Which state Government of India has instituted the Samman Award?
Answer: C
Madhya Pradesh instituted the Samman awards.
The state gives a family of national honours through its department of culture - the Kalidas Samman for classical arts, the Tansen Samman for Hindustani music, the Iqbal Samman for Urdu writing and the Kabir Samman for poetry.
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Which Indian director won the Lifetime Achivement Oscar in 1992
Answer: D
Satyajit Ray won it.
He received the honorary Academy Award for lifetime achievement in 1992, accepting it from a hospital bed in Calcutta a few weeks before his death. Ardeshir Irani made Alam Ara, India's first talkie, and Devika Rani was the first recipient of the Phalke Award.
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Which award is an initiative in India to recognize the best practices in e-Content and Creativity ?
Answer: B
It is the Manthan Award.
Instituted in 2003 by the Digital Empowerment Foundation, it recognises the best practices in digital content and creativity in India and South Asia, with categories from e-governance to e-health.
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Who was first film maker to receive Bharat Ratna Award ?
Answer: C
Satyajit Ray was the first film-maker to receive it.
He was awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1992, the year of his death, having received his honorary Oscar a few weeks earlier. He remains the only Indian film-maker so honoured.
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On which date is Nobel Prize Awarded?
Answer: C
They are awarded on 10 December.
That is the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death in 1896. The five Swedish prizes are presented at Stockholm and the peace prize at Oslo on the same day.
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Shirin Ebadi, who won the nobel peace prize in 2003, is from
Answer: A
Shirin Ebadi is from Iran.
The lawyer and human rights activist received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003 for her work on democracy and the rights of women and children - the first Muslim woman and the first Iranian to receive it.
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Who will be awarded The Jnanpith Award for the year 2017?
Answer: A
Krishna Sobti received the Jnanpith Award for 2017.
The Hindi novelist wrote Mitro Marjani, Dilo-Danish and Zindaginama. She was known for a bold treatment of women's desire and for a prose that mixed Punjabi, Urdu and Rajasthani into her Hindi.
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Bharat Ratna Award is awarded by __________ of India.
Answer: A
It is awarded by the President of India.
The award is conferred by warrant under the President's hand and seal, on the Prime Minister's recommendation. The recipient receives a sanad signed by the President and a peepal-leaf medallion.
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The Bharat Ratna Award award was established by the first President of India, ____________.
Answer: B
It was established under Rajendra Prasad, the first President.
He instituted the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan by two notifications of January 1954; the Padma series was reorganised into its present three grades in 1955.
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"Kalinga Prize" associated with which of the following fields ?
Answer: C
The Kalinga Prize is associated with science.
Instituted at UNESCO in 1951 by Biju Patnaik of Odisha, it honours exceptional skill in presenting scientific ideas to the general public. Julian Huxley, Bertrand Russell and Arthur C. Clarke are among the recipients.
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