schmidt and Adam G. Riess
B
Bruce A. Beutler, Jules A. Hoffmann and Ralph M. Steinman
C
Christopher A. Sims and Thomas J. Sargent
D
Dan Schechtman

117 The ‘Global 500’ awards are given for outstanding achievement in which one of the following fields?

A
Literature
B
Medicine
C
Environmental Protection
D
Promotion of International Peace

118 Nobel Prize in which field is not paid out of the endowment set up by Dr. Alfred Nobel ?

A
Peace
B
Medicine
C
Economics
D
Chemistry

119 The Indian representing an international organization who shared the Nobal Peace Prize with Al Gore of U.S. was :

A
Rajendra Pachauri
B
Viswanathan Subramanian
C
R.N. Tagore
D
Mother Teresa

120 Which state Government of India has instituted the Samman Award?

A
Uttar Pradesh
B
Himachal Pradesh
C
Madhya Pradesh
D
Andhra Pradesh