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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 6th 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 Vibhushan1. For distinguished service in any field
B. Padma Bhushan2. For distinguished service of high order
C. Padma Shri3. 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 VIIIth 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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