Description : Who is associated with Narmada Bachao Andolan? (a) Aruna Roy (b) Medha Patkar (c) Arundhati Roy (d) None of these
Last Answer : (b) Medha Patkar
Description : ‘Chipko’ movement was first started by (A) Arundhati Roy (B) Medha Patkar (C) Ila Bhatt (D) Sunderlal Bahuguna
Last Answer : (D) Sunderlal Bahuguna
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 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 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 : 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 : The ‘Chipko Movement’ was launched in Himalayan regions by [A] Baba Amte [B] Sunderlal Bahuguna [C] Medha Patkarti [D] Arundhati Roy
Last Answer : [B] Sunderlal Bahuguna
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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 launched the ‘Chipko Movement’ in the hills of Garhwal during 1980s? a) Sundarlal Bahuguna b) Baba Amte c) Medha Patkar d) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Last Answer : a) Sundarlal Bahuguna
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 : 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 : 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 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 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 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 : 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 : Dr Rajendra Singh Paroda has been felicitated with the award (a) Padam Shri (b) Padam Bhushan (c) Padam Vibhushan (d) Bharat Ratna
Last Answer : (a) Padam Shri
Description : Who among the following former Chiefs of Army Staff had been awarded the ‘Mahavir Chakra’ twice ? (1) General K.M. Cariappa (2) General K.S. Thimmayya (3) General A.S. Vaidya (4) General S.H.F.J. Man-ekshaw
Last Answer : General A.S. 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 : 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 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : In the 53rd National Film Awards, the award for ‘Best Feature Film’ has gone for (1) ‘Kaalpurush – Memories in the Mist’ (2) ‘Rang De Basanti’ (3) Parzania (4) Paheli
Last Answer : ‘Kaalpurush – Memories in the Mist’
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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Nobel Prize winning India, Amartya Sen, is known for his work in which area ? (1) Physics (2) Environmental Protection (3) Chemistry (4) Economics
Last Answer : 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 : ‘Pusa Neem’ (Neem-oil coated urea)— product used as inhibitors for slow release, was designated and reported by—(A) Dr. Rajendra Prasad and Colleagues (B) Dr. R.S. Paroda (C) Dr. G.B. Singh (D) Dr. M.S. Randhawa
Last Answer : (A) Dr. Rajendra Prasad and Colleagues
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