The only Indian to win the Nobel prize in physics is
Answer: B
Dr C.V. Raman is the only Indian to win the Nobel Prize in Physics.
He received it in 1930 for the Raman effect, the inelastic scattering of light he announced on 28 February 1928 - a date now kept as National Science Day. Chandrasekhar, who won in 1983, was by then an American citizen.
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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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On whose name is the highest award for services to the development of cinema given?
Answer: B
It is named after Dadasaheb Phalke.
Dhundiraj Govind Phalke made Raja Harishchandra in 1913, India's first full-length feature film, and is called the father of Indian cinema. The award was instituted in 1969, his centenary year, and Devika Rani was the first recipient.
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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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In which year was Pulitzer Prize established?
Answer: A
The Pulitzer Prize was established in 1917.
Joseph Pulitzer, the Hungarian-born publisher of the New York World, left funds to Columbia University for a school of journalism and a set of prizes. They are awarded annually for journalism, letters, drama and music, and are confined to American work.
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The first Indira Gandhi Award for International Justice and Harmony has been given to
Answer: D
Yasser Arafat was the first recipient.
The Palestine Liberation Organisation chairman received the award in 1988. He went on to share the Nobel Peace Prize with Rabin and Peres in 1994 for the Oslo Accords.
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The first recipient of Nehru Award was
Answer: D
U Thant was the first recipient.
The Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding was instituted in 1965, and the Burmese diplomat, then Secretary-General of the United Nations, received it that year.
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Who among the following own the Nobel prize for literature?
Answer: B
Samuel Beckett won the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1969.
The Irish playwright and novelist wrote Waiting for Godot and Endgame. Linus Pauling won in chemistry and peace, and Philip Noel-Baker and Ralph Bunche in peace.
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Who among the following has received a Nobel Prize in literature 1953?
Answer: D
Winston Churchill received the 1953 prize.
The citation was for his mastery of historical and biographical description and for his oratory in defence of human values. The award recognised chiefly The Second World War and his wartime speeches; he is the only British Prime Minister to have won it.
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The highest civilian award of India 'Bharat Ratna' has been awarded to only two foreigners so far. One of them is Nelson Mandela. The other is
Answer: A
The other is Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan.
The Frontier Gandhi received the Bharat Ratna in 1987, the first non-Indian to do so, and Nelson Mandela followed in 1990. Ghaffar Khan led the non-violent Khudai Khidmatgar movement in the North-West Frontier Province.
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