Saraswati Samman is given annually for outstanding contribution to
Answer: A
The Saraswati Samman is given for literature.
Instituted by the K.K. Birla Foundation in 1991, it honours an outstanding literary work published in the previous ten years in any of the languages listed in the Eighth Schedule. Harivansh Rai Bachchan was the first recipient.
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Which one of the following has been proclaimed by UNESCO a masterpiece of the oral and intangible heritage of humanity?
Answer: C
Ramlila was so proclaimed.
UNESCO listed the traditional performance of the Ramayana in 2005 as a masterpiece of the oral and intangible heritage of humanity, and it was inscribed on the Representative List in 2008. Vedic chanting and Kutiyattam were the other Indian entries in that round.
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Who among the following was the first to receive the Nobel Prize
Answer: C
Rabindranath Tagore was the first.
He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913, seventeen years before C.V. Raman's physics prize of 1930 and fifty-five before Har Gobind Khorana's in medicine.
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Who was crowned Miss Universe 2014 at 63rd edition of Miss Universe held in Us in Jan 2015 ?
Answer: B
Paulina Vega of Colombia was crowned.
She won Miss Universe 2014 at Doral, Florida, in January 2015, the second Colombian to hold the title.
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Who among the following recently received the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry 2014?
Answer: C
Imtiaz Dharker received it.
The Pakistan-born British poet, who grew up in Glasgow and has long lived partly in Mumbai, was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 2014.
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First Indian person who promptly decline Bharat Ratna Award was ____________.
Answer: C
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was the first to decline it.
He objected that a member of the committee that selects recipients should not himself be considered. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously in 1992.
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Name the India's highest award which is given to a civilian
Answer: A
It is the Bharat Ratna.
Instituted in 1954, it is the highest civilian honour of India, given for exceptional service in any field. It carries no title and no monetary grant, and the recipient is entitled only to a sanad and a medallion. The Param Vir Chakra is the highest military decoration.
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Who has been selected for the Jnanpith award for 2014 ?
Answer: B
Bhalchandra Nemade was selected.
The Marathi novelist and critic received the Jnanpith Award for 2014. His novel Kosla, published in 1963, is regarded as a turning point in modern Marathi fiction.
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Identify the first Indian to receive Harvard Medal?
Answer: D
Anand Mahindra was the first Indian to receive it.
The Harvard Medal is given for extraordinary service to the university. He is an alumnus of Harvard College and the Business School, and endowed the Mahindra Humanities Center there.
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' Ashoka Chakra ' is awarded for
Answer: D
It is awarded for acts of the most conspicuous bravery or self-sacrifice on land, at sea or in the air, away from the field of battle.
The Ashoka Chakra is the highest peacetime gallantry award and is often given posthumously. Its wartime counterpart is the Param Vir Chakra.
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