Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar is given in which field :
Answer: B
It is given in the field of the environment.
The Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar, instituted in 1987, is the government's highest environmental award, given to individuals and organisations for outstanding contribution to environmental protection.
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FiFi awards are given in_____industry:
Answer: B
The FiFi Awards are given in the perfume industry.
Instituted by the Fragrance Foundation in 1973, they are often called the Oscars of the fragrance world.
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For outstanding contribution to which one of the following' fields is Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize given?
Answer: C
They are given for outstanding contribution to science.
The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, instituted by CSIR in 1958 and named after its founding director, is India's highest science honour, given annually to scientists under 45 in seven disciplines.
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Which film has bagged the Best Feature Film award at the third SAARC Film Festival in Colombo?
Answer: C
Paan Singh Tomar won it.
Tigmanshu Dhulia's film about the steeplechase runner who became a dacoit, with Irrfan Khan in the title role, took the Best Feature Film award at the third SAARC Film Festival at Colombo.
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Which of the following awards was instituted in 1992 to mark the golden jubilee of the Quit India Movement?
Answer: B
The Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Award was instituted then.
The Congress created it in 1992 to mark the golden jubilee of the Quit India movement, for outstanding contribution to communal harmony, peace and goodwill. Mother Teresa was the first recipient.
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Which of the following is the world's top environmental conservation award?
Answer: A
The Golden Panda Award is the top conservation award.
Instituted by the World Wide Fund for Nature, whose emblem is the giant panda, it is the organisation's highest honour for contribution to the conservation of nature.
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Which of the following awards was instituted by Shanti Prasad Jain?
Answer: D
The Jnanpith Award was instituted by him.
Shanti Prasad Jain and his wife Rama Jain founded the Bharatiya Jnanpith in 1944 and instituted the award in 1961. G. Sankara Kurup received the first, in 1965, for the Malayalam poem Odakkuzhal.
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Which of the following is India's highest peace-time gallantry award?
Answer: D
The Ashoka Chakra is the highest peacetime gallantry award.
Instituted in 1952, it is given for the most conspicuous bravery or self-sacrifice away from the field of battle, and ranks with the Param Vir Chakra, its wartime equivalent. Most awards have been posthumous.
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In which field is the B. C. Roy Award given?
Answer: C
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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