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 : Which film won the best film award in 53rd national award
Last Answer : Kaalpurush-memories in the mist
Description : Which Indian film won the Golden Lion Award for the ‘Best Picture’ at the Venice Film Festival in 2001? (1) Lagan (2) Asoka (3) Monsson Wedding (4) Gadar
Last Answer : Monsson Wedding
Description : Girish Karnad is : (1) A well known playwright and actor. (2) A recipient of Gnanpith Award (3) The President of the Film and Television Institute of Indian Society. (4) All the above.
Last Answer : All the above
Description : Name the winner of the Sanjay Chopra National Award for Bravery 2008. (1) Saumika Mishra (2) Santosh Sen (3) Amit Kumar (4) Pappu
Last Answer : Saumika Mishra
Description : Sri Arvind Kejriwal has been selected for the Ramon Magsaysay Award for 2006 for his important contribution in the field. (1) Formation of Pani (water Panchayats in Rajasthan helping rural people in ... citizens to fight corruption. (4) Extending education to children of slum dwellers in Delhi.
Last Answer : ‘Right to Information’ movement and empow7ering citizens to fight corruption.
Description : The ‘Global 500’ awards are given for outstanding achievement in which one of the following fields? (1) Literature (2) Medicine (3) Environmental Protection (4) Promotion of International Peace
Last Answer : Environmental Protection
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 : 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
Description : Filmfare Award for Best Female Actor, 2011 was conferred on (1) Shilpa Shetty (2) Priyanka Chopra (3) Vidya Balan (4) Katrina Kaif
Last Answer : Vidya Balan
Description : The Magsaysay Award for social service was instituted by (1) the Government of India (2) the UNO (3) the ILO (4) Philippines Government
Last Answer : Philippines Government
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 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 : Manav Seva Award has been instituted in the memory of (1) Indira Gandhi (2) Acharya Vinoba Bhave (3) Rajiv Gandhi (4) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Last Answer : Rajiv Gandhi
Description : Who is the recepient of the Sahitya Akademi Award 2010 in Hindi Literature category? (1) Uday Prakash (2) Laxman Dubey (3) Nanjil Nandan (4) Mangat Badal
Last Answer : Uday Prakash
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 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 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 : The first Indian to win the ICC ODI Player of the Year (2007) Award is (1) Saurav Ganguly (2) Virender Sehwag (3) Yuvraj Singh (4) Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Last Answer : Mahendra Singh Dhoni
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 : 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 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 won the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for the year 2005? (1) Viswanathan Anand (2) Pankaj Advani (3) Yuvraj Singh (4) Narain Karthikeyan
Last Answer : Pankaj Advani
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 : 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 amidst the following eminent Indian journalists was conferred the Magsaysay Award ? (1) Frank Moraes (2) Kushwant Singh (3) Arun Shourie (4) Girilal Jain
Last Answer : Arun Shourie
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 : Who was the first Ramon Magsaysay Award winner from India? (1) C.D. Deshmukh (2) Jayaprakash Narayan (3) Dr. Verghese Kurien (4) Acharya Vinoba Bhave
Last Answer : Acharya Vinoba Bhave
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 : Oscar Awards Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy of Pakistan won an Oscar Award for best documentary film. What was the title of the film? A. Acid Burns B. Desperate Women C. Dark Shadows D. Saving Face
Last Answer : ANSWER: D
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 first recipient of Bharat Ratna was (1) Jawaharlal Nehru (2) Govind Vallabh Pant (3) B. C. Roy (4) C. V. Raman
Last Answer : C. V. Raman
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 : Which one of the following was crowned Pantaloon’s Femina Miss India World, 2012? (1) Vanya Mishra (2) Prachee Meera (3) Rochello Maria Rao (4) Shakshee Hariharan
Last Answer : Vanya Mishra
Description : Nobel Prizes are awarded annually at (1) Stockholm (2) Washington (3) Geneva (4) Oslo
Last Answer : Oslo
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 was instituted by the country (1) USA (2) UK (3) Russia (4) Sweden
Last Answer : Sweden
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
Description : Bharat Ratna is designed like the leaf of (1) Banyan tree (2) Peepal tree (3) Cocount tree (4) Sandalwood tree
Last Answer : Peepal tree
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