Awards (Part-VI)

31. Indira Gandhi Peace, Disarmament and Development Award 2009 has been given to : [U.P.P.S.C. (GIC) 2010]

(a) Hosni Mubarak
(b) EL Baradei
(c) Sheikh Hasina
(d) G.P Koirala

Correct Answer: (c) Sheikh Hasina

Solution:The Indira Gandhi Peace Disarmament and Development Award 2009 has been conferred on former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina. This Award for the Year 2022 was given to 'Conutry's Medical Fraternity'.

32. International Gandhi Peace Prize 1999 conferred was on- [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2000]

(a) Doctors Without Borders
(b) Ramakrishna Mission
(c) Nirmala Deshpande
(d) Muralidhar Devidas Amte

Correct Answer: (d) Muralidhar Devidas Amte

33. winner of Gandhi Peace Prize 2013 is: [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre), 2015]

(a) a musician
(b) a folk artist
(c) a artist
(d) an environmentalist

Correct Answer: (d) an environmentalist

Solution:The 2013 Gandhi Peace Prize was presented to Chandi Prasad Bhatt, a well-known environmentalist. It is noteworthy that the Gandhi Peace Prize of the year 2020 was conferred to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (Bangladesh).

34. Who has received the Gandhi Peace Prize? [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2004]

(a) M.S. Gill
(b) Baba Amte
(c) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(d) Indra Kumar Gujral

Correct Answer: (b) Baba Amte

35. The winner of the 1997 Gandhi Peace Prize is : [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1998]

(a) Robert Cunha
(b) A.R Thomas
(c) Gerhard Fischer
(d) Nelson Mandela

Correct Answer: (c) Gerhard Fischer

36. 2001 Gandhi Peace Prize was given to : [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2002]

(a) Colin Powell
(b) John Hume
(c) Nelson Mandela
(d) Tony Blair

Correct Answer: (b) John Hume

37. Gandhi Peace Prize, 2002 has been given to : [U.P. Lower Sub. (Spl.) (Pre) 2002, Uttarakhand U.D.A. (Pre) 2003]

(a) Baba Amte
(b) Ramakrishna Mission
(c) Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
(d) Dr. Gerhard Fischer

Correct Answer: (c) Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan

38. Who is the winner of the 2009 Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Peace and Disarmament? [53rd to 55th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2011]

(a) Ukia Amano
(b) Aung San Suu Kyi
(c) Bill Gates
(d) Hillary Clinton

Correct Answer: (b) Aung San Suu Kyi

Solution:Myanmar's pro-democracy leader "Aung San Suu Kyi" was honoured with the Mahatma Gandhi Peace Prize of 2009 by the Mahatma Gandhi Foundation of South Africa on 21 July 2009 in Durban (South Africa).

39. Who was awarded the Indira Gandhi Award for the year 2006 on 19 November 2007? [Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2006]

(a) Wangari Maathai
(b) Meena Barot
(c) Kalpana Chawla
(d) R.N. Swami

Correct Answer: (a) Wangari Maathai

40. What is the name of person who have been selected for the 2008 Indira Gandhi Peace Prize? [U.P.P.C.S. (Spl.) (Pre) 2008]

(a) Gordon Brown
(b) Hamid Karzai
(c) Mohammed Alberdei
(d) Nicholas Sarkozy

Correct Answer: (c) Mohammed Alberdei