1. Who among the following was the first to win the Booker Prize? a) William Golding 2. Which one of the following awards instituted by KK Birla Foundation is given to an individual for outstanding work on Indian philosophy, culture and art? a) Saraswathy Samman 3. When was the Nobel Prize for literature instituted? a) 1956 4. Contribution to which field is honoured by Dhanvantari award? a) Physics 5. Which of the following is India’s highest honour in the field of literature? a) Vyas Samman 6. Which one of the following is India’s highest civilian honour? a) Bharat Ratna 7. Who was the first to win the Nobel Prize for literature? a) Albert Camus 8. Men from which nation has won the highest number of Nobel Prizes? a) England 9. Which of the following awards is given to the Best Parliamentarian? a) Gujar Mal Modi Award 10. When did Amnesty International win the Nobel Prize? a) 1917 11. Who was the first woman to win the Jnanpith award? a) Ashapurna Devi 12. In terms of Prize money which of the following is the highest literary prize in India? a) Vyas Samman 13. Which of the following awards was instituted by the Indian National Congress in its Centenary Year? a) Gandhi Peace Prize 14. Which one of the following awards was instituted by the KK Birla Foundation? a) Saraswati Samman 15. When did Red Cross win the Nobel Peace Prize for the first time? a) 1917 1. When did Mother Teresa win the Nobel Peace Prize? a) 1979 2. Besides Roosevelt, who among the following Presidents of America has won the Nobel Peace Prize? a) Thomas Jefforson 3. Which of the following awards was instituted by Shanti Prasad Jain? a) Vyas Samman 4. Who was the first Indian to win the Booker Prize? a) Arundathi Roy 5. Who was the first winner of Gandhi Peace Prize? a) AT Aryaratne 6. The Annual Academy awards are better known as a) Nobel Prize 7. Contribution to which field is honoured by the Kalinga award? a) Science and Technology 8. Who among the following has won the Polar Music Award instituted by the Royal Music Academy, Sweden? a) Sakir Hussein 9. Who was the first foreigner to win the Bharat Ratna? a) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan 10. Which one of the following awards is given for contribution to poetry? a) Kabir award 1979 1. Who among the following national leaders have won the highest civilian honours of Pakistan? a) Jawaharlal Nehru 2. Who among the following actors has won the Chevalier Award instituted by the French Government? a) MG Ramakrishnan 3. Who was the first Indian to win the Booker Prize? a) Arundhati Roy 4. Who was the first winner of Gandhi Peace Prize? a) AT Aryaratne 5. The Annual Academy Awards are better known as a) Nobel Prize 6. Contribution to which field is honoured by the Kalinga awards? a) Science and Technology 7. Who among the following has won the Polar Music Award instituted by the Royal Music Academy, Sweden? a) Sakir Hussain 8. Who was the first foreigner to win the Bharat Ratna Award? a) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan 9. Contribution to which field is honoured by the BD Goenka Award? a) Literature 10. Which of the following awards is given for contribution to poetry? a) Kabir Award 11. Which of the following is an award instituted by the Madhya Pradesh Government? a) Dhanvantari Award 12. Who was the first winner of the Jnanpith Award? a) G Sankara Kurup 13. Which of the following is India’s highest decoration for valour? a) Param Vir Chakra 14. The Arjuna Awards were instituted in a) 1960 15. Which of the following is an award instituted by UNESCO? a) Aryabhatta awards 1. Morarji Desai 1. Besides Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, which other foreigner has won the Bharat Ratna award? a) Nelson Mandela 2. Who was the first scientist to win the Bharat Ratna Award? a) S Chandra Sekhar 3. Which of the following is India’s highest peace-time gallantry award? a) Mahavir Chakra 4. Which of the following awards was instituted in 1992 to mark the golden jubilee of the Quit India Movement? a) Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 5. Who was the first winner of Saraswathy Samman? a) Rama Kant Path 6. In terms of price money which of the following is the highest award given by the Government of India in any field? a) Bharat Ratna 7. Who was the first winner of the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding? a) U Thant 8. Contribution to which field is honoured by the Global 500 award? a) Cinema 9. Which of the following is the world’s top environmental conservation award? a) Golden Bear Award 10. Who was the first winner of Ramon Magsaysay Award? a) Vinobha Bhave 1. Nelson Mandela
Honors and Awards Quiz 1
b) PH Newby
c) JM Coetzee
d) Peter Carey
b) Vyas Samman
c) Shankar Puraskar
d) Kalidas Samman
b) 1969
c) 1972
d) 1975
b) space research
c) literature
d) medicine
b) Kalidas Samman
c) Jnanpith Award
d) Saraswathi Samman
b) Padma Bhushan
c) Padama Vibhushan
d) Padma Sri
b) Ernest Hemingway
c) Knut Hamson
d) Rene Sully Prudhome
b) France
c) America
d) Italy
b) JB Pant Award
c) Nehru Award
d) none of those
b) 1949
c) 1977
d) 1982
b) Mahasweta Devi
c) Amrita Pritam
d) Sarojini Naidu
b) Saraswathy Samman
c) Jnanpith Award
d) Kalidas Samman
b) Nehru Award
c) Indira Gandhi award for National Integration
d) Mahatma Gandhi Peace Award
b) Kabir Award
c) Kalidas Samman
d) Jnanpith Award
b) 1977
c) 1949
d) 1956
Answers
2. Shankar Puraskar
3. 1969
4. medicine
5. Jnanpith Award
6. Bharat Ratna
7. Rene Sully Prudhome
8. America
9. JB Pant Award
10. 1977
11. Ashapurna Devi
12. Saraswathi Samman
13. Indira Gandhi award for National Integration
14. Saraswathi Samman
15. 1917
Honors and Awards Quiz 2
b) 1975
c) 1981
d) 1982
b) Bill Clinton
c) Wudro Wilson
d) none of these
b) Shankar Samman
c) Jnanpith award
d) Kabir Award
b) Salman Rushdie
c) VS Naipaul
d) Jhumpa Lahiri
b) Julius Nerera
c) Nelson Mandela
d) none of these
b) Magsasay Award
c) Oscar Award
d) None of these
b) Literature
c) Peace
d) environmental protection
b) Pundit Ravi Shankar
c) Bismillah Khan
d) Allah Rakha Khan
b) Winston Churchill
c) Nelson Madela
d) Benazir Bhutto
b) Kalidas Samman
c) Saraswathy Samman
d) Vyas Samman
Answers
2. Wudro Wilson
3. Jnanpith award
4. Salman Rushdie
5. Julius Nerera
6. Oscar Award
7. Science and Technology
8. Pundit Ravi Shankar
9. Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
10. Kabir award
Honors and Awards Quiz 3
b) Morarji Desai
c) Lal Bahadur Shastri
d) Indira Gandhi
b) Raj Kumar
c) Shivaji Ganeshan
d) Kamal Hasan
b) Salman Rushdie
c) VS Naipaul
d) Jhumpa Lahiri
b) Julius Nerera
c) Nelson Mandela
d) None of these
b) Magsaysay Award
c) Oscar Award
d) None of these
b) Literature
c) Peace
d) Environmental protection
b) Pundit Ravi Shankar
c) Bismillah Khan
d) Allah Rakha Khan
b) Winston Churchill
c) Nelson Mandela
d) Benazir Bhutto
b) Journalism
c) Culture
d) Science
b) Kalidas Samman
c) Saraswathy Samman
d) Vyas Samman
b) Kabir Award
c) Saraswathi Samman
d) Arjuna Awards
b) Tara Shankar Bandopadhyaya
c) Sumitranandan Pant
d) PV Akilandum
b) Mahavir Chakra
c) Vir Chakra
d) Asoka Chakra
b) 1961
c) 1965
d) 1969
b) Kalinga Prize
c) Abdus Salam Prize
d) None of these
Answers
2. Shivaji Ganeshan
3. Salman Rushdie
4. Julius Nerera
5. Oscar Award
6. Science and Technology
7. Pundit Ravi Shankar
8. Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
9. Journalism
10. Kabir Award
11. Kabir Award
12. G Sankara Kurup
13. Param Vir Chakra
14. 1961
15. Kalinga Prize
Honors and Awards Quiz 4
b) Bernard Shaw
c) Kofi Annan
d) Mujib-ur-Rahman
b) CV Raman
c) JC Bose
d) Hargobind Khorana
b) Ashoka Chakra
c) Vir Chakra
d) Param Vir Chakra
b) Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Award
c) Rajiv Gandhi Excellence Award
d) Rajiv Smriti Puraskar
b) Dr Harivanshrai Bachchan
c) Vijay Tendulkar
d) Dr Harbajan Singh
b) Gandhi Peace Prize
c) Arjuna Award
d) Jnanpith Award
b) Martin Luther King
c) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
d) Yehudi Menuhin
b) Environmental conservation
c) Sports
d) Literature
b) Golden Panda Award
c) Golden Globe Award
d) Golden Palms Award
b) Lal Bahadur Shastri
c) Jaya Prakash Narayan
d) None of these
Answers
2. CV Raman
3. Ashoka Chakra
4. Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Award
5. Dr Harivanshrai Bachchan
6. Gandhi Peace Prize
7. U Thant
8. Environmental conservation
9. Golden Panda Award
10. Vinobha Bhave
Honors and Awards Quiz
January 8, 2009 by biljoissac
