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This section includes 1291 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your General Knowledge knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1251. |
Which of the following international prizes/awards is given for outstanding contribution in the field of journalism ? |
| A. | Booker Prize |
| B. | Pulitzer Prize |
| C. | Sakharov Prize |
| D. | Sullivan Award |
| Answer» C. Sakharov Prize | |
| 1252. |
Biologist of Indian origin who received the Nobel Prize was |
| A. | Raja Ramanna |
| B. | C.V. Raman |
| C. | Hargovind Khorana |
| D. | Jagadish Chandra Bose |
| Answer» D. Jagadish Chandra Bose | |
| 1253. |
Who among the following former Chiefs of Army Staff had been awarded the Mahavir Chakra twice ? |
| A. | General K.M. Cariappa |
| B. | General K.S. Thimmayya |
| C. | General A.S. Vaidya |
| D. | General S.H.F.J. Manekshaw |
| Answer» D. General S.H.F.J. Manekshaw | |
| 1254. |
Who was the awarded two ICC Awards-2004 for his achievements ? |
| A. | Shane Warne |
| B. | Rahul Dravid |
| C. | Brian Lara |
| D. | Andrew Flintoff |
| Answer» C. Brian Lara | |
| 1255. |
In which of the following fields Nobel Prize is not given ? |
| A. | Physics |
| B. | Mathematics |
| C. | Chemistry |
| D. | Medicine |
| Answer» C. Chemistry | |
| 1256. |
After whom is the Magsaysay Award named ? |
| A. | A former President of Indonesia |
| B. | A former King of Thailand |
| C. | A former President of Phil ippines |
| D. | A former Prime Minister of Australia |
| Answer» D. A former Prime Minister of Australia | |
| 1257. |
Which industrialist has been honoured with Bharat Ratna ? |
| A. | Ghanshyamdas Birla |
| B. | JRD Tata |
| C. | Dhirubhai Ambani |
| D. | Sir Shriram |
| Answer» C. Dhirubhai Ambani | |
| 1258. |
What is the prize money given with Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna? |
| A. | Rs. 1.50 lakh |
| B. | Rs. 2 lakhs |
| C. | Rs. 3 lakhs |
| D. | Rs. 5 lakhs |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1259. |
Who amidst the following won the Nobel Prize in Science in two different disciplines ? |
| A. | Russell Hulse |
| B. | David Lee |
| C. | Madame Curie |
| D. | Paul Boyer |
| Answer» D. Paul Boyer | |
| 1260. |
Prof. Amartya Sen was awarded Nobel Prize for his contribution to the field of |
| A. | food and famines |
| B. | welfare economics |
| C. | Indian economy |
| D. | poverty |
| Answer» C. Indian economy | |
| 1261. |
Sri Arvind Kejriwal has been selected for the Ramon Magsaysay Award for 2006 for his important contribution in the field. |
| A. | Formation of Pani (water Panchayats in Rajasthan helping rural people in facing their acute water problem |
| B. | Effective implementation of the National Minimum Employment Guarantee Scheme in rural areas. |
| C. | Right to Information movement and empow7ering citizens to fight corruption. |
| D. | Extending education to children of slum dwellers in Delhi. |
| Answer» D. Extending education to children of slum dwellers in Delhi. | |
| 1262. |
Who among the following was selected for Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2005? |
| A. | Aparna Sen |
| B. | Govind Nihalani |
| C. | M.S. Sathyu |
| D. | Shyam Benegal |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1263. |
Who won the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for the year 2005? |
| A. | Viswanathan Anand |
| B. | Pankaj Advani |
| C. | Yuvraj Singh |
| D. | Narain Karthikeyan |
| Answer» C. Yuvraj Singh | |
| 1264. |
The Nobel Prize, 2005 for Literature has been awarded to |
| A. | Robert J. Aumann and Thomas C. Schelling |
| B. | Robert H. Grubbs and Richard R. Schrock |
| C. | Harold Pinter |
| D. | Barry J. Marshall and J Robin Warren |
| Answer» D. Barry J. Marshall and J Robin Warren | |
| 1265. |
Who was awarded the Nobel Prize for inventing the microchip? |
| A. | Jack St. Clair Kilby |
| B. | Eric Cornell |
| C. | Carl Wieman |
| D. | Wolfgang Ketterle |
| Answer» B. Eric Cornell | |
| 1266. |
Which Indian film won the Golden Lion Award for the Best Picture at the Venice Film Festival in 2001? |
| A. | Lagan |
| B. | Asoka |
| C. | Monsson Wedding |
| D. | Gadar |
| Answer» D. Gadar | |
| 1267. |
Authors in English from which of the following countries are not eligible to be considered for the Booker Prize? |
| A. | Britain |
| B. | Commonwealth |
| C. | Republic of Ireland |
| D. | USA |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1268. |
Who amongst the following was awarded Nobel Prize for developing the technology used in integrated circuits used in PCs? |
| A. | Robert F. Furchgott |
| B. | Horst L. Stormer |
| C. | Jack Kilby |
| D. | John a. Pople |
| Answer» D. John a. Pople | |
| 1269. |
Who was the first Ramon Magsaysay Award winner from India? |
| A. | C.D. Deshmukh |
| B. | Jayaprakash Narayan |
| C. | Dr. Verghese Kurien |
| D. | Acharya Vinoba Bhave |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1270. |
Which ex-U.S. President has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize-2002 ? |
| A. | John F. Kennedy |
| B. | William Jefferson Clinton |
| C. | Jimmy Carter |
| D. | Franklin D. Rossevelt |
| Answer» D. Franklin D. Rossevelt | |
| 1271. |
Who was the first Gyanpeeth Puraskar winner ? |
| A. | Sumitra Nandan Pant |
| B. | G. Shankar Kurup |
| C. | K. Shivaram Karanth |
| D. | Uma Shankar Joshi |
| Answer» C. K. Shivaram Karanth | |
| 1272. |
Which amongst the following films has won the minimum number of Oscars ? |
| A. | Ben Hur |
| B. | Titanic |
| C. | The Lord of the Ring : Return of the King |
| D. | Jurassic Park |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1273. |
Which of the following Nobel laureates was never an Indian ? |
| A. | Mother Teresa |
| B. | S. Chandrashekhar |
| C. | V.S. Naipaul |
| D. | H.G. Khurana |
| Answer» D. H.G. Khurana | |
| 1274. |
Who amongst the following got a Nobel Prize in recognition of his discoveries of how salts and water transported in and out of cells in the human body ? |
| A. | Roderick MacKinnon |
| B. | Kurt Wuethrich |
| C. | John E. Sultan |
| D. | H. Robert Horvitz |
| Answer» B. Kurt Wuethrich | |
| 1275. |
Who amidst the following eminent Indian journalists was conferred the Magsaysay Award ? |
| A. | Frank Moraes |
| B. | Kushwant Singh |
| C. | Arun Shourie |
| D. | Girilal Jain |
| Answer» D. Girilal Jain | |
| 1276. |
Who has instituted the Moortidevi Sahitya Puraskar ? |
| A. | Ministry of HRD, Central Government |
| B. | Sahitya Academy |
| C. | Bharatiya Jnanapeeth Trust |
| D. | Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan |
| Answer» D. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan | |
| 1277. |
Who amongst the following facilitated the development of MRI as an important diagnostic tool and for that won a Nobel Prize? |
| A. | Sydney Brenner |
| B. | Paul C. Lauterbur |
| C. | John E. Sulton |
| D. | H. Robert Horvitz |
| Answer» C. John E. Sulton | |
| 1278. |
The Government of which State has instituted the Tansen Samman ? |
| A. | Uttar Pradesh |
| B. | Madhya Pradesh |
| C. | Gujarat |
| D. | Maharashtra |
| Answer» C. Gujarat | |
| 1279. |
Who was awarded the Jawaharlal Nehru Award (a trophy, citation and Rs. 25 lakh) in 2004 ? |
| A. | Lee Kuan Yew |
| B. | Goh Chok Tong |
| C. | Aung San Suu Kyi |
| D. | Mahathir Mohamed |
| Answer» C. Aung San Suu Kyi | |
| 1280. |
Who was the First Indian Nobel Prize winner ? |
| A. | Sir C.V. Raman |
| B. | Mother Teresa |
| C. | S. Chandrashekar |
| D. | Rabindra Nath Tagore |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1281. |
In which city is the presentation ceremony of Nobel Peace Prize held ? |
| A. | Stockholm |
| B. | Oslo |
| C. | Geneva |
| D. | The Hague |
| Answer» C. Geneva | |
| 1282. |
Kalinga Prize is given in which of the following fields? |
| A. | Arts |
| B. | Medicine |
| C. | Creative writing |
| D. | Science |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1283. |
Booker prize is given in the field of : |
| A. | Medicine |
| B. | Adventure |
| C. | Fiction writing |
| D. | Science |
| Answer» D. Science | |
| 1284. |
Who among the following is a famous Chief Election Commissioner of India who has been awarded Mag-saysay award ? |
| A. | Sukumar Sen |
| B. | M. S. Gill |
| C. | J. M. Lingdoh |
| D. | S. L. Sakdhar |
| Answer» D. S. L. Sakdhar | |
| 1285. |
Who from the following is an awardee of both the Nobel Prize and the Bharat Ratna? |
| A. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| B. | Rabindranath Tagore |
| C. | Mother Teresa |
| D. | Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Answer» D. Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru | |
| 1286. |
Who won the Jnanpith award for the year 2001 ? |
| A. | Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya |
| B. | Indira Goswami |
| C. | Mahasweta Devi |
| D. | M. T. Vasudevan Nair |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» F. | |
| 1287. |
Who is the latest Bharat Ratna awardee among the following who had performed at the historic function at the Red Fort on the 15th August, 1947? |
| A. | M.S. Subbalakshmi |
| B. | Ustad Bismillah Khan |
| C. | Pt. Ravishankar |
| D. | Lata Mangeshkar |
| Answer» C. Pt. Ravishankar | |
| 1288. |
Who amongst the following won the Nobel Prize at least twice? |
| A. | Winston Churchill |
| B. | Madame Curie |
| C. | Octavio Paz |
| D. | George Choupak |
| Answer» C. Octavio Paz | |
| 1289. |
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 |
| Answer» D. Paul Boyer | |
| 1290. |
Girish Karnad is : |
| A. | A well known playwright and actor. |
| B. | A recipient of Gnanpith Award |
| C. | The President of the Film and Television Institute of Indian Society. |
| D. | All the above. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1291. |
The Rajiv Gandhi Sadhvawana Puraskar for the year 1997 was given to |
| A. | Dr. Nelson Mandela |
| B. | Dr. Julies Nyrere |
| C. | Mother Teresa |
| D. | Lata Mangeshkar |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» F. | |