Nobel Prizes are distributed annually at
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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Which of the following branches of knowledge is not recognised with a Nobel Prize?
Answer: C
Engineering is not recognised.
Nobel's will named physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and peace, and economics was added in 1968. Engineering, mathematics and the earth sciences have no Nobel; the Fields Medal and the Abel Prize serve mathematics.
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Which Indian airport has won the 2016 Golden Peacock Award for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the transportation sector under the Aviation category?
Answer: A
Delhi International Airport Limited won it.
The Golden Peacock Award for Corporate Social Responsibility is given by the Institute of Directors. DIAL operates Indira Gandhi International Airport, the busiest in the country.
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In which year was the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian award, established, and how many persons had been honoured with it as of 2011?
Answer: B
It was established in 1954, and 41 persons had been honoured by 2011.
The first three recipients were C. Rajagopalachari, S. Radhakrishnan and C.V. Raman. The award was briefly abolished in 1977 and restored in 1980, and no more than three may be conferred in a year.
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The only film-maker to receive the Bharat Ratna was
Answer: C
Satyajit Ray is the only film-maker to receive the Bharat Ratna.
It was conferred in 1992, the year he died and the year he received his honorary Oscar. His first film, Pather Panchali, brought Indian cinema international recognition in 1955.
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Who has won the 2017 Man Booker International Prize ?
Answer: C
David Grossman won it.
The Israeli writer received the 2017 Man Booker International Prize for A Horse Walks into a Bar, translated by Jessica Cohen, the prize money being shared equally between author and translator.
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Which one of the following is not an award given on the National Awards Day?
Answer: D
The Vishwamitra Award is not given on National Sports Day.
The Khel Ratna, Arjuna, Dronacharya and Dhyan Chand awards are all presented by the President on 29 August, the birthday of Dhyan Chand, which is observed as National Sports Day.
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Diwan of Mysore who received Bharat Ratna Award -
Answer: B
Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya.
The engineer who built the Krishnaraja Sagar dam and designed the flood protection system for Hyderabad served as Diwan of Mysore from 1912 to 1918, and received the Bharat Ratna in 1955. His birthday, 15 September, is Engineer's Day.
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Who was the first Indian to receive the Magaysay Award?
Answer: D
Vinoba Bhave was the first Indian recipient.
He received the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership in 1958, for the Bhoodan movement, in which he walked across India persuading landowners to give land to the landless.
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Feroz Gandhi Award is associated with
Answer: B
The Feroze Gandhi Award is associated with journalism.
It commemorates Feroze Gandhi, the parliamentarian and journalist whose exposure of the Mundhra scandal in 1957 brought down a finance minister and established the accountability of ministers to Parliament.
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