Which of the following decade is celebrated as United Nations Decade for Women
Answer: C
It was 1976 to 1985.
The United Nations Decade for Women followed International Women's Year in 1975, and its theme was equality, development and peace. The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women was adopted during it, in 1979.
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Shanthi Swaroop Bhatnagar awards are given for
Answer: B
They are given for outstanding contribution to science.
The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, instituted by CSIR in 1958 and named after its founding director, is India's highest science honour, given annually to scientists under 45 in seven disciplines.
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Who among the following has won the Pantaloon's Femina Miss India World, 2012 Awards
Answer: B
Vanya Mishra won it.
She was crowned Femina Miss India World in 2012 and went on to represent India at the Miss World pageant that year.
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Name the first Muslim woman to receive the Nobel Prize in the world
Answer: B
Shirin Ebadi was the first.
The Iranian 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 be so honoured.
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Which country instituted the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award?
Answer: A
The United States instituted it.
The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award was created by Congress in 1987 and named after a Secretary of Commerce who had died that year. It was a response to Japanese competition, and was modelled in part on Japan's own Deming Prize.
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Who among the following is not a recipient of 'Dada Saheb Phalke' Award?
Answer: A
Ramanand Sagar did not receive the award.
He was the maker of the television Ramayan of 1987. Raj Kapoor received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1987, V. Shantaram in 1985 and Ashok Kumar in 1988.
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Which Indian author was the first to win the Conspiracy Novel of the Year award from the American Literary Forum Society?
Answer: A
Nikhil Chandwani was the first.
The Indian writer received the Conspiracy Novel of the Year award from the American Literary Forum Society.
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Meera Puraskar, the highest honour in Hindi-Sanskrit literature, is given by which of the following states?
Answer: D
It is given by Rajasthan.
The Meera Puraskar is the state's highest literary honour, named after the poet-saint Meerabai, and is given for a work in Hindi.
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The Booker Prize is given in the field of
Answer: D
The Booker Prize is given for fiction.
Established in 1969, it honours the best novel of the year written in English and published in the United Kingdom. It was confined to Commonwealth and Irish writers until 2014, when it was opened to any novel written in English. Five Indian-born writers have won it.
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Which of the following awards was instituted by the Indian National Congress in its Centenary Year?
Answer: B
The Indira Gandhi Award was instituted then.
The Indian National Congress created the Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration in 1985, its centenary year, in memory of the Prime Minister assassinated the previous year.
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