Description : Who received Booker prize for the Book “Half a Life” ? (1) Arundhati Roy (2) Anita Desai (3) V.S. Naipaul (4) Kiran Bedi
Last Answer : V.S. Naipaul
Description : Which of the following international prizes/awards is given for outstanding contribution in the field of journalism ? (1) Booker Prize (2) Pulitzer Prize (3) Sakharov Prize (4) Sullivan Award
Last Answer : Pulitzer Prize
Description : Booker prize is given in the field of : (1) Medicine (2) Adventure (3) Fiction writing (4) Science
Last Answer : Fiction writing
Description : The Nobel Prize was instituted by the country (1) USA (2) UK (3) Russia (4) Sweden
Last Answer : Sweden
Description : Who won the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2012 ? (1) European Union (2) U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (3) International Atomic Energy Agency (4) Liu Xiaobo
Last Answer : European Union
Description : International Simon Bolivar Prize was recently awarded to Aung San Suu Kyi by the government of (1) Mauritius (2) China (3) Venezuela (4) Cuba
Last Answer : Venezuela
Description : The WISE Prize-2012, also known as the “Nobel Prize for Education” was conferred by the WISE Summit in Doha on : (1) Dr. Madhav Chavan (2) Dr. Yash Pal (3) Dr. M.S. Swaminathan (4) Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
Last Answer : Dr. Madhav Chavan
Description : Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development - 2012 was awarded to : (1) Sunita Williams (2) Chanda Kochhar (3) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (4) Tereza Fajksova
Last Answer : Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Description : In which year did Amartya Kumar Sen receive the Nobel Prize in Economics ? (1) 1998 (2) I995 (3) 2000 (4) 1990
Last Answer : 1998
Description : The Indian representing an international organization who shared the Nobal Peace Prize with Al Gore of U.S. was (1) Rajendra Pachauri (2) Viswanathan Subramanian (3) R.N. Tagore (4) Mother Teresa
Last Answer : Rajendra Pachauri
Description : The Nobel Prize for Economics was instituted by (1) Alfred Nobel (2) Sweden’s central bank (3) The Nobel Committee (4) World Bank
Last Answer : Sweden’s central bank
Description : Nobel Prize in which field is not paid out of the endowment set up by Dr. Alfred Nobel ? (1) Peace (2) Medicine (3) Economics (4) Chemistry
Last Answer : Economics
Description : Who is the scientist who was associated with food grain revolution and who also won the Nobel Prize for Peace? (1) Dr. M.S. Swaminathan (2) Dr. N.E. Borlaug (3) Dr.Subramaniam Chandra Sekhar (4) Willy Brandt
Last Answer : Dr. N.E. Borlaug
Description : The first Indian to win Nobel Prize was (1) C.V. Raman (2) Rabindra Nath Tagore (3) Hargobind Khurana (4) Amartya Sen
Last Answer : Rabindra Nath Tagore
Description : Which India-born scientist was awarded the Nobel Prize in Astrophysics? (1) Prof. Chandrashekhar (2) Sir C.V. Raman (3) Satyendra Nath Bosh (4) Vikram Sarabhai
Last Answer : Prof. Chandrashekhar
Description : Kalinga Prize for popularisation for science was established in 1951 by the UNESCO at the initiative of (1) C.V. Raman (2) Jagadish Chandra Bose (3) Biju Patnaik (4) S. Radhakrishnan
Last Answer : Biju Patnaik
Description : Who of the following pairs of Nobel Laureates in Physics was awarded 2010 Nobel Prize? (1) John C Mather, George F. Smoot (2) Albert Fert, Peter Grunberg (3) David Gross, Frank Wilczek (4) Andre Geim, Konstantin Novoselov
Last Answer : Andre Geim, Konstantin Novoselov
Description : The Nobel Prize for Chemistry for the year 2011 has been awarded to (1) Saul Perlmutter, Brian P. Schmidt and Adam G. Riess (2) Bruce A. Beutler, Jules A. Hoffmann and Ralph M. Steinman (3) Christopher A. Sims and Thomas J. Sargent (4) Dan Schechtman
Last Answer : Dan Schechtman
Description : The Nobel Prize for Physics for the year 2011 has been awarded to (1) Saul Perlmutter, Brian P. Schmidt and Adam G. Riess (2) Bruce A. Beutler, Jules A. Hoffmann and Ralph M. Steinman (3) Christopher A. Sims and Thomas J. Sargent (4) Dan Schechtman
Last Answer : Saul Perlmutter, Brian P. Schmidt and Adam G. Riess
Description : Who of the following was not the recipient of Nobel Prize in Economics 2010? (1) Peter A. Diamond (2) Christopher Pissarides (3) Lui Xiaobo (4) Dale Mortensen
Last Answer : Lui Xiaobo
Description : Nobel Prize winning India, Amartya Sen, is known for his work in which area ? (1) Physics (2) Environmental Protection (3) Chemistry (4) Economics
Description : What is the field in which coutstanding work may be recognised with the award of Pulitzer Prize ? (1) Science and Technology (2) Literature and Journalism (3) International Understanding (4) Environmental Studies
Last Answer : Literature and Journalism
Description : Prof. Amartya Sen was awarded Nobel Prize for his contribution to the field of (1) food and famines (2) welfare economics (3) Indian economy (4) poverty
Last Answer : welfare economics
Description : The Nobel Prize, 2005 for Literature has been awarded to (1) Robert J. Aumann and Thomas C. Schelling (2) Robert H. Grubbs and Richard R. Schrock (3) Harold Pinter (4) Barry J. Marshall and J Robin Warren
Last Answer : Harold Pinter
Description : Amartya Sen was awarded the Nobel Prize for his contribution to (1) Monetary Economics (2) Welfare Economics (3) Econometrics (4) Development Economics
Last Answer : Welfare Economics
Description : Biologist of Indian origin who received the Nobel Prize was (1) Raja Ramanna (2) C.V. Raman (3) Hargovind Khorana (4) Jagadish Chandra Bose
Last Answer : Hargovind Khorana
Description : In which of the following fields Nobel Prize is not given ? (1) Physics (2) Mathematics (3) Chemistry (4) Medicine
Last Answer : Mathematics
Description : What is the prize money given with Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna? (1) Rs. 1.50 lakh (2) Rs. 2 lakhs (3) Rs. 3 lakhs (4) Rs. 5 lakhs
Last Answer : Rs. 5 lakhs
Description : Who amidst the following won the Nobel Prize in Science in two different disciplines ? (1) Russell Hulse (2) David Lee (3) Madame Curie (4) Paul Boyer
Last Answer : Madame Curie
Description : Who was the First Indian Nobel Prize winner ? (1) Sir C.V. Raman (2) Mother Teresa (3) S. Chandrashekar (4) Rabindra Nath Tagore
Description : In which city is the presentation ceremony of Nobel Peace Prize held ? (1) Stockholm (2) Oslo (3) Geneva (4) The Hague
Last Answer : Oslo
Description : Kalinga Prize is given in which of the following fields? (1) Arts (2) Medicine (3) Creative writing (4) Science
Last Answer : Science
Description : 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 ? (1) Roderick MacKinnon (2) Kurt Wuethrich (3) John E. Sultan (4) H. Robert Horvitz
Last Answer : Roderick MacKinnon
Description : Who amongst the following facilitated the development of MRI as an important diagnostic tool and for that won a Nobel Prize? (1) Sydney Brenner (2) Paul C. Lauterbur (3) John E. Sulton (4) H. Robert Horvitz
Last Answer : Paul C. Lauterbur
Description : Who from the following is an awardee of both the Nobel Prize and the Bharat Ratna? (1) Mahatma Gandhi (2) Rabindranath Tagore (3) Mother Teresa (4) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
Last Answer : Mother Teresa
Description : Which ex-U.S. President has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize-2002 ? (1) John F. Kennedy (2) William Jefferson Clinton (3) Jimmy Carter (4) Franklin D. Rossevelt
Last Answer : Jimmy Carter
Description : Who was awarded the Nobel Prize for inventing the microchip? (1) Jack St. Clair Kilby (2) Eric Cornell (3) Carl Wieman (4) Wolfgang Ketterle
Last Answer : Jack St. Clair Kilby
Description : Who amongst the following was awarded Nobel Prize for developing the technology used in integrated circuits used in PCs? (1) Robert F. Furchgott (2) Horst L. Stormer (3) Jack Kilby (4) John a. Pople
Last Answer : Jack Kilby
Description : Who amongst the following won the Nobel Prize at least twice? (1) Winston Churchill (2) Madame Curie (3) Octavio Paz (4) George Choupak
Description : Who amidst the following won the Nobel Prize in Science in two different disciplines? (1) Russell Hulse (2) David Lee (3) Madam Curie (4) Paul Boyer
Last Answer : Madam Curie
Description : Half of the people of the Commonwealth lives in __________ (A) India. (B) the USA. (C) Great Britain. (D) Canada.
Last Answer : (A) India.
Description : The United Kingdom consists of __________ (A) England, Scotland, Wales. (B) Great Britain and Northern Ireland. (C) England and Scotland. (D) Great Britain and the Irish Republic.
Last Answer : (B) Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Description : Directive Principles of State Policy in the Indian Constitution were taken from the Constitution of – (1) Britain (2) Ireland (3) USA (4) Canada
Last Answer : (2) Ireland Explanation: The Constitution lays down certain Directive Principles of State Policy which though not justiceabie, are 'fundamental in governance of the country'. The concept of Directive Principles of State Policy was borrowed from the Irish Constitution.
Description : Directive Principles of State Policy in the Indian Constitution were taken from the Constitution of (1) Canada (2) Britain (3) Ireland (4) USA
Last Answer : (3) Ireland Explanation: The makers of the Constitution of India were influenced by the Irish nationalist movement. Hence, the Directive Principles of the Indian constitution have been greatly influenced by the Directive Principles of State Policy as enshrined in the Irish Constitution.
Description : New Britain and New Ireland are parts of - (1) USA (2) Canada (3) Australia (4) Papua New Guinea
Last Answer : (4) Papua New Guinea Explanation: Papua New Guinea is in the South Pacific and lies directly north of Australia. To the north east of mainland Papua New Guinea lies the mysterious and beautiful New ... the East lie a further string of islands including Lihir, one of the world's largest gold mines.
Description : New Britain and New Ireland are parts of– (1) USA (2) Canada (3) Australia (4) Papua New Guinea
Last Answer : Papua New Guinea
Description : Which of the following is not a recipient of the Dada Saheb Phalke Award ? (1) Prithvi Raj Kapoor (2) Mrs. Kanan Devi (3) Gemini Ganesan (4) Mrs. Devika Rani
Last Answer : Gemini Ganesan
Description : The first recipient of the Dada Saheb Phalke Award was (1) Mrs. Devika Rani (2) Mrs. Kanan Devi (3) B.N. Sarkar (4) Prithvi Raj Kapoor
Last Answer : Mrs. Devika Rani
Description : Who is the winner of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award (2011) ? (1) Gagan Narang (2) Saina Nehwal (3) Sachin Tendulkar (4) M.S. Dhoni
Last Answer : Gagan Narang
Description : Who was the recipient of the Dada Saheb Phalke Award for the year 2010 ? (1) A.R. Rahman (2) Javed Akhtar (3) K. Balachandar (4) V.K. Murthy
Last Answer : K. Balachandar