Awards (Traditional General Knowledge)

11. Name the first female Nobel Prize winner from India. [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 22.01.2017 (Shift-III)]

(a) Indira Gandhi
(b) Mother Teresa
(c) Kavitha Krishnan
(d) Sarojini Naidu

Correct Answer: (b) Mother Teresa

Solution:Mother Teresa was the first Indian woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. She was born on August 26, 1910. She founded the missionaries of charity in 1950.

12. Mother Teresa won Nobel Prize for ________. [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 27.01.2017 (Shift-II)]

(a) Literature
(b) Physics
(c) Peace
(d) Economic Studies

Correct Answer: (c) Peace

Solution:Mother Teresa won the Nobel Prize for Peace.

13. Who among the following Indian dancers was the first woman in Indian history to be nominated as a member of the Rajya Sabha? [S.S.C. Online MTS (T-I) 06.07.2022 (Shift-I)]

(a) Rukmini Devi Arundale
(b) Madhuri Dixit
(c) Mallika Sarabhai
(d) Saroj Khan

Correct Answer: (a) Rukmini Devi Arundale

Solution:Rukmini Devi Arundale, an Indian classical dancer, played a significant role in reviving the traditional Bharatnatyam dance style and established the Kalakshetra Foundation in Madras (now Chennai). She made history by becoming the first Indian woman to be nominated to the Rajya Sabha, the Council of States in April 1952, and was re-nominated in 1956.

14. Nobel Prize is not given for which of the following subjects? [S.S.C. Online Stenographer 13.09.2017 (Shift-II)]

(a) Mathematics
(b) Medicine
(c) Chemicals
(d) Economics

Correct Answer: (a) Mathematics

Solution:Nobel Prize is a set of six annual international awards given in categories like Physics, Chemistry, Physiology, Literature, Peace and Economics by Swedish and Norwegian institutions. It is not given for Mathematics. It was named after the Swedish inventor and businessman Sir Alfred Nobel in 1895.

15. There were five categories in Nobel Prizes in beginning. Which among the following is the sixth which was added later? [S.S.C. Online Stenographer 14.09.2017 (Shift-II)]

(a) Economics
(b) peace
(c) Medical Science
(d) Literature

Correct Answer: (a) Economics

Solution:Initially, Nobel prizes were awarded in chemistry, physics, medicine, literature, and peace. The Nobel Prize in Economics is the latest category which was established in 1968.

16. Who was the first American to win Nobel Peace Prize? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 16.01.2017 (Shift-III)]

(a) Abraham Lincoln
(b) George Bush Senior
(c) Theodore Roosevelt
(d) Franklin Roosevelt

Correct Answer: (c) Theodore Roosevelt

Solution:Former US President Theodore Roosevelt was the first American to win the Nobel Peace Prize. This award was given to him in the year 1906.

17. In which field did Amartya Sen win the Nobel Prize? [S.S.C. Online Graduate Level (T-I) 8.09.2016 (Shift-II)]

(a) Micro Economics
(b) Welfare Economics
(c) Economic Growth Model
(d) Input-Output Model

Correct Answer: (b) Welfare Economics

Solution:Amartya Sen, an Indian economist who was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his contributions to welfare economics and social choice theory and for his interest in the problems of society's poorest members.

18. Name the first Indian to get the Nobel prize in economics. [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 17.01.2017 (Shift-I)]

(a) Amartya Sen
(b) CV Raman
(c) Mihir Sen
(d) Arun Shourie

Correct Answer: (a) Amartya Sen

19. Which of the following is the highest civilian award of India? [S.S.C. Online MTS (T-I) 8.08.2019 (Shift-I)]

(a) Bharat Ratna
(b) Padma Shri
(c) Jnanpith Award
(d) Padma Bhushan

Correct Answer: (a) Bharat Ratna

Solution:Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian award in India. This award was instituted in the year 1954.

20. Who among these has not been awarded Bharat Ratna? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 15.01.2017 (Shift-II)]

(a) Sachin Tendulkar
(b) Lata Mangeshkar
(c) Dhyan Chand
(d) Satyajit Ray

Correct Answer: (c) Dhyan Chand

Solution:Dhyan Chand (hockey player) is yet to receive the Bharat Ratna award. Sachin Tendulkar (2014), Lata Mangeshkar (2001) and Satyajit Ray (1992) have received the Bharat Ratna award.