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1. Which Indian musician performed Raga For Peace' at the (a) 1 (b) 4
2014 Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo? (c) 2 (d) 3
5. Who among the following Indian singers received the
'Bharat ratna' in singers received the 'Bharat Ratna' in
(a) Bahadur Khan/ 2001?
(b) Amjad Ali Khan/
(c) Buddhadev Das Gupta/
(d) Satyaki Banerjee/ (a) Asha Bhosle/
2. Which Indian music director was awarded Japan's Fukuoka (b) Ali Akbar Khan/
prize - 2016 for his outstanding contribution in creating, (c) Shreya Ghoshal/
preserving and showcasing South Asian traditional fusion (d) Lata Mangeshkar/
music? 6. Who is the first Indian woman to with the Grammy Award?

(a) Sunidhi Chauhan/

(b) lata mangeshkar/
(c) Asha Bhosle/
(a) Vishal Bharadwaj/ (d) Tanvi Shah/
(b) pritam Chakraborty/ 7. Who among the following is the first singer to be
(c) AR Rahaman/ presented with India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat
(d) MM Keeravani/ Ratna?
3. On 8 February 2009, for the 51 st Grammy Awards,
______won in the category Contemporary World Music
Album for his collaborary World Music Album for his (a) Ustad Ali Akbar Khan/
collaborative album Global Drum Project along with
(b) Hariprasad Chaurasia/
Mickey hart, Sikiru Adepoju and Giovanni Hidalogo.
(c) Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi/

(d) Bismillah Khan/

8. Which of the following awards has been conferred upon
kailash Kher?
(a) Zakir Hussain/
(b) Anindo Chatterjee/
(c) Kumar Bose/ (a) Padma Bhushan/
(d) Swapan Chaudhuri/ (b) Bharat Ratna/
4. How many Grammy Awards has AR Rahman won?
(c) padma Shri/
(d) Padma Vibhushan/

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9. For which of the following albums did Sonu Nigam win a (c) Jean Baptiste perrin/
Grammy Award? (d) Owen Willans Richardson/
15. Who among the following personalities, also associated
with poetry and Music has been conferred with the Nobel
(a) Mubarakan/ (b) mehmaam/ Proze?
(c) Mahsoos/ (d) Muskurahat/
10. Bessie Award is a dance award given in which country?
(a) Rabindra Nath Tagore/
(a) Germany/ (b) Norway/ (b) Dwijendra Lal Ray/
(c) Australia/ (d) USA/ (c) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee/
11. Who among the following Indian musicians received the (d) Purandar Das/
'Best original Song' award for his composition in 'Slumdog 16. In which year was the International Booker Prize
Millionaire', at Oscars 2009? established?

(a) 2005 (b) 1969

(c) 1981 (d) 1918
(a) AR Rahman/ 17. Who among the following was the first Dr Shanti Swarup
(b) Asha Bhosle/ Bhatnagar awardee?
(c) Lata Mangeshkar/
(d) Gulzar/
12. Which Indian actress was also one of the dancers to be (a) MN Saha/
honoured with the 'Padma Shri' award in 1968? (b) KS Krishnan/
(c) CV Raman/
(d) S Chandrasekhar/
(a) Hema malini/ 18. In which discipline is the Bidhan Chandra Roy Award given
(b) Sridevi/
(c) Vyjayanthimala/ (a) Law/
(d) Madhubala/ (b) Architecture/
13. The South Indian film dance choreographer, K (c) sports/
Shivashankar, won which of the following prestigious (d) medicine/
awards in 2010 for the best choreography in the Telugu 19. Who among the following is the first Indian to get an Oscar
film magadheera? Award?

(a) Bhanu Athaiya/

(a) National Film Award/ (b) SatyajitRay/
(b) Filmfare Award/ (c) AR Rahman/
(c) International Film Academy Award/ (d) Result Pookutty/
20. The Sangeet natak Akademi Award for contribution to
(d) Guild Award/ performing Arts has been conferred on artists since the
14. Who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Phosics in 1926; for year _______.
his work on the discontinuous structure of matter'?

(a) 1950 (b) 1961

(a) Charles Wilson/ (c) 1952 (d) 1959
(b) Murray Gell-Mann/

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21. The Gitanjali Literary Prize is awarded in association with (a) 1969 (b) 1956
which country? (c) 1961 (d) 1947
28. Which of the following organizations awards the Nobel
Memorial prize in Economic Sciences?
(a) Germany/ (b) England/
(c) France/ (d) The US/
22. The 'Amrita Devi Bishnoi National Award' is given for: (a) Norwegian Nobel Committee/
(b) Karolinska Institute/
(c) The Royal Swedish Academy Sciences/
(a) environment protection/
(b) energy protection / (d) Swedish Academy/
(c) wildlife protection/ 29. Who is the first Indian to have won the Pulitzer Prize?
(d) biodiversity protection/
23. In which year did Amartya Sen receive the Nobel Prize for (a) Gobind Behari Lal/
Economics? (b) Sanghamitra Kalita/
(c) Jhumpa Lahiri/
(d) Geeta Anand/
(a) 1998 (b) 2004 30. Who among the following is NOT a Bharat Ratna recipient?
(c) 1997 (d) 1999
24. Who among the following was the first recipient of Padma (a) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan/
Vibhushan?
(b) Mother Teresa/
(c) Nelson Madela/
(a) JRD Tata/
(d) Baldev SIngh/
(b) Satyendra nath Bose/
31. The Indira gandhi Award for National Integration is
(c) Hargobind Khorana/ accorded by the:
(d) John matthai/
25. The Ramon Magsaysay Award was established in the year
_____.
(a) Indian National Congress/
(b) Ministry of Human resource Development,
(a) 1957 (b) 1982
Government of India/
(c) 1962 (d) 1965
26. The ICTP Ramanujan Prize is awarded annually for
excellence in _______. (c) Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India/
ICTP
(d) Indira Gandhi National Open University/
(a) Chemistry/
(b) Physics/ 32. Which of the following persons was the recipient of the
inaugural Infosys Prize for Social Sciences - History, 2009?
(c) Mathematics/
(d) Biology/
27. The Arjuna Awards are given by the Ministry of Youth
Affairs and Sports to recognise outstanding achievement (a) Amlan Datta/
in sports and games. It was instituted in _______. (b) Krishna Kumar/
(c) Hari vasudevan/
(d) Upinder Singh/

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33. Who is the first Indian to be awarded the Nobel prize in (b) Hindi Diwas/
Physics? (c) Sadbhavana Diwas/
(d) Independence Day/
39. The SASTRA-Ramanujan Prize is awarded in the field of:
(a) Subramanyan Chandrasekhar/
(b) Venkatraman Ramakrishnan/ (a) Literature/
(c) Har Gobind Khorana/ (b) Dance/
(d) Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman/ (c) Mathematics/
34. The Ashok Chakra Class-III was renamed as the ______in (d) Chemistry/
1967. 40. Name the first actor to win the Oscar Awards?
III
(a) Warner Baxter/
(a) Kirti Chakra/ (b) Emil Jannings/
(b) Shauraya Chakra/ (c) Lionel Barrymore/
(c) Vir Chakra/ (d) Charlie Chaplin/
(d) Mahavir Chakra/ 41. Who among the following received the Sahitya Akademi
35. Which American president won the Nobel Peace prize? Award in 1968?

(a) Bill Clinton/

(b) George Washington/ (a) Kaifi Axmi/
(c) Barack Obama/ (b) Buddhadeb Basu/
(d) Abraham Lincoln/ (c) Harivansh Rai Bachchan/
36. Who among the following was the first non-Indian to (d) Amrita pritam/
receive the Bharat Ratna, the highest Indian honour that 42. Who among the following was the First army officer of
can be given to civilians? Independent India to be conferred the rank of Field
Marshal?

(a) Jopship Broz Tito/ (a) Om Prakash Malhotra/

(b) Nelson mandela/ (b) Gopal Gurunath Bewoor/
(c) Milkhail Gorbachev/ (c) Tapishwar Narain raina/
(d) Abdul Ghaffar Khan/ (d) Sam manekshaw/
37. Who among the following was the first recipient of the 43. When was the Government of Indian established the Lalit
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award? Kala Akademi (National Academy of Arts) to promots and
advertise Indian art, inside and outside the country?

(a) Vijay Amritraj/

(b) PT Usha/
(c) Sachn Tendulkar/ (a) 1971 (b) 1954
(d) Viswanathan Anand/ (c) 1960 (d) 1948
38. The Padma Awards are announced around ______every 44. In which failed 'saraswati Samman' award is given?
year.
(a) Music/ (b) Literature/
(c) Journalism/ (d) Dance/
(a) Republic Day/

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45. Select among the following who are not honoured with (a) John keynes/
'Bharat ratna'? (b) Karl Marx/
(c) Alfred Nobel /
(a) Morarji Desai/ (d) Adam Smith/
(b) M.G. Ramachandar/ 51. Which of the following is the highest civilian award of
(c) Shyam Prasad Mukherjee/ India?
(d) Vinoba Bhave/
46. Which award is often referred to as the 'Nobel Prize of
architecture'? (a) padma Bhushan/
(b) Bharat Ratna/
(c) Padam Shri/
(a) Pritzker prize/ (d) Jnanpith Award/
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru Prize/ 52. ________is the highest gallantry award for officers and
(c) Able prize/ other enlisted personnel of all military branches of India.
(d) Raman magsaysay/
47. Which of the following Indian is NOT honoured with the
Nobel Prize? (a) Param Vir Chakra/
(b) Shauraya Chakra/
(c) Mahavir Chakra/
(a) Mahatma Gandhi/ (d) Kirti Chakra/
(b) Kailash Satyarthi/ 53. Which of the following awards is NOT given by the Madhya
(c) Hargobind Khurana/ Pradesh Government?
(d) Rabindranath Tagore/
48. Which of the following awards is given to a University for
its all-round good performance in sports? (a) Kishore Kumar Award/
(b) rani Laxmi bai Award/
(c) Kalidas Award/
(a) Maulana Abul Kalam Axad Trophy/ (d) lata Mangeshkar Award/
54. The Lalit Kala Academy is the apex cultural government
(b) Dhyan Chand Award/ institute of which sector?
(c) Arjuna Award/
(d) Dronacharya Award/
49. Arundhati Roy is the ricipient of which of the following (a) Theatre/
International awards? (b) Visual Arts/
(c) Performing Arts/
(d) Music/
(a) Ramon magsaysay/ 55. Which is the gallantry award given in the event of an
(b) Nobel Prize/ indirect confrontation with the enemy?
(c) Pulitzer Pirze/
(d) Man Booker Prize/
50. Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economics Sciences is awarded (a) Ashoka Chakra/
every year year is the in the memory of ______. (b) veerta Chakra/
(c) Paramveer Chakra/
(d) Shaurya Chakra/

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56. Who is the only IAF officer to have been awarded by the 62. Which of the following is the highest award (in order of
Param Vir Chakra? precedence) for military services?

(a) Karam Singh/ (a) Kirti Chakra/

(b) Somnath SIngh/ (b) Ashok Chakra/
(c) Yogendra Singh / (c) Veer Chakra/
(d) Nirmal Jeet SIngh Sekhon/ (d) Param Veer Chakra/
57. Which is the biggest award given by the International 63. To which state does the noted Padma Shree awardee and
Hooting Sport Federation? Sufi saint Abraham Sutar belong

(a) Black Cross/ (a) karnataka/ (b) Telangana/

(b) Red Cross/ (c) Kerala/ (d) Andhra Pradesh/
(c) Blue Cross/ 64. Who was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Physics
(d) White Cross/ in 1903?
58. Who was the youngest person before Malala Yusufjai to
be awarded with the Nobel Prize?
(a) Alva myrdal/
(b) Jane Addams/
(a) William lawrence Bragg/ (c) Marie Curie/
(b) Friedrich pasi/ (d) Jody Williams/
(c) Mary Curie/ 65. Which Indian received the Nobel peace Prize after Mother
(d) Jean henry Dunant/ Teresa?
59. Who is the first to receive a Nobel Prize in Physics?

(a) John Henry Dunet/ (a) K Radhakrishnan /

(b) Wangari mathayi/ (b) Fali Nariman/
(c) Wilhem Konrad roentgen/ (c) P Sathasivam/
(d) Linus Pauling/ (d) kailash Satyarti/
60. Who is the first Indian to get the ISSF Blue Cross? 66. The Nobel Prize is awarded in 6 categories each year.
ISSF Which of the following is NOT one of them?
(a) Sania Mirza/
(b) Abhinav bindra/
(a) Mathematics/ (b) Literature/
(c) Sachin Tendulkar/
(c) Physics/ (d) Economics/
(d) rahul Dravid/
67. Name the Nobel Laureate who helped crack the genetic
61. Which player has won the maximum gold medals in the
code.
history of the Olympics?

(a) Venkataraman Ramakrishnan/

(a) Michael Phelps /
(b) Abdus Salam/
(b) Larisa latynina/
(c) Subramaniam Chandrasekar/
(c) Usain bolt/
(d) Har Gobind Khorana/
(d) Muhammad Ali/

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68. Padma Vibhushan is the ________civilian award of India. (b) fourth highest/
(c) third highest/
(a) highest/ (d) second highest/

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