CBSE Questions for Class 8 General Knowledge Awards And Prizes Of India And World Quiz 12 - MCQExams.com

Who has been chosen for the $$2017$$ Saraswati Samman?
  • Vijay Tendulkar
  • Sitanshu Yashaschandra
  • Ramakanta Rath
  • Sri Ramayana Mahanveshanam
Born as Abhas Kumar Ganguly, this Indian film musician, actor, producer, director, and screenwriter is considered one of the most successful playback singers of the Hindi film industry. The Madhya Pradesh government instituted an award in his name for contributions to Hindi cinema. What is he better known as?
Which one of the following is the theme of the Interternational Day for Monuments and sites (World Heritage Day) 2017?
  • The Heritage of Sport
  • Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Tourism
  • Past and Present Heritage
  • Heritage and Science
Trained as an artist and a lawyer, he was a Russian who settled in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh. He was a dedicated activist for the cause of preserving art and architecture during times of war. He earned several nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize. Who was he?
World Environment Day (WED) is celebrated every year on June $$5$$. Every event has a theme like slogans. What was the theme for WED $$2016$$?
  • Zero Tolerance for the Illegal Wildlife Trade
  • Seven Billion Dreams. One planet, Consume with Care
  • Connecting People to Nature
  • One earth one Family
Thomas Keneally is an Australian novelist best known for writing a book that won the Booker Prize in $$1982$$. It was inspired by Poldek Pfefferberg, a Holocaust survivor. It was later adapted to a movie by Steven Spielberg which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Name this classic movie.
  • The Longest Day
  • Schindler's List
  • Patton
  • Saving Private Ryan
The two highest gallantry awards in India are
  • Param Vir Chakra & Ashok Chakra
  • Param Vir Chakra & Vir Chakra
  • Ashok Chakra & Maha Vir Chakra
  • Param Vir Chakra & Maha Vir Chakra
Michael N Hall has been chosen for the 2018 Genome Valley Excellence Award of Telangana. He hails from which country?
  • United States
  • France
  • Switzerland
  • Japan
'Lord of the Flies' is a Nobel prize winning English novel written by William Golding. What is the book Lord of the Flies about?
  • School boys on the desert island
  • A girl falling through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world.
  • A round trip around the world
  • None of these
What was the theme of the 2017 World Blood Donor Day?
  • Thank you for saving my life
  • Blood connects us all
  • Every blood donor is a hero
  • Give blood. Give Now. Give often
The 2017 Nobel prize in Economics was won by _____.
  • Kazuo Ishiguro
  • Kip Thorne
  • Richard H Thaler
  • Joachim Frank.
Which Indian-American student has won the 90$$^{th}$$ Scripps National Spelling Bee competition?
  • Rohan Sachdev
  • Shourav Dasari
  • Ananya Vinay
  • Sreeniketh Vogoti
Which Indian personality was honoured by US Embassy for Tuberculosis (TB) awareness on 8th January 2017?
This award presented to the outstanding player at each FIFA World Cup finals. Brazilian players have won it 7 times. What is the award called?
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  • Golden Glove Award
  • Golden Ball Award
  • Golden Shoe Award
  • Nike Award
International Women's Day celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. On which date is International Women's Day celebrated?
  • $$1$$st March
  • $$8$$th March
  • $$10$$th March
  • $$25$$th March
Who among the following has been conferred with the 2017 Life Time Achievement Award by Indian Mountaineering Foundation (IMF)?
  • Bachendri Pal
  • Santosh Yadav
  • Manik Banerjee
  • Arunima Sinha
Indian actresses like Aishwarya Rai Bachan and Sonam Kapoor walked the Red Carpet in this annual film festival (2017). It gave award the Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) for best movie screened. Which film festival was this?
  • Berlin International Film Festival
  • Sundance Film Festival
  • Cannes Film Festival
  • Warsaw Internal Film Festival
Who has won the 2017 Little Miss Universe Internet beauty contest?
  • None of these
Who won the best actor award at 2017 Asia Pacific Screen Awards?
  • Rajkummar Rao
  • Akshay Kumar
  • Salman Khan
  • Shahid Kapoor
In $$2001$$ this writer was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. He/she is also the recipient of prestigious Man Booker Prize. His/her famous works are 'A House for Mr.Biswas'. 'In a Free State' and 'The Mimic Men'. Identify him/her.
He was the first Black African writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. Born in Nigeria, his writings focussed on Nigerian culture, dance, poetry, freedom, and protest. Identify him.
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  • Wole Soyinka
  • Derek Walcott
  • James Baldwin
  • Richard Wright
He was a Bengali poet, artist, playwright, novelist and composer, whose work reshaped Bengali literature and music. He became Asia's first Nobel laureate to win the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature. Who was he?
Tenzing Norgay Adventure Award is given to individuals for excelling in adventure activities on sea, land and air. Who was awarded Tenzing Norgay Adventure Award 2014-15?
  • Milka Singh
  • Jot Singh
  • Gurucharan Singh
  • K P Thakkar
The Ramon Magsaysay Award is an annual award given to outstanding individuals/ organisations who manifest greatness of spirit in service to the Asian people. Who among the following is not a recipient of this award?
Match column I with column II and select the correct option from the given codes.
Column IColumn II
1Earth daya29 July
2International Tiger Dayb16 September
3World Wetlands Dayc22 April
4World Ozone Dayd2 February
  • 1-(c), 2-(a), 3-(d), 4-(b)
  • 1-(a), 2-(c), 3-(b), 4-(d)
  • 1-(b), 2-(a), 3-(c), 4-(d)
  • 1-(c), 2-(b), 3-(d), 4-(a)
Nobel prize in Literature in 2017 was awarded to ____.
  • Girish Karnad
  • Ruskin Bond
  • Kazuo Ishiguro
  • Adam Zagajewski.
World Water Day focuses on water conservation and critical water issues. On which date is it celebrated?
  • 11 December
  • 22 April
  • 22 March
  • 21 November
Who was the first Asian woman to win Miss World Title in 1966?
Rabindranath Tagore was an eminent poet and writer of India, who won Nobel Prize for Literature. Who was his English poet-friend who introduced him to the West?
  • Oscar Wilde
  • W.B. Yeats
  • Oliver Twist
  • William Wordsworth
This actor was posthumously awarded a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as the psychopathic clown prince of crime in the movie. 'The Dark Knight'. He died in $$2008$$. Name him.
  • Billy Mays
  • Patrick Swayze
  • Karl Malden
  • Heath Ledger
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