Description : Which former army chiefs got 'Mahavir Chakra' twice
Last Answer : General as Vaidya
Description : Who, of the following, was awarded “Ashok Chakra” on 26th January, 2009 ? (a) Hemant Karkare (b) M.C. Sharma (c) Gajendra Singh (d) Vijay Salaskar (1) a and b (2) a, b and d (3) a, b and c (4) All of the above
Last Answer : All of the above
Description : Who among the following is a famous Chief Election Commissioner of India who has been awarded Mag-saysay award ? (1) Sukumar Sen (2) M. S. Gill (3) J. M. Lingdoh (4) S. L. Sakdhar
Last Answer : J. M. Lingdoh
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 : 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 : 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 : Which one of the following cricketers has been awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for the year 2007? (1) Sachin Tendulkar (2) Saurav Ganguly (3) M.S. Dhoni (4) Virender Sehwag
Last Answer : M.S. Dhoni
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 : 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 : Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, the former Indian President, received the prestigious Bharat Ratna award in the year (1) 1992 (2) 1995 (3) 1997 (4) 1998
Last Answer : 1997
Description : When is "Army Day (Field Marshall K.M. Cariappa took over the command of Army on this day in 1949 from the British) " celebrated ? -General Knowledge
Last Answer : Jan 15 Army Day Field Marshall K.M. Cariappa took over the command of Army on this day in 1949 from the British.
Description : 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? (1) M.S. Subbalakshmi (2) Ustad Bismillah Khan (3) Pt. Ravishankar (4) Lata Mangeshkar
Last Answer : Ustad Bismillah Khan
Description : Who among the following has been conferred the ‘Climate Protection Award’ by the Environment Protection Agency of the US ? (1) Medha Patkar (2) Rajendra Singh (3) R. K. Pachauri (4) Arundhati Roy
Last Answer : R. K. Pachauri
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 : 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 : Novelist, Mr. Salman Rushdie was awarded “Knighthood” by (1) Queen Elizabeth II (2) Prince Charles (3) Mr. Gordon Brown (4) Mrs. Margaret Thatcher
Last Answer : Queen Elizabeth II
Description : Nobel Prizes are awarded annually at (1) Stockholm (2) Washington (3) Geneva (4) Oslo
Last Answer : Oslo
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 : 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 : 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 : Who was the awarded two ICC Awards-2004 for his achievements ? (1) Shane Warne (2) Rahul Dravid (3) Brian Lara (4) Andrew Flintoff
Last Answer : Rahul Dravid
Description : Who was awarded the Jawaharlal Nehru Award (a trophy, citation and Rs. 25 lakh) in 2004 ? (1) Lee Kuan Yew (2) Goh Chok Tong (3) Aung San Suu Kyi (4) Mahathir Mohamed
Last Answer : Goh Chok Tong
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 among the following won the ‘ICC Cricketer of the Year Award’ for the year 2009 ? (1) M.S. Dhoni (2) Gautam Gambhir (3) Mitchell Johnson (4) Tillakaratne Dilshan
Last Answer : Mitchell Johnson
Description : Who among the following was selected for Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2005? (1) Aparna Sen (2) Govind Nihalani (3) M.S. Sathyu (4) Shyam Benegal
Last Answer : Shyam Benegal
Description : Who among the following had got the Bharat Ratna Award before becoming the President of India ? (1) Dr. Zakir Hussain (2) Dr. Rajendra Prasad (3) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan (4) V.V. Giri
Last Answer : Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
Description : After whom is the Magsaysay Award named ? (1) A former President of Indonesia (2) A former King of Thailand (3) A former President of Phil ippines (4) A former Prime Minister of Australia
Last Answer : A former President of Phil ippines
Description : Which of the following Nobel laureates was never an Indian ? (1) Mother Teresa (2) S. Chandrashekhar (3) V.S. Naipaul (4) H.G. Khurana
Last Answer : V.S. Naipaul
Description : Who amongst the following cricketers has been chosen for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, 2007 ? (1) Rahul Dravid (2) M.S. Dhoni (3) Sachin Tendulkar (4) Virender Sehwag
Description : Who amongst the following won the Nobel Prize at least twice? (1) Winston Churchill (2) Madame Curie (3) Octavio Paz (4) George Choupak
Last Answer : Madame Curie
Description : Who among the following has been honoured with the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2007? (1) Yash Chopra (2) Ustsad Amjad Ali Khan (3) Manna Dey (4) A. Nageshwara Rao
Last Answer : Manna Dey
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 : 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 : 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 first musician to be felicitated with ‘Bharat Ratna’ ? (1) Lata Mangeshkar (2) M.S. Subbulakshmi (3) Pt. Ravi Shankar (4) Pt. Bhimsem Joshi
Last Answer : M.S. Subbulakshmi
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 : For which one of the following, M.S. Dhoni was chosen for the year 2007 ? (1) Arjun Award (2) Dronacharya Award (3) Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award (4) None of the above
Last Answer : Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award
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
Description : Who was the first Gyanpeeth Puraskar winner ? (1) Sumitra Nandan Pant (2) G. Shankar Kurup (3) K. Shivaram Karanth (4) Uma Shankar Joshi
Last Answer : G. Shankar Kurup
Description : Who, among the following, is a non-Indian who was conferred “Bharat Ratna”? (1) Mother Teresa (2) Sheikh Mujibur Rehman (3) Nelson Mandela (4) Lord Mountbatten
Last Answer : Nelson Mandela
Description : Ashoka Chakra' is awarded for -Awards
Last Answer : bravery Conditions of Eligibility: The Chakra is awarded for most conspicuous bravery or some act of daring or pre-eminent act of valour or self-sacrifice otherwise than in the face of the enemy. The decoration may be awarded posthumously.
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 : Who, out of the following, was the first recipient of Bharat Ratna Award ? (1) B.C. Roy (2) S. Chandrasekhar (3) C.V. Raman (4) Gobind Ballabh Pant
Last Answer : C.V. Raman
Description : Who received Booker prize for the Book “Half a Life” ? (1) Arundhati Roy (2) Anita Desai (3) V.S. Naipaul (4) Kiran Bedi
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 was the First Indian Nobel Prize winner ? (1) Sir C.V. Raman (2) Mother Teresa (3) S. Chandrashekar (4) Rabindra Nath Tagore
Last Answer : Rabindra Nath Tagore
Description : Which one of the following Indian film actors has been conferred the Honorary Doctorate in Arts and Culture by Bedfordshire University, London ? (1) Amir Khan (2) Anil Kapoor (3) Amitabh Bachchan (4) Shah Rukh Khan
Last Answer : Shah Rukh Khan
Description : The book ‘The Audacity of Hope’ has been written by (1) Nayantara Sehgal (2) Aravind Adiga (3) Vikram Seth (4) Barack Obama
Last Answer : Barack Obama