Which Indian personality has been selected for France’s highest civilian award Legion of Honour ?
Answer: C
Soumitra Chatterjee received it.
The Bengali actor was made a Chevalier and then an Officier of the Legion of Honour, France's highest civilian distinction, for his contribution to cinema. He appeared in fourteen of Satyajit Ray's films.
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Who amongst the following won a Nobel Prize for literature when he was the head of the Government
Answer: C
Sir Winston Churchill.
He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953 while serving his second term as Prime Minister, cited for his mastery of historical description and his oratory in defence of human values.
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The U Thant Award is given for
Answer: A
It is given for contribution to East-West understanding.
The award is named after U Thant, the Burmese diplomat who was Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971, and honours work that bridges the cultures of Asia and the West. Vinoba Bhave was the first Indian recipient.
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Who has become the first Asian to be chosen for the prestigious "Von Hippel Award" ?
Answer: C
C.N.R. Rao was the first Asian chosen.
The Materials Research Society's Von Hippel Award, its highest honour, went to him in 2017 for work in solid state and materials chemistry. He is one of the few Indians to hold the Bharat Ratna for science.
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Who has been nominated for the prestigious Padma Bhushan award by the Sports Ministry for 2017 ?
Answer: B
P.V. Sindhu was nominated.
She had won the silver medal in badminton at the Rio Olympics in 2016, the first Indian woman to win an Olympic silver, and received the Padma Bhushan in 2020.
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Who has become the 1st woman player from Jharkhand who has been awarded Dhyan Chand Award 2017 ?
Answer: B
Sumrai Tete received it.
The hockey player from Jharkhand was given the Dhyan Chand Award for lifetime achievement in 2017. She had captained the Indian women's team and played in two World Cups.
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Who will be awarded The Jnanpith Award for the year 2017?
Answer: A
Krishna Sobti received the Jnanpith Award for 2017.
The Hindi novelist wrote Mitro Marjani, Dilo-Danish and Zindaginama. She was known for a bold treatment of women's desire and for a prose that mixed Punjabi, Urdu and Rajasthani into her Hindi.
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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 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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Who has won the Nobel prize in "Physics" for the year 2017 ?
Answer: D
All three - Rainer Weiss, Barry Barish and Kip Thorne.
They shared the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics for their decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the first observation of gravitational waves, confirming a prediction Einstein had made a century earlier.
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