AWARDS AND HONOURS QUIZ

Who among the following has received a Nobel Prize in literature 1953?

Derek Walcott

Pablo Neruda

Ernest Hemingway

Winston Churchill

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Arjuna Award is given for

Exceptional service in slum dwellers

Exceptional service in emergency

Outstanding performance in sports

Bravery on battlefield

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The prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award was conferred was conferred upon Ms. Kiran Bedi for her excellent contribution to which of the following fields?

Literature

Community Welfare

Journalism

Government Service

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Manav Seva Award has been instituted in the memory of

Acharya

Indira Gandhi

Rajiv Gandhi

Dr. Rajendra Prasad

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Who among the following got the 'Bharat Ratna' award, before becoming the President of India?

Dr. Zakir Hussain

R. Venkatramanan

V. V. Giri

Dr. Rajendra Prasad

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Kalinga Award was instituted by

Indian Adult Education Association for outstanding contribution of adult literacy in India

Jnanpith, a cultural literacy society for encouraging creative writing in modern languages

UNESCO for exceptional contribution of efforts to popularise science

Indian Military.

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To whom was 'Bharat Ratna' awarded in 1999?

Amartya Sen

Lata Mangeshkar

Atal Behari Vajpayee

M. S. Subbulakshmi

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Sharad Joshi Samman is awarded for

Cartoon

Satire and essay

Social Service

Trade Union Activity

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Which state Government of India has instituted the Samman Award?

Uttar Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

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The first recipient of Nehru Award was

U Thant

Martin Luther King

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Mother Teresa

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