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A)
Dr. Anurag Agarwal
B)
Dr. S.Venkata Mohan
C)
Dr. Roop Mallik
D)
Dr. Kavirayani Ramakrishna Prasad

Correct Answer :   Dr. Roop Mallik

The Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Prize for Science & Technology is given annually by the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research for exceptional research in the field of biology, chemistry, physics etc. Dr. Roop Mallik of Tata Institute Of Fundamental Research, Mumbai received the prize for 2014 in Biological Sciences for extensive researches.

A)
Australia
B)
China
C)
Norway
D)
Pakistan

Correct Answer :   Pakistan

Ramon Magsaysay award is felicitated to The Citizen Foundation, a non-profit organisation in Pakistan for building 1,000 schools over hundreds of cities and towns in the country. It has enrolled number of children spreading education and consolidating future prosperity of the nation.

A)
Nikhil Chandwani
B)
Ravichandran Singh
C)
Chetan Baghat
D)
Amithav Ghosh

Correct Answer :   Nikhil Chandwani

The first Indian author to receive the honorory Conspiracy Novel of the Year” award from the American Literary Forum Society is the eminent novelist and documentary maker Nikhil Chandwani for his well acclaimed book titled “Coded Conspiracy” and documentary venture “Escape from Kenya”. He bagged the award at an age of 21,standing as the youngest awardee of the American award.

A)
Leather Manufacturing
B)
Steel, Automotive and Engineering
C)
Defence and Military
D)
Food and Beverages

Correct Answer :   Steel, Automotive and Engineering

Caparo Group predominantly functions in manufacture of steel, automotive and engineering products, founded by industrialist Lord Swaraj Paul and is one of the fast growing UK basedorganisation, gorwing with a 1bn Euro turnover.

A)
C-DAC
B)
PDS scheme
C)
Kisan Card scheme
D)
Mobile Seva project

Correct Answer :   Mobile Seva project

The United Nations Public Service award was presented to the project 'Mobile Seva' under Department of Electronics and Information Technology (Deity).

A)
World Bank
B)
SAARC
C)
United Nations
D)
ASEAN

Correct Answer :   United Nations

The posthumous award 'Dag Hammarkjold Medal' is given by the United Nations to military personnel, police or civilians on loosing their lives while serving any UN peacekeeping operation. The medal is named after Dag Hammarkjold the second Secretary General of UN who died in a plane crash.

A)
Spain
B)
China
C)
South Africa
D)
United Kingdom

Correct Answer :   Spain

A)
European Union
B)
Malala Yusufzai and Kailash Satyarthi
C)
Barak Obama
D)
Ban Ki Moon

Correct Answer :   Malala Yusufzai and Kailash Satyarthi

A)
Rabindranath Tagore
B)
Mother Teresa
C)
Rajiv Gandhi
D)
C. V. Raman

Correct Answer :   Rabindranath Tagore

A)
His service to the Indian Army
B)
His remarkable social service in the Adivasi areas of Bihar
C)
Transforming a barren-dry village called Ralegan-siddhi in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district into a model village of self-sufficiency, ecofriendly and harmony
D)
Transforming a barren-dry village called Ralegan-siddhi in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district into a model village of self-sufficiency, ecofriendly and harmony

Correct Answer :   Transforming a barren-dry village called Ralegan-siddhi in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district into a model village of self-sufficiency, ecofriendly and harmony