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 : 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 : 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 : Authors in English from which of the following countries are not eligible to be considered for the Booker Prize? (1) Britain (2) Commonwealth (3) Republic of Ireland (4) USA
Last Answer : USA
Description : Booker prize is given in the field of : (1) Medicine (2) Adventure (3) Fiction writing (4) Science
Last Answer : Fiction writing
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 : 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 : 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 : Who of the following is not a recipient of ‘Bharat Ratna’? (1) Morarji Desai (2) Gulzari Lal Nanda (3) Rajiv Gandhi (4) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Last Answer : Atal Bihari Vajpayee
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 of the following awards was conferred on Mrs. Kiran Bedi? -Awards
Last Answer : Ramon Magsaysay Award It is an award known as Ramon Magsaysay Award. Ramon Magsaysay Philippine President is the one who establishes the award for the integrity and courageous people. It was the step ... the pragmatic idealism. Hence, there is no better person to claim the award than Kiran Bedi.
Description : The prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award was conferred was conferred upon Ms. Kiran Bedi for her excellent contribution to which of the following fields? -Awards
Last Answer : Government Service
Description : Which of the following awards was conferred on Mrs. Kiran Bedi? -Do You Know?
Last Answer : answer:
Description : The Union Government on 22 May 2016 appointed whom as the new Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory (UT) of Pondicherry? (1) Kiran Bedi (2) Kalyan Singh (3) Ram Naik (4) Mukul Sangma
Last Answer : (1) Kiran Bedi Explanation: BJP leader and former IPS officer Kiran Bedi was, in May 2016, appointed Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry. The post had been lying vacant after the Narendra Modi ... The Union Territory was under the additional charge of Lt. Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Description : The first Indian to win Nobel Prize was (1) C.V. Raman (2) Rabindra Nath Tagore (3) Hargobind Khurana (4) Amartya Sen
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 : Which of the following Indian Nobel Prize winners is associated with economics? A. V.S. Naipaul B. Amartya Sen C. C.V. Raman D. Hargobind Khorana
Last Answer : ANSWER: B
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 : 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 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 : 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 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 : 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 : ‘Chipko’ movement was first started by (A) Arundhati Roy (B) Medha Patkar (C) Ila Bhatt (D) Sunderlal Bahuguna
Last Answer : (D) Sunderlal Bahuguna
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 : 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 Nobel Prize was instituted by the country (1) USA (2) UK (3) Russia (4) Sweden
Last Answer : Sweden
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 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 : 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 : 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