' Ashoka Chakra ' is awarded for
Answer: D
It is awarded for acts of the most conspicuous bravery or self-sacrifice on land, at sea or in the air, away from the field of battle.
The Ashoka Chakra is the highest peacetime gallantry award and is often given posthumously. Its wartime counterpart is the Param Vir Chakra.
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Which of the following village has won the 'WATER AWARD' an award instituted by Water Digest ?
Answer: A
Govardhan Eco Village won it.
The Water Digest Water Award recognised the village near Wada in Maharashtra for rainwater harvesting and wastewater treatment through natural systems.
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Who has been chosen for Singapore's Cultural Medallion 2014?
Answer: D
K.T.M. Iqbal was chosen.
The Tamil poet living in Singapore received the Cultural Medallion, that country's highest arts honour, in 2014.
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Gershwin Prize given in which among the following field?
Answer: B
The Gershwin Prize is given in music.
The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, instituted in 2007, honours a lifetime's contribution to popular music. Paul Simon was the first recipient; Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney and Willie Nelson have followed.
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The Arjuna Awards were instituted in the year
Answer: B
The Arjuna Awards were instituted in 1961.
They were the first national sports awards in India, and were followed by the Dronacharya Award for coaches in 1985 and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna in 1991.
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Who received Bharat Ratna Award for the year 2013?
Answer: C
Sachin Tendulkar and Prof C.N.R. Rao received it.
The two were named in November 2013 and invested in February 2014 - Tendulkar the first sportsperson to receive the award and the youngest recipient, and Rao a chemist of international standing and a former head of the Prime Minister's Scientific Advisory Council.
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Anna Hazare was awarded the Padma Bhushan in recognition for:
Answer: C
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 received the Deutsche prize for pricing models 2015 ?
Answer: B
Stephen Ross received it.
The Deutsche Bank Prize in Financial Economics was awarded to him in 2015 for arbitrage pricing theory and the binomial option pricing model, which underlie much of modern asset pricing.
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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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Who among the following is a winner of the Indira Gandhi Award for National integration?
Answer: A
Aruna Asaf Ali received the Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration.
She had hoisted the Congress flag at the Gowalia Tank maidan in 1942 at the start of the Quit India movement, and remained active in public life for fifty years. She received the Bharat Ratna posthumously in 1997.
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