A) Science
B) Music
C) Literature
D) Sports
Correct Answer: C) Literature
Explanation: The Saraswati Samman is an annual award given for outstanding prose or poetry literary works in any Indian language listed in Schedule VIII of the Indian Constitution.
A) Homi J. Bhabha
B) C.V. Raman
C) Vikram Sarabhai
D) Satyendra Nath Bose
Correct Answer: B) C.V. Raman
Explanation: C.V. Raman was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930 for his work on the scattering of light and the discovery of the effect named after him, the Raman Effect.
A) Literature
B) Education
C) Peace
D) Science
Correct Answer: C) Peace
Explanation: The UNESCO Peace Prize, also known as the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize, is awarded for significant contributions to promoting, seeking, safeguarding, or maintaining peace in conformity with the Charter of the United Nations and the Constitution of UNESCO.
A) Marie Curie
B) Rosalind Franklin
C) Dorothy Hodgkin
D) Irene Joliot-Curie
Correct Answer: A) Marie Curie
Explanation: Marie Curie was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize. She received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 along with her husband Pierre Curie and Henri Becquerel for their work on radioactivity. She later won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911 for her discovery of radium and polonium.
A) Sardar Patel National Award
B) Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award
C) Raman Magsaysay Award
D) Kalinga Prize
Correct Answer: B) Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award
Explanation: The Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration, Academics and Management is awarded annually to an individual for their outstanding contribution to public administration, academics, and management.
A) Amartya Sen
B) Abhijit Banerjee
C) Jagdish Bhagwati
D) Raghuram Rajan
Correct Answer: A) Amartya Sen
Explanation: Amartya Sen was the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1998 for his contributions to welfare economics and social choice theory, and for his interest in the problems of society’s poorest members.
A) Literature
B) Scientific Communication
C) Human Rights
D) Education
Correct Answer: B) Scientific Communication
Explanation: The UNESCO Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science is an international distinction recognizing exceptional contributions in communicating and interpreting science to the public.
A) Uttam Kumar
B) Ashok Kumar
C) Prithviraj Kapoor
D) Dilip Kumar
Correct Answer: A) Uttam Kumar
Explanation: Uttam Kumar was the first recipient of the National Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in the Bengali film “Antony Firingee” in 1968.
A) Alternative Nobel Prize
B) Asian Nobel Prize
C) Peace Nobel Prize
D) Environmental Nobel Prize
Correct Answer: A) Alternative Nobel Prize
Explanation: The Right Livelihood Award, often referred to as the “Alternative Nobel Prize,” was established in 1980 to honor and support those offering practical and exemplary answers to the most urgent challenges facing the world today.
A) Literature
B) Journalism
C) Human Rights
D) Science
Correct Answer: B) Journalism
Explanation: The Golden Pen of Freedom is an annual award given by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers to individuals or organizations who have made outstanding contributions to the defense and promotion of press freedom.
A) Literature
B) Cinema
C) Music
D) Science
Correct Answer: A) Literature
Explanation: The Moortidevi Award is an annual literary award presented by the Bharatiya Jnanpith to an author for their outstanding work in literature, written in any Indian language or in English.
A) M.S. Subbulakshmi
B) Indira Gandhi
C) Sarojini Naidu
D) Aruna Asaf Ali
Correct Answer: C) Sarojini Naidu
Explanation: Sarojini Naidu, also known as the “Nightingale of India,” was the first Indian woman to receive the Padma Bhushan in 1954 for her contributions to literature and the Indian independence movement.
A) Literature
B) Science
C) Religion and Spirituality
D) Medicine
Correct Answer: C) Religion and Spirituality
Explanation: The Templeton Prize is awarded annually to a living person who has made an exceptional contribution to affirming life’s spiritual dimension, whether through insight, discovery, or practical works.
A) Science
B) Literature
C) Music
D) Cinema
Correct Answer: B) Literature
Explanation: The Jnanpith Award is the highest literary honor in India, awarded annually by the Bharatiya Jnanpith organization for an outstanding contribution to literature in any of the Indian languages listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution.
A) United Kingdom
B) United States
C) Canada
D) Australia
Correct Answer: B) United States
Explanation: The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes that are annually awarded for achievements in newspaper, magazine and online journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States.
A) Har Gobind Khorana
B) Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
C) C.V. Raman
D) S. Chandrasekhar
Answer: B) Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
Explanation: Venkatraman Ramakrishnan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2009 for his studies of the structure and function of the ribosome. He shared the prize with Thomas A. Steitz and Ada E. Yonath.
A) 1969
B) 1975
C) 1980
D) 1985
Correct Answer: A) 1969
Explanation: The Booker Prize, originally known as the Booker-McConnell Prize, was first awarded in 1969. It is given annually for the best original novel written in the English language and published in the United Kingdom.
A) Annually
B) Biennially
C) Every three years
D) Every four years
Correct Answer: D) Every four years
Explanation: The Fields Medal is awarded every four years to up to four mathematicians under 40 years of age. It is considered one of the highest honors a mathematician can receive.
A) Satyajit Ray
B) Mira Nair
C) Shekhar Kapur
D) None of the above
Correct Answer: D) None of the above
Explanation: No Indian director has won the Oscar for Best Director. However, Satyajit Ray received an honorary Academy Award in 1992 for his lifetime achievement in cinema.
A) 1945
B) 1950
C) 1961
D) 1970
Correct Answer: C) 1961
Explanation: The Bharatiya Jnanpith Award was instituted in 1961 by the Bharatiya Jnanpith organization to recognize outstanding literary works by Indian authors in any of the official Indian languages.
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