MCQ Questions for Class 8 General Knowledge Awards And Prizes Of India And World Quiz 7

The Filmfare Awards are presented annually to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Hindi film industry of India. It is given by ___________.

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The Hindu
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The Malayala Manorama
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The Indian Express
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The Times Group

What is the correct chronological order of conferring Bharat Ratna for the following persons?

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$1$ . MS Subbulakshmi

2

$2$ . Amartya Sen

3

$3$ . APJ Abdul Kalam

4

$4$ . Lata Mangeshkar
Select the correct answer using the codes given.

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$1, 2, 3, 4$
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$3, 1, 2, 4$
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$2, 1, 4, 3$
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$4, 3, 1, 2$

First Bharat Ratna Award, initiated in

1954

$1954$ , was given to _________.

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$1$ . C. Rajagopalachari

2

$2$ . Dr. Radhakrishnan

3

$3$ . Dr. CV Raman

4

$4$ . Dr. M Visvesvaraya

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$1$ and $2$
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$1, 2$ and $3$
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$1, 2$ and $4$
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$1, 3$ and $4$

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

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Kalinga Award - Popularization of Science
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David Cohen Award - Literature
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Borlaug Award - Agriculture
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Pulitzer Prize - Progress in religion

With reference to Stree Shakti Puraskar, in which of the following is 'Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Award' given?

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Administrative skills
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Achievements in scientific research
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Achievements in sports and games
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Courage and valour

Laureus Award is related to which of the following field?

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Medicine
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Politics
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Sports
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Journalism

Padma Subrahmanyam who received the first 'Natya Kala Acharya' Award at

6

$6$ th Dance Festival organised by Music Academy in Chennai, is an outstanding exponent of the art of __________.

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Kuchipudi
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Kathakali
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Mohiniyattam
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Bharatanatyam

Which of the following is not correctly matched with regard to Indians who have won the Nobel Prize (in the mentioned years)?

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Rabindranath Tagore - $1913$
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CV Raman - $1930$
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Hargobind Khorana - $1968$
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Mother Teresa - $1978$

Rajiv Gandhi Environment Award is given for outstanding contributions to ___________.

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afforestation and conservation of wasteland
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clean technology and development
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wildlife conservation
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writing of Hindi books on environment

Which one of the following is not an award given on the National Awards Day?

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Rajiv Khel Ratna
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Arjun Award
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Dhyanchand Award
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Vishwamitra Award

Which one of the following awards is given along with the National Film Award towards the end of the year?

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Sahitya Akademi Award
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Sahitya Natak Kala Academy Award
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Dadasaheb Phalke Award
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Dronacharya Award

Consider the following statements.

1

$1$ . The Nobel Prize awarding ceremony takes place on December

10

$10$ of every year.

2

$2$ . The Nobel Prize for Literature was added later on to the other five existing areas- Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Peace and Economics.
Which of the statements given is/are correct?

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Only $1$
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Only $2$
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Both $1$ and $2$
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Neither $1$ nor $2$

Consider the following statements.

1

$1$ . Devika Rani was the first Indian to win Dadasaheb Phalke Award.

2

$2$ . Bhanu Athaiya was the first Indian Oscar Winner.

3

$3$ . Arundhanti Roy is the first Indian to win Booker Prize.
Which of the statements given is/are correct?

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$1, 2$ and $3$
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$1$ and $2$
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$2$ and $3$
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Only $2$

Match the following.

List I	List II
A. Padma Vibhushan	$1$ . For distinguished service in any field
B. Padma Bhushan	$2$ . For distinguished service of high order
C. Padma Shri	$3$ . For exceptional and distinguished service

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A- $3$ , B- $2$ , C- $1$
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A- $1$ , B- $2$ , C- $3$
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A- $2$ , B- $1$ , C- $3$
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A- $2$ , B- $3$ , C- $1$

Tansen Samman has been instituted by the government of ____________.

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Gujarat
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Madhya Pradesh
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Maharashtra
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Karnataka

Which one of the following fields is related with the Bidhan Chandra Roy Award which was instituted in

1976

$1976$ in memory of BC Roy?

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Medical
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Sports
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Politicians
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Cinema

Former Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission is awarded the Indian Nuclear Society's Homi Bhabha Lifetime Achievement Award. Who is he?

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MR Srinivasan
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Anil Kakodkar
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PK Iyengar
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RC Sinha

The Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence is related to which of the following field?

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Politics
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Panchayati Raj
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Public Administration
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None of the above

The Kalidas Samman is a prestigious arts award presented annually by the government of ________.

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Maharashtra
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Uttar Pradesh
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Madhya Pradesh
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Gujarat

Saraswati Samman is an annual award for outstanding prose or poetry literary works in which of the following Indian languages?

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Bodo and Dogri
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Kashmiri and Hindi
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All the languages in the $VIII$ th schedule of Constitution
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None of the above

The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology is awarded annually by the _______.

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CSIR
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ISRO
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ICMR
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TIFS

Confucius Peace Prize is a prize established in

2010

$2010$ . It is given by which of the following countries?

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Sri Lanka
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India
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People's Republic of China
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South Korea

Vyas Samman is a literary award in India awarded annually by _________.

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Azim Premji Foundation
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Times Group
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KK Birla Foundation
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Ministry of Culture

Who is the first woman to win Millennium Technology Prize?

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Vandana Luthra
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Ginni Rometty
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Marillyn Hewson
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Frances Arnold

National Film Awards were initiated in

1953

$1953$ . The first film that received award for the best film was __________.

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Mirza Ghalib
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Tukaram
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Shyamchi Aai
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Alam Ara

Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar is given by which of the following Ministry?

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Ministry of Culture
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Ministry of Labour
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Ministry of Minority Affairs
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Ministry of Rural Development

The first film personality to receive Bharat Ratna Award is ___________.

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Dadasaheb Phalke
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Ashok Kumar
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Satyajit Ray
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Prithviraj Kapoor

'International Literacy Day', celebrated on September 8th, was proclaimed by ___________.

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WHO
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UN General Assembly
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UNESCO
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Feed the Minds Foundation

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1

$1$ . Rabindranath Tagore was the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.

2

$2$ . Gitanjali

(1912)

$(1912)$ which Rabindranath Tagore translated from Bengali into English won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Choose the correct code.

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Only $1$
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Only $2$
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Both $1$ and $2$
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None of these

Consider the following statements:

1

$1$ . The

1995

$1995$ Jawaharlal Nehru Award for international understanding has been presented to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.

2

$2$ . The Indian Government had instituted the Jawaharlal Nehru Award in

1965

$1965$ .

3

$3$ . The Jawaharlal Nehru Award includes a plaque, citation and Rs.

2500000

$2500000$ .
Which of the statements is/are correct?

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$1, 2$ and $3$
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$1$ and $3$
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$1$ and $2$
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Only $1$

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