The Nobel Prize was first awarded in
Answer: C
The Nobel Prize was first awarded in 1901.
Alfred Nobel died in 1896, leaving the bulk of his fortune to endow prizes in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and peace. The first went to Röntgen for X-rays, van't Hoff in chemistry, von Behring in medicine, Sully Prudhomme in literature, and Dunant and Passy for peace.
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'Goldman Awards' are given for outstanding contribution in which of the following fields
Answer: D
The Goldman Prize is for protection of the environment.
Established in 1989 by Richard and Rhoda Goldman of San Francisco, it is given each year to six grassroots environmental activists, one from each inhabited continent, and is often called the green Nobel.
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Who among the following is the recipient of the first Dayawati Modi Award for art, culture and education?
Answer: B
Amitabh Bachchan was the first recipient.
The Dayawati Modi Award for Art, Culture and Education was instituted in 1994 by the Modi group in memory of Dayawati Modi.
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Which of the following famous financial journals of international repute confers 'Finance minister of the year' Award?
Answer: C
Euromoney confers the award.
The London magazine has named a Finance Minister of the Year since 1981. Manmohan Singh received it in 1993 for the reforms of 1991, and P. Chidambaram in 1997 for the budget of that year.
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Who was the winner of the Best Central Bank Governor of the Year 2014?
Answer: B
Raghuram Rajan was chosen.
Euromoney named the Governor of the Reserve Bank its Central Bank Governor of the Year for 2014, for steadying the rupee after the taper tantrum of 2013 and for beginning the move to inflation targeting.
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Who amongst the following won a Nobel Prize for literature when he was the head of the Government
Answer: C
Sir Winston Churchill.
He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953 while serving his second term as Prime Minister, cited for his mastery of historical description and his oratory in defence of human values.
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Which one of the following awards was instituted by the KK Birla Foundation?
Answer: A
The Saraswati Samman was instituted by the K.K. Birla Foundation.
Founded in 1991, it honours an outstanding literary work published in the previous ten years in any Eighth Schedule language. The same foundation gives the Vyas Samman for Hindi and the Bihari Puraskar for Rajasthani writing.
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The Sangeet Natak Akademi Puraskar is given in the field of
Answer: D
It is given in all of these.
The Sangeet Natak Akademi Puraskar, instituted in 1952, honours performing artists in music, dance, theatre, puppetry and the traditional and folk arts. Its highest distinction is the Akademi Ratna, or fellowship, limited to forty living persons.
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Miss World 2015 competition held in china was won by Lalaguna. She belongs to:
Answer: C
Mireia Lalaguna belongs to Spain.
She won Miss World 2015 at Sanya in China, the first Spanish woman to take the title.
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In which year did the Government of India modify the eligibility criteria for the Bharat Ratna to allow sportspersons to receive it?
Answer: D
The change was made in 2011.
The award had been confined to art, literature, science and public service. In December 2011 the criteria were widened to any field of human endeavour, which opened it to sport, and Sachin Tendulkar was named in 2013.
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