Honours and Awards Questions

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Name the first Indian to get Nobel prize in literature.

A) Rabindranath Tagore B) CV Raman
C) Lal Bahadur Shastri D) Amartya Sen
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Rabindranath Tagore

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Who among the following is NOT one of the recipients of Major Dhayan Chand Award for the year 2017?

A) Bhupender Singh B) Syed Shahid Hakim  
C) Sumarai Tete D) Brij Bhushan Mohanty
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Brij Bhushan Mohanty

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Which one of the following temples of India has won the ‘UNESCO Asia Pacific Award of Merit, 2017’ for cultural heritage conservation?

A) Kamakhya Temple, Guwahati  B) Sri Ranganathaswami Temple, Srirangam
C) Meenakshi Temple, Madurai D) Kedarnath Temple, Kedarnath
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Sri Ranganathaswami Temple, Srirangam

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The massive renovation and restoration effort at the Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple in Srirangam has won the UNESCO Asia Pacific Award of Merit 2017 for cultural heritage conservation.

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which field is B.C. Roy Award given

A) Music B) Journalism
C) Medicine D) Environment
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Medicine

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Q:

Amartya Sen won Nobel Prize for?

A) Literature B) Physics
C) Peace D) Economic Sciences
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Economic Sciences

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Q:

Who was conferred with the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature?

A) Bob Dylan B) Oliver Hart
C) Yoshinori Ohsum D) J. Michael Kosterlitz
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Bob Dylan

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Name the first Indian to get Bharat Ratna posthumously.

A) Atal Bihari Vajpayee B) Lal Bahadur Shastri
C) C K Naidu D) Mihir Sen
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Lal Bahadur Shastri

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Who among the following has been awarded the 'Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award' for the year 2016?

A) Jitu Rai B) Sania Mirza
C) Rohit Sharma D) Babita Kumari
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Jitu Rai

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