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This section includes 344 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your General Knowledge knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 201. |
What year was the first Oscar Awards ceremony held? |
| A. | 1945 |
| B. | 1929 |
| C. | 1931 |
| D. | 1954 |
| Answer» C. 1931 | |
| 202. |
.................was honored with the National Nritya Shiromani Award on January 7, 2014 |
| A. | Smt. Geeta |
| B. | Mr. N. Radhakrishnan |
| C. | Ms. Pritika Kalra Gandhi |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 203. |
What is the reflection of the point (4, -3) in the line y = -2? |
| A. | (4, 1) |
| B. | (-4, 1) |
| C. | (-4, -1) |
| D. | (4, -1) |
| Answer» E. | |
| 204. |
...................was conferred Sahitya Akademi Award for his poetry book Khara Zaran |
| A. | Mr. Chinu Modi |
| B. | Robin Sharma |
| C. | Gunvant Shah |
| D. | Narendra kohli |
| Answer» B. Robin Sharma | |
| 205. |
Vikas Khanna is an award winning ___________ starred Indian chef. |
| A. | Apollo |
| B. | Michelin |
| C. | Goodyear |
| D. | Viking |
| Answer» C. Goodyear | |
| 206. |
U- Tant award is given for |
| A. | Social service |
| B. | Contribution to east-west understanding |
| C. | Community leadership |
| D. | Journalism |
| Answer» B. Contribution to east-west understanding | |
| 207. |
To whom the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2016 was awarded? |
| A. | David J. Thouless |
| B. | Yoshinori Ohsumi |
| C. | J. Michael Kosterlitz |
| D. | Sir J. Fraser Stoddart |
| Answer» C. J. Michael Kosterlitz | |
| 208. |
The value of a car depreciates at the rate of 15% per annum. If its present value is Rs 433500, then what was the value (in Rs) of the car 2 years ago?_x005F_x000D_ |
| A. | 594200 |
| B. | 620000 |
| C. | 563550 |
| D. | 600000 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 209. |
The UNESCO literacy prize has been given to India for the third consecutive year in1992.The 1992 prize has been given to |
| A. | Kerala |
| B. | West Bengal |
| C. | Pondicherry |
| D. | Assam |
| Answer» D. Assam | |
| 210. |
The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize is annually awarded for outstanding achievement in which area? |
| A. | Science and Technology |
| B. | Indian Classical Music |
| C. | Tribal Art Forms |
| D. | Literature |
| Answer» B. Indian Classical Music | |
| 211. |
The recipient of the first  ' Moortidevi literacy Award ' is |
| A. | Masud hussain Khan |
| B. | Swami Siva balayogi |
| C. | C.K Nagaraja Rao |
| D. | Ramanlal Joshi |
| Answer» D. Ramanlal Joshi | |
| 212. |
The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awardee receives a cash price of rupees:_x005F_x000D_ Â _x005F_x000D_ |
| A. | 7.5 lakh |
| B. | 7 lakh |
| C. | 25 lakh |
| D. | 10 lakh |
| Answer» B. 7 lakh | |
| 213. |
The Sahitya Akademi Awards are given for best writings in how many Indian languages? |
| A. | 12 |
| B. | 15 |
| C. | 20 |
| D. | 24 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 214. |
The Prestigious 'Ramanujan Mathematics Award' at Eighth National Mathematical Convention on January 28, 2014, was awarded to |
| A. | Mr. Sushanta Kumar |
| B. | Mr. Anand Kumar |
| C. | Mr. Vinod Kumar Singh |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Mr. Vinod Kumar Singh | |
| 215. |
The prestigious 'Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding' is instituted by |
| A. | National Centre for Art and Culture |
| B. | Department of Youth and Sports |
| C. | Nehru Memorial Museum |
| D. | Indian Council for Cultural Relations |
| Answer» E. | |
| 216. |
The novelist, poet and critic of which language has been conferred with Jnanpith Award for 2015?_x005F_x000D_ |
| A. | Bengali |
| B. | Telugu |
| C. | Odia |
| D. | Gujarati |
| Answer» E. | |
| 217. |
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2016 was awarded to? |
| A. | Frank Sinatra |
| B. | Elvis Presley |
| C. | Bob Dylan |
| D. | Jimi Hendrix |
| Answer» D. Jimi Hendrix | |
| 218. |
The Nobel Peace Prize 2016 has been awarded to ______ . |
| A. | Juan Manuel Santos |
| B. | Oliver Hart |
| C. | Bengt Holmstrom |
| D. | Svetlana Alexievich |
| Answer» B. Oliver Hart | |
| 219. |
The newly appointed adviser to Odsha government on public health programmes, K. Srinath Reddy is the receiver of which prestigious civilian award ? |
| A. | Padma Vibushan |
| B. | Padma Shri |
| C. | Padma Bhushan |
| D. | Bharat Ratna |
| Answer» D. Bharat Ratna | |
| 220. |
The Ministry of Labour and Employment, in January 2018, announced how many persons for Prime Minister's Shram Awards for the year 2016?_x005F_x000D_ Â _x005F_x000D_ |
| A. | 16 |
| B. | 34 |
| C. | 50 |
| D. | 64 |
| Answer» D. 64 | |
| 221. |
The Jawaharlal Nehru Award is given for __________ . |
| A. | Government service |
| B. | Literary work |
| C. | International understanding |
| D. | Social work |
| Answer» D. Social work | |
| 222. |
The Grande Croix Commandeur in National Merit Order - the highest civilian honor of Ivory Coast, Africa - was recently conferred on which Indian? |
| A. | Pranab Mukherjee |
| B. | Narendra Modi |
| C. | Gopalkrishna Gandhi |
| D. | Manmohan Singh |
| Answer» B. Narendra Modi | |
| 223. |
The Indian-Australian mathematician who is one of four winners of mathematics prestigious Fields medal, known as the Nobel Prize for math was |
| A. | Akshay Venkatesh |
| B. | Manoj prabhakar |
| C. | N.K Surna |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Manoj prabhakar | |
| 224. |
The 'Gujral Doctrine' relates to which one of the following issues? |
| A. | Build trust between India and its neighbours |
| B. | Initiate dialogue with all insurgent groups in India |
| C. | Undertake development activities in Naxal dominated areas |
| D. | Ensure food security |
| Answer» B. Initiate dialogue with all insurgent groups in India | |
| 225. |
The following pie-Âchart shows the study time of different subjects of a student in a day . Study the pie chart and answer the following questions._x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ Instead of 10% , if the student spends 15% to study other subjects and the time is taken from the time scheduled to study mathematics and if he/ she used to study 20 hours per day , then the difference of time for studying mathematics per day is |
| A. | 30 minutes |
| B. | 45 minutes |
| C. | 1 hour |
| D. | 1 hour 30 minutes |
| Answer» D. 1 hour 30 minutes | |
| 226. |
The first Indian to win Booker Prize is |
| A. | Jhumpa Lahiri |
| B. | Arundhati Roy |
| C. | Siddhartha Mukherjee |
| D. | Gobind Beharilal |
| Answer» C. Siddhartha Mukherjee | |
| 227. |
The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is awarded for significant public achievement in which field? |
| A. | Journalism |
| B. | Literature |
| C. | Films |
| D. | Sports |
| Answer» D. Sports | |
| 228. |
The Dr. B. C. Roy awards, instituted in 1962, are given to eminent achievers primarily from which field? |
| A. | Medicine |
| B. | Law |
| C. | Sports |
| D. | Journalism |
| Answer» B. Law | |
| 229. |
The award which, the famous writer and social activist Mahasweta Devi, who passed away recently, did not win |
| A. | Sahity Akademi Award |
| B. | Jnanpith Award |
| C. | Magsaysay Award |
| D. | Padam Vibhushan |
| Answer» E. | |
| 230. |
The Chief Minister of which state was, in October 2017, honoured with the Golden Peacock Award under the category 'Global Leadership in Public Service and Economic Transformation? |
| A. | Bihar |
| B. | Telangana |
| C. | Andhra Pradesh |
| D. | West Bengal |
| Answer» D. West Bengal | |
| 231. |
The annual award of 'Gandhi Peace Prize' is given to |
| A. | Individuals only |
| B. | Institutions only |
| C. | Individuals and institutions |
| D. | Group of institutions |
| Answer» D. Group of institutions | |
| 232. |
The 2015-16 Indira Gandhi Award for National Inteuation was awarded to ........._x005F_x000D_ Â _x005F_x000D_ |
| A. | Shyam Bengal |
| B. | A. R. Rahman |
| C. | T. M. Krishna |
| D. | Gulzar |
| Answer» D. Gulzar | |
| 233. |
Syed Modi International Grand Prix Gold Championship is held every year at ___. |
| A. | Chandigarh |
| B. | Lucknow |
| C. | Delhi |
| D. | Hyderabad |
| Answer» C. Delhi | |
| 234. |
Student specific scholarships are awarded to students who |
| A. | have impressive academic achievements |
| B. | are members of a certain group |
| C. | have impressive athletic accomplishments |
| D. | demonstrates a specific skill |
| Answer» B. are members of a certain group | |
| 235. |
Since foundation of nobel prize awards has been added to the original five disciplines which were considered for award of Nobel Prize |
| A. | Medicine |
| B. | Peace |
| C. | Literature |
| D. | Economics |
| Answer» E. | |
| 236. |
Select the related word/letters/numbers from the given alternatives:_x005F_x000D_ Owl : Hoots :: Hen : ? |
| A. | Chirps |
| B. | Clucks |
| C. | Coos |
| D. | Cackles |
| Answer» C. Coos | |
| 237. |
She plays as an allrounder for the Indian women's cricket team and has been awarded the prestigious Arjuna Award for contribution to cricket in the year 2017 by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Identify the woman._x005F_x000D_ |
| A. | Deepti Sharma |
| B. | Shikha Pandey |
| C. | Mona Meshram |
| D. | Harmanpreet Kaur |
| Answer» E. | |
| 238. |
Resul Pookutty won Oscars for the movie "Slumdog Millionaire" in the category of _____ . |
| A. | Best Sound Mixing |
| B. | Best Original Score |
| C. | Best Original Song |
| D. | Best Foreign Language Film |
| Answer» B. Best Original Score | |
| 239. |
Released in 2016, which of the following is the first Malayalam movie to cross the 100-crore revenue mark? |
| A. | Drishyam |
| B. | Oru Vadakkan Selfie |
| C. | Pulimurugan |
| D. | Premam |
| Answer» D. Premam | |
| 240. |
Ravuri Bharadhwaja won Jnanpith Award for work in which language? |
| A. | Gujarati |
| B. | Marathi |
| C. | Hindi |
| D. | Telugu |
| Answer» E. | |
| 241. |
Raman Megassesay award was established in honour of which of the following country's president ? |
| A. | Thailand |
| B. | Vietnam |
| C. | Indonesia |
| D. | Philippines |
| Answer» E. | |
| 242. |
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna awardee for 2015 was |
| A. | Saina Nehwal |
| B. | Sania Mirza |
| C. | Vijay Kumar |
| D. | Mary Kom |
| Answer» C. Vijay Kumar | |
| 243. |
Pulitzer prize is given in the field of ______. |
| A. | Journalism |
| B. | Sports |
| C. | Medicine |
| D. | Music |
| Answer» B. Sports | |
| 244. |
Pankaj Advani clinched his 13th World title after winning the World 6-Red Snooker Championship by defeating ___ of China. |
| A. | Li Hang |
| B. | Chen Zhe |
| C. | Yan Bingtao |
| D. | Lu Ning |
| Answer» D. Lu Ning | |
| 245. |
Oscar Awards are conferred annually by |
| A. | Academy of Motion Pictures, arts and sciences, USA |
| B. | Hollywood Foreign Press Association |
| C. | Government of United States |
| D. | None |
| Answer» B. Hollywood Foreign Press Association | |
| 246. |
National Space Society gave the 2015 Space Pioneer Award to |
| A. | Mylswamy Annadurai, Head of Mars orbiter program team |
| B. | ISRO's Mars Orbiter proramme team |
| C. | Mangalyaan |
| D. | K. Radhakrishnan |
| Answer» C. Mangalyaan | |
| 247. |
National Film Awards has been administered since _____. |
| A. | 1973 |
| B. | 1980 |
| C. | 1987 |
| D. | 1994 |
| Answer» B. 1980 | |
| 248. |
Name the spiritual leader who was honoured with a humanitarian award by a prominent Jewish human rights organisation for promoting human dignity, interfaith relations and tolerance among people. |
| A. | Asharam Bapu |
| B. | Baba Ramdev |
| C. | Sri Sri Ravi Shankar |
| D. | Morari Bapu |
| Answer» D. Morari Bapu | |
| 249. |
Name the Sikkim Chief Minister who was honored with the Sustainable Development Leadership Award by The Energy and Resources Institute. |
| A. | Pawan Chamling |
| B. | B. B. Gurung |
| C. | Sanchaman Limboo |
| D. | Nar Bahadur Bhandari |
| Answer» B. B. B. Gurung | |
| 250. |
Name the India's highest award which is given to a civilian |
| A. | Bharat Ratna |
| B. | Param Vir Chakra |
| C. | National Film Award |
| D. | Jananpeth Award |
| Answer» B. Param Vir Chakra | |