From which country did India buy the Barak anti-missile defence system?
Answer: D
India bought the Barak system from Israel.
The Barak-1 point-defence missile was acquired from Israel Aerospace Industries for the navy in 2000 to counter sea-skimming anti-ship missiles, and the longer-range Barak-8 was later developed jointly by IAI and the DRDO.
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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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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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Which State Government of India instituted the Iqbal Samman award?
Answer: C
Madhya Pradesh instituted it.
The Iqbal Samman, begun in 1986, is given by the state for creative writing in Urdu, and is named after the poet Muhammad Iqbal.
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Which is the highest civil award and honour given by Pakistan?
Answer: D
The Nishan-e-Pakistan is the highest.
It is conferred for the most conspicuous service in the national interest, chiefly on heads of state and government. Morarji Desai received it in 1990, the only Indian Prime Minister to hold it.
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Sanjaya Rajaram a noted Indian scientists received the prestigious World Food Prize, 2014 for his contribution to developing high-yield varieties of ____?
Answer: C
He worked on wheat.
Sanjaya Rajaram, who succeeded Norman Borlaug at CIMMYT, bred more than 480 wheat varieties released in 51 countries, crossing winter and spring wheats to produce plants of wide adaptation. He received the World Food Prize in 2014.
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For outstanding contribution to which field is the Abel Prize given?
Answer: C
The Abel Prize is given in mathematics.
Established by Norway in 2002, the bicentenary of Niels Henrik Abel's birth, it is awarded annually and is regarded as mathematics' equivalent of the Nobel, which has no mathematics category. The Fields Medal, by contrast, is given only to mathematicians under forty.
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Contribution to which field is honoured by the B D Goenka Award?
Answer: A
The B.D. Goenka Award honours journalism.
Instituted by the Goenka family in memory of Badri Das Goenka, it recognises excellence in Indian journalism and is among the profession's older honours in the country.
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The Annual Academy awards are better known as
Answer: D
They are better known as the Oscars.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has presented the Academy Awards since 1929. The origin of the nickname is disputed; the Academy adopted it officially in 1939.
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Which of the following awards is given to the Best Parliamentarian?
Answer: C
The G.B. Pant Award is given to the best parliamentarian.
It is conferred by the G.B. Pant Memorial Society, named after the freedom fighter who was Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and Union Home Minister.
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