CBSE Questions for Class 8 General Knowledge Awards And Prizes Of India And World Quiz 7 - MCQExams.com

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 ___________.
  • The Hindu
  • The Malayala Manorama
  • The Indian Express
  • The Times Group
What is the correct chronological order of conferring Bharat Ratna for the following persons?
$$1$$. MS Subbulakshmi
$$2$$. Amartya Sen
$$3$$. APJ Abdul Kalam
$$4$$. Lata Mangeshkar
Select the correct answer using the codes given.
  • $$1, 2, 3, 4$$
  • $$3, 1, 2, 4$$
  • $$2, 1, 4, 3$$
  • $$4, 3, 1, 2$$
First Bharat Ratna Award, initiated in $$1954$$, was given to _________.
$$1$$. C. Rajagopalachari
$$2$$. Dr. Radhakrishnan
$$3$$. Dr. CV Raman
$$4$$. Dr. M Visvesvaraya
  • $$1$$ and $$2$$
  • $$1, 2$$ and $$3$$
  • $$1, 2$$ and $$4$$
  • $$1, 3$$ and $$4$$
Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
  • Kalinga Award - Popularization of Science
  • David Cohen Award - Literature
  • Borlaug Award - Agriculture
  • Pulitzer Prize - Progress in religion
With reference to Stree Shakti Puraskar, in which of the following is 'Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Award' given?
  • Administrative skills
  • Achievements in scientific research
  • Achievements in sports and games
  • Courage and valour
Laureus Award is related to which of the following field?
  • Medicine
  • Politics
  • Sports
  • Journalism
Padma Subrahmanyam who received the first 'Natya Kala Acharya' Award at $$6$$th Dance Festival organised by Music Academy in Chennai, is an outstanding exponent of the art of __________.
  • Kuchipudi
  • Kathakali
  • Mohiniyattam
  • Bharatanatyam
Which of the following is not correctly matched with regard to Indians who have won the Nobel Prize (in the mentioned years)?
  • Rabindranath Tagore - $$1913$$
  • CV Raman - $$1930$$
  • Hargobind Khorana - $$1968$$
  • Mother Teresa - $$1978$$
Rajiv Gandhi Environment Award is given for outstanding contributions to ___________.
  • afforestation and conservation of wasteland
  • clean technology and development
  • wildlife conservation
  • writing of Hindi books on environment
Which one of the following is not an award given on the National Awards Day?
  • Rajiv Khel Ratna
  • Arjun Award
  • Dhyanchand Award
  • Vishwamitra Award
Which one of the following awards is given along with the National Film Award towards the end of the year?
  • Sahitya Akademi Award
  • Sahitya Natak Kala Academy Award
  • Dadasaheb Phalke Award
  • Dronacharya Award
Consider the following statements.
$$1$$. The Nobel Prize awarding ceremony takes place on December $$10$$ of every year.
$$2$$. 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?
  • Only $$1$$
  • Only $$2$$
  • Both $$1$$ and $$2$$
  • Neither $$1$$ nor $$2$$
Consider the following statements.
$$1$$. Devika Rani was the first Indian to win Dadasaheb Phalke Award.
$$2$$. Bhanu Athaiya was the first Indian Oscar Winner.
$$3$$. Arundhanti Roy is the first Indian to win Booker Prize.
Which of the statements given is/are correct?
  • $$1, 2$$ and $$3$$
  • $$1$$ and $$2$$
  • $$2$$ and $$3$$
  • Only $$2$$
Match the following.
List IList 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
  • A-$$3$$, B-$$2$$, C-$$1$$
  • A-$$1$$, B-$$2$$, C-$$3$$
  • A-$$2$$, B-$$1$$, C-$$3$$
  • A-$$2$$, B-$$3$$, C-$$1$$
Tansen Samman has been instituted by the government of ____________.
  • Gujarat
  • Madhya Pradesh
  • Maharashtra
  • Karnataka
Which one of the following fields is related with the Bidhan Chandra Roy Award which was instituted in $$1976$$ in memory of BC Roy?
  • Medical
  • Sports
  • Politicians
  • Cinema
Former Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission is awarded the Indian Nuclear Society's Homi Bhabha Lifetime Achievement Award. Who is he?
  • MR Srinivasan
  • Anil Kakodkar
  • PK Iyengar
  • RC Sinha
The Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence is related to which of the following field?
  • Politics
  • Panchayati Raj
  • Public Administration
  • None of the above
The Kalidas Samman is a prestigious arts award presented annually by the government of ________.
  • Maharashtra
  • Uttar Pradesh
  • Madhya Pradesh
  • Gujarat
Saraswati Samman is an annual award for outstanding prose or poetry literary works in which of the following Indian languages?
  • Bodo and Dogri
  • Kashmiri and Hindi
  • All the languages in the $$VIII$$th schedule of Constitution
  • None of the above
The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology is awarded annually by the _______.
  • CSIR
  • ISRO
  • ICMR
  • TIFS
Confucius Peace Prize is a prize established in $$2010$$. It is given by which of the following countries?
  • Sri Lanka
  • India
  • People's Republic of China
  • South Korea
Vyas Samman is a literary award in India awarded annually by _________.
  • Azim Premji Foundation
  • Times Group
  • KK Birla Foundation
  • Ministry of Culture
Who is the first woman to win Millennium Technology Prize?
  • Vandana Luthra
  • Ginni Rometty
  • Marillyn Hewson
  • Frances Arnold
National Film Awards were initiated in $$1953$$. The first film that received award for the best film was __________.
  • Mirza Ghalib
  • Tukaram
  • Shyamchi Aai
  • Alam Ara
Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar is given by which of the following Ministry?
  • Ministry of Culture
  • Ministry of Labour
  • Ministry of Minority Affairs
  • Ministry of Rural Development
The first film personality to receive Bharat Ratna Award is ___________.
  • Dadasaheb Phalke
  • Ashok Kumar
  • Satyajit Ray
  • Prithviraj Kapoor
'International Literacy Day', celebrated on September 8th, was proclaimed by ___________.
  • WHO
  • UN General Assembly
  • UNESCO
  • Feed the Minds Foundation
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
$$1$$. Rabindranath Tagore was the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.
$$2$$. Gitanjali $$(1912)$$ which Rabindranath Tagore translated from Bengali into English won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Choose the correct code.
  • Only $$1$$
  • Only $$2$$
  • Both $$1$$ and $$2$$
  • None of these
Consider the following statements:
$$1$$. The $$1995$$ Jawaharlal Nehru Award for international understanding has been presented to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
$$2$$. The Indian Government had instituted the Jawaharlal Nehru Award in $$1965$$.
$$3$$. The Jawaharlal Nehru Award includes a plaque, citation and Rs. $$2500000$$.
Which of the statements is/are correct?
  • $$1, 2$$ and $$3$$
  • $$1$$ and $$3$$
  • $$1$$ and $$2$$
  • Only $$1$$
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