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Prestigious Awards and Honors

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Q101. In which categories did Marie Curie receive two different Nobel Prizes?

  1. Aphysical and chemical
  2. Bchemicals and drugs
  3. Cphysical and medicine
  4. DChemistry and Peace
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Answer: A) physical and chemical

Q102. Where are the Nobel Prizes distributed every year?

  1. AManila
  2. BStockholm
  3. CGeneva
  4. DNew York
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Answer: B) Stockholm

Q103. Which economist was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1998 for his studies on poverty and famine?

  1. APro. Robert Modell
  2. BGerry S. Baker
  3. CAmartya Sen
  4. DDr. Manmohan Singh
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Answer: C) Amartya Sen

Q104. For his work in which field was C.V. Raman awarded the Nobel Prize?

  1. Aradioactivity
  2. Bcryogenics
  3. Csound meter
  4. Dlight scattering
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Answer: D) light scattering

Q105. Who is the Indian recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize?

  1. AHargovind Khurana
  2. BRabindranath Tagore
  3. Cmother Teresa
  4. DAmartya Sen
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Answer: C) mother Teresa

Q106. Which award is known as the 'Alternative Nobel Prize'?

  1. ARight Livelihood Award
  2. BRamon Magsaysay Award
  3. CGoldman Prize
  4. DPulitzer Prize
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Answer: A) Right Livelihood Award

Q107. When did 'Bharat Ratna' and other national honours begin?

  1. Ain the 1950s
  2. BIn 1952
  3. CIn 1954
  4. DIn 1960
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Answer: C) In 1954

Q108. The first person to be awarded 'Bharat Ratna' is_

  1. AJawaharlal Nehru
  2. BDr. Rajendra Prasad
  3. CDr. S. Radhakrishnan
  4. DDr. Bhagwan Das
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Answer: C) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan

Q109. Who was awarded the first Bharat Ratna posthumously?

  1. AM. Sri. Ramachandran
  2. BB. R. Ambedkar
  3. CK. Kamaraj
  4. DLal Bahadur Shastri
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Answer: D) Lal Bahadur Shastri

Q110. The first foreigner to be awarded 'Bharat Ratna' is_

  1. ADr. Nelson Mandela
  2. BKhan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
  3. CDr. Martin Luther King
  4. DYasser Arafat
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Answer: B) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Q111. The first completely foreign person to be awarded the country's highest civilian honour 'Bharat Ratna' is_

  1. Amother Teresa
  2. BDr. Nelson Mandela
  3. CMartin Luther King
  4. DAbdul Ghaffar Khan
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Answer: B) Dr. Nelson Mandela

Q112. The only leader of India who was awarded the 'Bharat Ratna' while holding the post of Union Home Minister is ____

  1. AVallabhbhai Patel
  2. BGulzari Nanda
  3. CGovind Ballabh Pant
  4. DLal Bahadur Shastri
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Answer: C) Govind Ballabh Pant

Q113. Which foreign citizen has been awarded the 'Bharat Ratna' award?

  1. Anelson mandela
  2. BBill Clinton
  3. CAdolf Hitler
  4. DBoris Yeltsin
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Answer: A) nelson mandela

Q114. The design of 'Bharat Ratna' is made like the leaf of which tree?

  1. Abanyan tree
  2. BPeepal tree
  3. Ccoconut tree
  4. Dsandalwood tree
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Answer: B) Peepal tree

Q115. Who among the following was the first musician to receive the 'Bharat Ratna'?

  1. ALata Mangeshkar
  2. BM. S. Subbalakshmi
  3. CPandit Ravi Shankar
  4. DPandit Bhimsen Joshi
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Answer: B) M. S. Subbalakshmi

Q116. Who among the following is the recipient of 'Bharat Ratna'?

  1. AAtal Bihari Vajpayee
  2. BSachin Tendulkar
  3. CLata Mangeshkar
  4. DAll options are correct
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Answer: D) All options are correct

Q117. Who received the first 'Bharat Ratna' award?

  1. AJawaharlal Nehru
  2. BGovind Ballabh Pant
  3. CB. C. Roy
  4. DC. V. Raman
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Answer: D) C. V. Raman

Q118. Who among the following has not received the 'Bharat Ratna'?

  1. Anelson mandela
  2. Bmother Teresa
  3. CKhan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
  4. DBaldev Singh
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Answer: D) Baldev Singh

Q119. The first woman to receive the 'Bharat Ratna' award is_

  1. Amother Teresa
  2. BIndira Gandhi
  3. CLata Mangeshkar
  4. DSarojini Naidu
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Answer: B) Indira Gandhi

Q120. The first sportsperson to receive the Bharat Ratna is—

  1. AMilkha Singh
  2. BSunil Gavaskar
  3. CDara Singh
  4. DSachin Tendulkar
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Answer: D) Sachin Tendulkar

Q121. Which of the following is the highest civilian award of India?

  1. APadma Bhushan
  2. BBharat Ratna
  3. CPadma Shri
  4. DJnanpith Award
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Answer: B) Bharat Ratna

Q122. Which of the following is the highest military decoration of India?

  1. AAshoka Chakra
  2. BKirti Chakra
  3. CParam Vir Chakra
  4. DMahavir Chakra
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Answer: C) Param Vir Chakra

Q123. Which of the following is the world's highest environmental protection award?

  1. AGolden Bear Award
  2. BGolden Panda Awards
  3. Cgolden globe awards
  4. DGolden Palms Award
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Answer: B) Golden Panda Awards

Q124. Which award/honor is given only to defence personnel?

  1. ABharat Ratna
  2. BDronacharya Award
  3. CKalinga Prize
  4. DAshoka Chakra
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Answer: D) Ashoka Chakra

Q125. Goldman Prize is related to which of the following?

  1. AEnvironment
  2. Bscientific research
  3. Cmedical science
  4. DAgricultural Science
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Answer: A) Environment

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