Award

Total Questions: 38

11. Nobel Prizes are given by- [U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2002]

Correct Answer: (d) Swedish Academy
Solution:In his last will and testament, Alfred Nobel specifically designated the institutions responsible for the prizes he wished to establish:

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for the Nobel Prize in Physics, Chemistry and Economic Sciences, Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, the Swedish Academy for the Nobel Prize in Literature, and Norwegian Nobel Committee for the Nobel Peace Prize.

12. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award is given for the contribution in which of the following field? [U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2003, Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2006]

Correct Answer: (c) Science and Technology
Solution:The award is named after the founder Director of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), late Dr. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar and is known as the "Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (SSB) Prize for science and technology."

The Prize is given each year for outstanding contributions in the field of science and technology since 1957 to any citizen of India up to the age of 45 years.

13. Who was the first Indian to receive the Magsaysay Award? [U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2002, U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2002]

Correct Answer: (d) Vinoba Bhave
Solution:The first Ramon Magsaysay Awards, also known as 'Asian Nobel', were given in 1958 to five outstanding individuals working in India, Indonesia, Philippines, Republic of China (Taiwan) and Sri Lanka.

Vinoba Bhave was the first Indian to receive the Magsaysay award conferred by Ramon Magsaysay Foundation, Philippines. He got the award in 1958 for government service and community leadership.

14. 'Dronacharya' Award is given in recognition of: [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1996, M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1996]

Correct Answer: (a) Best coaching in sports
Solution:The Dronacharya Award is presented by the Government of India for excellence in sports coaching. The award comprises of a bronze statue of Dronacharya, a scroll of honour and a cash component.

15. Which Award is given for excellence in sports? [56th to 59th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2015]

Correct Answer: (b) Arjuna Award
Solution:Arjuna Award is given for excellence in sports. Jamnalal Bajaj Award is an Indian Award for promoting Gandhian values, social work and social development.

The Tagore Award is an award given in commemoration of the 150th birth anniversary of the Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) for cultural harmony. The Moortidevi Award is an annual literary award in India presented by the Bharatiya Jnanpith for work which emphasizes Indian philosophy and cultural heritage.

16. What amount goes with Arjuna Award : [Chhattisgarh P.C.S. (Pre)]

Correct Answer: (c) Rs.3.0 Lacs
Solution:Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Now Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna and Arjuna Awards are given every year to honour sportspersons for their "Good Performance in the field of sports over a period of four years" at the International level.

Its Prize money during the period in question was 3.0 lakh. In 2020, government has increased prize money for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (Now Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna) to Rs.25 lakh & Rs.15 lakh for Arjuna Award.

17. Who among the following is not awarded with Nobel Prize? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1990]

Correct Answer: (b) H.J. Bhabha
Solution:H.J. Bhabha was not awarded the Nobel Prize while C.V. Raman was awarded Nobel Prize in 1930, R.N. Tagore in 1913 and Mother Teresa was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1979.

18. Match the following : [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1992]

List-IList-II
A. Bhatnagar Award1. Film
B. B.C. Roy Award2. Medicine
C. Dada Saheb Phalke Award3. Science
D. Gandharva Award4. Classical Art

Code:

ABCD
(a)3214
(b)3421
(c)3241
(d)4312
Correct Answer: (a)
Solution:The correctly matched list is as follows :
List-IList-II
Bhatnagar AwardScience
B.C. Roy AwardMedicine
Dada Saheb Phalke AwardFilm
Gandharva AwardClassical Art

19. Consider the following names: [I.A.S. (Pre) 2002]

  1. Arch Bishop Desmond Tutu
  2. Lech Walesa
  3. Shimon Peres
  4. Yasser Arafat
    Who among these won the Nobel Peace Prize?
Correct Answer: (d) 1, 2 and 4
Solution:Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa was awarded with Nobel Peace Prize in 1984, Lech Walesa of Poland in 1983 and Yasser Arafat, the leader of Palestine Liberation Front, Yitzhak Rabin former Prime Minister of Israel and foreign minister Shimon Peres were awarded Nobel Peace Prize in 1994. Thus option (d) is correct.

20. Who among the following Nobel Prize winner was not an Indian citizen? [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1996]

Correct Answer: (a) Subrahmanyam Chandrasekhar
Solution:Subrahmanyam Chandrasekhar was an Indian-American astrophysicist. He won the Nobel Prize in 1983. While the other Nobel Prize winners were Indian citizens.