1993 Nobel prize for literature has gone to the first black american lady, for her work ' Beloved'. The name of the lady is
Answer: D
She is Toni Morrison.
She won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993, the first black woman to do so. Beloved, published in 1987, is set after the American Civil War and had already won the Pulitzer Prize.
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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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...................was conferred Sahitya Akademi Award for his poetry book Khara Zaran
Answer: A
Chinu Modi received it.
The Gujarati poet and playwright was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2013 for his collection Khara Zaran. He wrote under the pen name Irshad.
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Who among the following is not a recipient of the Bharatiya Jnanpith Award?
Answer: B
M.F. Husain is not a recipient.
He was a painter, and the Jnanpith is a literary award. Ashapurna Devi received it in 1976 for Bengali, Firaq Gorakhpuri in 1969 for Urdu and V.K. Gokak in 1990 for Kannada.
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The Ramon Magsaysay Award was established in honour of the President of which country?
Answer: D
It honours the President of the Philippines.
Ramon Magsaysay, the country's seventh president, died in an air crash in 1957, and the award was instituted that year. It is often called Asia's Nobel Prize and recognises greatness of spirit in service to the peoples of Asia.
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Anna Hazare was awarded the Padma Bhushan in recognition for
Answer: D
For transforming the barren village of Ralegan Siddhi.
Anna Hazare organised watershed development, tree planting and a ban on liquor in the drought-prone Maharashtra village from 1975, turning it into a model of rural self-reliance. He received the Padma Bhushan in 1992.
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Who was named as " Wisden’s Leading Cricketer in the World " for 2016 ?
Answer: C
Virat Kohli was named.
Wisden chose him as the Leading Cricketer in the World for 2016, a year in which he scored heavily in all three formats and led India's Test side.
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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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The number of annual awards is restricted to a maximum of _______ in a particular year.
Answer: C
The maximum is three in a year.
The Bharat Ratna regulations limit the number of awards to three annually, and there is no obligation to confer it every year - in many years none has been given.
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In 1901, Nobel Prize was not given for
Answer: C
There was no prize for economics in 1901.
Nobel's will provided for five prizes: physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and peace. The economics prize was instituted by the Swedish central bank in 1968 in Nobel's memory, and is not strictly a Nobel Prize.
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