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Awards & Honours Mixed Quiz: Set 10

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Set 10 of the Awards & Honours mixed quiz has 20 multiple-choice questions from 10 different topics of the subject: Ramon Magsaysay, Pulitzer and Booker, Grammy and Music Awards, Science and Technology Awards and more. 8 of them were asked in real previous-year papers. A topic quiz checks one chapter; this set revises the whole subject at once, the way an exam paper does, where the next question can come from any chapter. Every question carries an explanation of why the correct option is right and why the others are wrong. Keep to the timer, read the explanations at the end, and go back to the notes of any topic where you slipped.

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20 questions with answers and explanations

Q3.Awards & HonoursMedium

The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize is given by which organisation?

  1. A.Indian Space Research Organisation
  2. B.Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
  3. C.Department of Atomic Energy
  4. D.Indian National Science Academy
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Correct answer: B. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

The prize was instituted in 1958 by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research in memory of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar, the chemist who served as its first Director-General and built the chain of national laboratories; it is given to Indian scientists below the age of forty-five in seven branches of…

Q5.Awards & HonoursEasy

The headquarters of UNESCO is located in which city?

  1. A.Geneva
  2. B.Paris
  3. C.New York
  4. D.Vienna
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Correct answer: B. Paris

UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, has its headquarters at Place de Fontenoy in Paris, France. Its Constitution was signed in London in November 1945 and came into force in November 1946, and India was among the founding members.

Q6.Awards & HonoursAsked in: Rajasthan · RPSC RAS Prelims 2016 Official PaperMedium

Which country recently conferred its highest civilian honor 'Amir Amanullah Khan Award' to Prime Minister Narendra Modi?

  1. A.Saudi Arabia
  2. B.Uzbekistan
  3. C.Iran
  4. D.Afghanistan
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Correct answer: D. Afghanistan

The Amir Amanullah Khan Award is Afghanistan's highest civilian honour, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi received it in June 2016 at Herat, on the day he and President Ashraf Ghani opened the Afghan-India Friendship Dam, earlier called the Salma Dam, which India built on the Hari Rud.

Q7.Awards & HonoursAsked in: SSC CGL · 01 Dec 2022, Shift 1Medium

Who among the following composers won the Grammy in 2015 for his album 'Winds of Samsara' – a collaboration with South African flautist Wouter Kellerman?

  1. A.Mano Murthy
  2. B.Raghu Dixit
  3. C.Subhashish Ghosh
  4. D.Ricky Kej
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Correct answer: D. Ricky Kej

Ricky Kej won the Grammy for Best New Age Album at the 57th Grammy Awards in 2015 for Winds of Samsara, made with the South African flautist Wouter Kellerman.

Q8.Awards & HonoursAsked in: SSC MTS · 12 Oct 2021, Shift 1Medium

The 'Amrita Devi Bishnoi National Award' is given for:

  1. A.Wildlife protection
  2. B.Energy protection
  3. C.Environment protection
  4. D.Biodiversity protection
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Correct answer: A. Wildlife protection

The Amrita Devi Bishnoi National Award is given for outstanding courage and devotion in protecting wildlife. It was instituted by the Union environment ministry in 1994 and carries a cash prize with a citation.

Q11.Awards & HonoursEasy

Which award is described as the Nobel Prize of mathematics?

  1. A.Turing Award
  2. B.Fields Medal
  3. C.Copley Medal
  4. D.Kavli Prize
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Correct answer: B. Fields Medal

Because Alfred Nobel's will created no prize for mathematics, the Fields Medal has come to be treated as the highest honour in the subject; it was first awarded in 1936, is named after the Canadian mathematician John Charles Fields, and is presented at the International Congress of Mathematicians once every…

Q15.Awards & HonoursEasy

The Turing Award is given in the field of

  1. A.Medicine
  2. B.Computer science
  3. C.Astronomy
  4. D.Economics
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Correct answer: B. Computer science

The Association for Computing Machinery has given the Turing Award every year since 1966 for lasting contributions of a technical nature to computing, and it is named after Alan Turing, the British mathematician who framed the idea of a universal computing machine and worked on breaking wartime codes.

Q16.Awards & HonoursMedium

Bhanu Athaiya won her Academy Award in which category?

  1. A.Best Actress
  2. B.Best Costume Design
  3. C.Best Original Score
  4. D.Best Documentary
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Correct answer: B. Best Costume Design

Bhanu Athaiya designed the costumes for Gandhi, the film Richard Attenborough made in 1982, and shared the Academy Award of 1983 in that category with the British designer John Mollo.

Q17.Awards & HonoursHard

The endowment for the UNESCO Kalinga Prize was given by which Indian?

  1. A.Biju Patnaik
  2. B.Madanjeet Singh
  3. C.J R D Tata
  4. D.Homi Bhabha
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Correct answer: A. Biju Patnaik

Biju Patnaik, the aviator and industrialist who later became Chief Minister of Odisha, gave the endowment in 1951 that allowed UNESCO to create the prize, and it was named after the ancient kingdom of Kalinga in that region, where the Mauryan emperor Ashoka fought the war that changed him.

Q18.Awards & HonoursMedium

The UNESCO Kalinga Prize is awarded for

  1. A.Research in nuclear physics
  2. B.The popularisation of science
  3. C.Work in environmental law
  4. D.Excellence in engineering design
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Correct answer: B. The popularisation of science

The Kalinga Prize was created at UNESCO in 1951 from a gift made by Biju Patnaik of Odisha, later the Chief Minister of that state, and it was first awarded in 1952; it honours a writer, editor, broadcaster or film maker who has helped explain science to ordinary people, and…

Q19.Awards & HonoursEasy

What does the abbreviation UNESCO stand for?

  1. A.United Nations Economic and Social Cooperation Organization
  2. B.United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
  3. C.United Nations Environment and Sustainable Cooperation Organization
  4. D.Union of Nations for Education, Science and Culture
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Correct answer: B. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNESCO is the specialised agency of the United Nations for education, the sciences, culture, communication and information, with its headquarters at Paris.

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