Which of the following awards was conferred on Mrs. Kiran Bedi
Answer: C
The Magsaysay Award was conferred on her.
Kiran Bedi received it in 1994 for government service, in recognition of her prison reforms at Tihar. She was India's first woman IPS officer.
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B.C.Roy Award is given in the field of
Answer: B
The B.C. Roy Award is given in medicine.
Instituted in 1962 in memory of Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy, physician and Chief Minister of West Bengal, it is conferred by the Medical Council of India. His birthday, 1 July, is observed as National Doctors' Day.
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Durand Cup is associated with the game of
Answer: C
The Durand Cup is a football trophy.
Started in 1888 at Simla by Sir Mortimer Durand, it is the oldest football tournament in Asia and the third oldest in the world, after the FA Cup and the Scottish Cup.
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Pulitzer prize is awarded for outstanding work in the field of
Answer: B
The Pulitzer Prize is for literature and journalism.
It covers reporting, commentary, criticism and photography on the journalism side, and fiction, drama, history, biography, poetry and music on the letters side. Only American work is eligible.
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Who among the following received the Nobel Prize twice, in different subjects?
Answer: A
Marie Curie won in two different subjects.
She shared the physics prize in 1903 for radioactivity and won the chemistry prize alone in 1911 for the discovery of radium and polonium. She is the only person to have won in two sciences. Bardeen won physics twice and Sanger chemistry twice.
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The recipient of the first Moortidevi Award is
Answer: C
C.K. Nagaraja Rao was the first recipient.
The Moortidevi Award, instituted by the Bharatiya Jnanpith in 1983, honours literary work that reflects Indian philosophy and cultural values, in any of the recognised languages or in English.
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' Global 500 ' awards are given for the outstanding achievement in which of the following fields
Answer: D
Global 500 awards are for protection of the environment.
The UNEP Global 500 Roll of Honour, instituted in 1987, recognised outstanding environmental achievement by individuals and organisations. Indian recipients include the Chipko movement and M.C. Mehta.
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The journalist who refused to accept Padma Bhushan was
Answer: B
Khushwant Singh returned his Padma Bhushan.
He had received it in 1974 and returned it in 1984 in protest against Operation Blue Star, the army action at the Golden Temple. He was later awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 2007.
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The first Indian to receive the U Thant award for cultural understanding was
Answer: C
Acharya Vinoba Bhave was the first Indian to receive it.
The U Thant Award, named after the third Secretary-General of the United Nations, honours contribution to international understanding. Vinoba Bhave had led the Bhoodan movement, walking across India to persuade landlords to give land to the landless.
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The first Indian to share the Oscar award was
Answer: C
Bhanu Athaiya was the first Indian to share an Oscar.
She won for costume design in Richard Attenborough's Gandhi in 1983, sharing the award with John Mollo. Satyajit Ray received an honorary Oscar for lifetime achievement in 1992.
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