Which among the following Indian artists is the winner of the Oscar Award?
Answer: B
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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Which Indian Anti Hunger activist will be honoured with the 2017 Queens Young Leaders award ?
Answer: C
Ankit Kawatra was honoured.
He founded Feeding India, which redistributes surplus food from weddings and restaurants to the hungry through a network of volunteers. The Queen's Young Leaders Award recognised young people making a difference across the Commonwealth.
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Nobel prize are distributed annually at
Answer: C
They are distributed at Stockholm.
The ceremony is held on 10 December, the anniversary of Nobel's death, in the Stockholm Concert Hall, and the Swedish king presents the medals. The peace prize is presented the same day at Oslo.
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Name the award declared each year for films produced in India in the previous year.
Answer: C
It is the National Film Award.
Instituted in 1954 and given by the Directorate of Film Festivals, it honours Indian films of the previous year across all languages, and includes the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for lifetime achievement.
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Manav Seva Award has been instituted in the memory of
Answer: A
It was instituted in memory of Rajiv Gandhi.
The Rajiv Gandhi Manav Seva Award is given annually for outstanding service to children, on his birth anniversary.
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'Ashoka Chakra' is awarded for
Answer: D
It is awarded for 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, the equivalent of the Param Vir Chakra, which is given for valour in the presence of the enemy. It was instituted in 1952.
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Who was the first non-human to win an Oscar?
Answer: B
Mickey Mouse was the first.
Walt Disney received an honorary Academy Award in 1932 for the creation of Mickey Mouse, the first Oscar connected with a non-human character.
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Who is the first Asian Winner of Nobel Prize?
Answer: C
Rabindranath Tagore was the first Asian Nobel laureate.
He won the Prize in Literature in 1913 for Gitanjali. C.V. Raman, in 1930, was the first Asian to win in a science subject.
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Who won Gandhi Peace Prize 2014 on 27 March 2015?
Answer: A
ISRO won it.
The Gandhi Peace Prize for 2014 was awarded to the Indian Space Research Organisation, in recognition of the Mars Orbiter Mission and of a space programme built for development purposes at very low cost.
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Jawaharlal Nehru award is given for
Answer: C
It is given for international understanding.
The Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding was instituted in 1965 and administered by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations. U Thant was the first recipient; others include Martin Luther King Jr, Mother Teresa and Nelson Mandela.
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