CBSE Questions for Class 8 General Knowledge Awards And Prizes Of India And World Quiz 3 - MCQExams.com

Who was the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner?
  • Professor Bragg at the age $$25$$
  • Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr at the age of $$35$$
  • Joseph Rudyard Kipling at the age of $$41$$
  • None of these
Who was the oldest person so far to have been awarded Novel Prize and what was his age at that time?
  • Prof. William Lawrence Bragg, $$88$$ years
  • Prof. Francis Peyton Rous, $$87$$ years
  • Prof. Frederic Sanger, $$90$$ years
  • Sir John Bardeen, $$89$$ years
Citizens of which Country have won outright or shared in greatest number of Nobel Prize awards so far?
  • Sweden
  • Russia
  • India
  • USA
At present how many disciplines are included for award of Nobel Prize?
  • $$6$$
  • $$5$$
  • $$7$$
  • $$8$$
Alfred Nobel bequeathed a large fortune, interest of which is distributed yearly as Nobel Prize. Who manages the fund?
  • Central Bank of Sweden
  • Riksbank of Sweden
  • Board of Directors headed by Swedish Government representative
  • International Bank which manages IMF
In which years there were no Nobel Prize awards made in any of the categories?
  • $$1940-42$$
  • $$1939-42$$
  • $$1940-41$$
  • It was never stopped since $$1901$$ onwards
In which discipline United States holds record for maximum number of Nobel Prize awards?
  • Literature
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Medicine-Physiology
Who are the two persons who individually shared Nobel Prize twice and in which subjects?
  • Madam Marie Curie in Physics
  • Prof. John Bardeen in Physics and Prof. Frederick Sanger in Chemistry
  • Pierre Curie in Physics
  • None of the above
On which date Nobel Prize is awarded?
  • There is no fixed date
  • $$31$$st December every year
  • $$1$$st January every year
  • $$10$$th December every year
Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize for Literature?
  • Jane Austen
  • Selma Lageriof
  • Emily Dickinson
  • Nadine Gordimer
Who was the first person to reject the Nobel Prize?
  • Rabindranath Tagore
  • Jean Paul Sartre
  • Bernard Shaw
  • None of the above
Which country has so far received maximum number of Nobel Prizes in Economic Sciences?
  • Russia
  • USA
  • UK
  • None of the above
Who among the following was the first Indian to receive the Magsaysay Award?
  • Vinoba Bhave
  • Mother Teresa
  • R.K. Laxman
  • T.N. Seshan
Are government servants entitled to Bharat Ratna Award?
  • No
  • Yes
  • On the verge of retirement only
  • None of the above
Who instituted Nobel Prizes?
  • Alfred Nobel
  • Templeton
  • Umberto Nobile
  • None of the above
Golden Lotus award is given for outstanding work in the field of.
  • Sports
  • Music
  • Archaeology
  • Film
Which prize is dubbed the Nobel Prize for Musicians?
  • Oscar
  • Grammy
  • Polar
  • Magsaysay
To whom was the Nobel Prize for Peace given first?
  • Theodore Roosevelt
  • Martin Luther King
  • Jean H. Dunant (Switzerland); Frederic Passy(France)
  • Anwar Sadat
Which institution has won the Nobel Prize, three times?
  • The International Committee of the Red Cross
  • UNICEF
  • ILO
  • IAEA
Who was chosen for Jnanpith Award 2015?
  • Prathibha Ray
  • Kedarnath Singh
  • Raghuveer Chaudhari
  • Chandrasekhara Kambara
The only film-maker to get Bharat Batna Award was
  • Raj Kapoor
  • G.P. Sippy
  • Satyajit Ray
  • S.S. Vasan
The only economist who got Bharat Rana Award was
  • Prof. Amartya Sen
  • Abhijit Sen
  • Partha Sen
  • Mihir Shah
As per the report of a survey carried out by the Quality Council of India, has been adjudged as the cleanest railway station among busiest stations in lndia
  • Visakhapatnam Railway Station
  • Jammu Railway Station
  • Secunderabad Railway Station
  • Surat Railway Station
Which of the following awards was/were conferred on M.S. Subbulakshmi?
  • Bharat Ratna
  • Magsaysay
  • Kalidas Samman
  • All of the above
The only film actor who won Bharat Ratna award was
  • Ashok Kumar
  • N.T. Rama Rao
  • Raj Kapoor
  • M.G. Ramachandran
Who amongst the following was conferred with Pakistan's highest civilian award Nishan-e-Pakistan?
  • Fakhruddin Ali Ahmad
  • Khan Adbul Gaffar Khan
  • Indira Gandhi
  • Morarji Desai
'Dhanwantari Award' is given in which oI the following areas ? 
  • Literature
  • Sports
  • Medicine
  • Dance
Who among the following has been selected for the 'Transformative Chief Minister Award' in recognition for his role in advancing the US-India partnership at the state level? 
  • Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu
  • Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani
  • Maharashtra Chief Minister. Devendra Fadnavis
  • Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Who among the following has been conferred with the first Bhairon Singh Shekhawat Lifetime Achievement Honour in Public Service by President Pranab Mukherjee?
  • Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani
  • Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raja
  • Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling
  • Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das
Who won the 2016 Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences?
  • Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmstrom
  • Alwin E. Roth & Lloyd S. Shaple
  • Edmund S. Phelps
  • Mohammed Unnus
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