HONOURS AND AWARDS MCQS PART 01

HONOURS AND AWARDS MCQS PART 01

1.Who among the following won the Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Award 2014?
[A] Rubber Board           
[B] Tea Board Of India
[C] Steel Authority Of India (SAIL)   
[D] Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)
[E] None of the above
 
2.Who was the winner of the International Children's Peace Prize 2014?
[A] Neha Gupta   
[B] Malala Yousafzai   
[C] Kailash Satyarthi   
[D] Kesz Valdez   
[E] None of the above
 
3.Who has been felicitated with the C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Acheivement Award 2014?
[A] Dilip Vengsarkar   
[B] Kapil Dev
[C] Sunil Gavaskar   
[D] Sachin Tendulkar
[E] None of the above
 
4.Meera Puraskar, the highest honour in Hindi-Sanskrit literature, is given by which of the following states?
[A] Gujarat   
[B] Maharshtra       
[C] Rajasthan       
[D] Haryana   
[E] None of the above

5.Who was felicitated with the notable Vikram Sarabhai Memorial Award 2015?
[A] Balakrishnan   
[B] MYS Prasad   
[C] Ravi Shrivastav   
[D] Arun Kumar
[E] None of the above

6.Satya Nadella, the latest receiver of the Pravasi Bhartiya Samman, is the CEO of which of the following Companies?  
[A] Oracle   
[B] Microsoft   
[C] International Business Machines (IBM)   
[D] Symantec
[E] None of the above
 
7.Who among the following recently received the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry 2014?
[A] Imtiaz Dharekar   
[B] Ryan Adams   
[C] Salman Akhtar   
[D] Javed Akhtar
[E] None of the above


8.Which bank grabbed the Custodian of the Year Award 2014?
[A] Royal Bank of Scotland   
[B] HSBC   
[C] Deutsche Bank   
[D] Bank Of England
[E] None of the above
 
9.Vikram Sarabhai Memorial Award, the prestigious award for exceptional contribution by a Scientist is awarded by -----
[A] Indian Space Research Organization   
[B] Ministry of Science & Technology
[C] Indian Science Congress Association   
[D] Vikram Sarabhai Memorial Trust
[E] None of the above

10.Who among the following has been felicitated with the esteemed Yash Chopra Memorial Award?
[A] Amitabh Bachchan       
[B] Salman Khan
[C] Amir Khan   
[D] Shah Rukh Khan
[E] None of the above

Answer Keys:
1.A
2.A
3.A
4.C
5.B
8.B
7.A
8.C
9.C
10.A