Which of the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister is Bharat Ratna award winner ?
Answer: A
Govind Ballabh Pant.
He was the first Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, from 1950 to 1954, and later Union Home Minister, and received the Bharat Ratna in 1957.
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' Global 500 ' awards are given for the outstanding achievement in which of the following fields
Answer: D
Global 500 awards are for protection of the environment.
The UNEP Global 500 Roll of Honour, instituted in 1987, recognised outstanding environmental achievement by individuals and organisations. Indian recipients include the Chipko movement and M.C. Mehta.
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The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award is given by which of the following organisations?
Answer: A
It is given by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.
The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, instituted in 1958 and named after CSIR's founding director, is India's highest science award, given annually to scientists under 45 in seven disciplines.
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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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In which city are the Nobel Prizes awarded, other than the Peace Prize?
Answer: B
They are distributed at Stockholm.
The ceremony is held on 10 December, the anniversary of Nobel's death, in the Stockholm Concert Hall, and the Swedish king presents the medals. The peace prize is presented the same day at Oslo.
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Dada Saheb Phalke award is for the contribution to :
Answer: C
C.K. Nagaraja Rao was the first recipient.
The Moortidevi Award, instituted by the Bharatiya Jnanpith in 1983, honours literary work that reflects Indian philosophy and cultural values, in any of the recognised languages or in English.
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Who among the following got the Bharat Ratna award before becoming the president of India?
Answer: A
Dr Zakir Husain received it before becoming President.
He was awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1963 while Vice-President, and became President in 1967. Rajendra Prasad received his in 1962, after leaving office, and Radhakrishnan in 1954, eight years before he became President.
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Who among the following is the winner of the World Food Prize (year 2015)?
Answer: B
Sir Fazle Hasan Abed won it.
The founder of BRAC in Bangladesh received the 2015 World Food Prize for building the largest non-governmental development organisation in the world, whose programmes in microfinance, education and agriculture have reached over a hundred million people.
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Orange Prize is given in the field of :
Answer: A
The Orange Prize is given in literature.
Founded in 1996 and awarded to a novel written in English by a woman of any nationality, it was created after an all-male Booker shortlist in 1991. It is now the Women's Prize for Fiction.
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By defeating which of the following team, India clinched the ICC Champions Trophy 2013?
Answer: A
India beat England.
The 2013 ICC Champions Trophy final at Edgbaston was reduced by rain to twenty overs a side, and India won by five runs under M.S. Dhoni - making him the only captain to have won all three ICC limited-overs trophies.
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