Which senior BJP Leader was conferred with Padma Vibhusan Award by Pranab Mukherjee on 30 Mar2015?
Answer: C
Lal Krishna Advani received it.
The Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award, was conferred on him in 2015. He had served as Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister.
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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 country awards Nobel Prizes?
Answer: B
Sweden awards the Nobel Prizes.
Four are decided by Swedish bodies - the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for physics, chemistry and economics, the Karolinska Institute for medicine and the Swedish Academy for literature - and presented at Stockholm. The peace prize alone is decided and presented in Norway.
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Which is the highest civil award and honour given by Pakistan?
Answer: D
The Nishan-e-Pakistan is the highest.
It is conferred for the most conspicuous service in the national interest, chiefly on heads of state and government. Morarji Desai received it in 1990, the only Indian Prime Minister to hold it.
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Which of the following awards is given to the Best Parliamentarian?
Answer: C
The G.B. Pant Award is given to the best parliamentarian.
It is conferred by the G.B. Pant Memorial Society, named after the freedom fighter who was Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and Union Home Minister.
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Kalidas Samman Award has been instituted by
Answer: C
It was instituted by the Government of Madhya Pradesh.
The Kalidas Samman, begun in 1980, is given each year for classical music, classical dance, theatre or the plastic arts, and is presented at Ujjain, the city associated with the poet Kalidasa.
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In terms of prize money, which is the highest award given by the Government of India in any field?
Answer: A
The Gandhi Peace Prize carries the largest sum.
Instituted in 1995 for the 125th birth anniversary of Gandhi, it carries Rs 1 crore together with a citation and a plaque. The Bharat Ratna carries no money at all, and the Jnanpith Rs 11 lakh.
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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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Which one of the following is the Highest Award in India ?
Answer: A
The Bharat Ratna is India's highest award.
Instituted in 1954, it is conferred for exceptional service of the highest order in any field. It carries no title and no monetary grant, only a sanad and a peepal-leaf medallion. The Padma Bhushan ranks third, after the Padma Vibhushan.
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Florence Nightingale Medal is given internationally in which of these fields ?
Answer: B
The Florence Nightingale Medal is given in nursing.
Instituted by the International Committee of the Red Cross in 1912, it is the highest international distinction a nurse can receive, awarded every two years for exceptional courage and devotion to the wounded and the sick.
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