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Awards - General Knowledge Questions
1 .
Who was the first Indian to win the Booker Prize?
A)
Arundathi Roy
B)
VS Naipaul
C)
Salman Rushdie
D)
Jhumpa Lahiri

Correct Answer :   Salman Rushdie

2 .
Which award is India's highest award in cinema?
A)
Dadasaheb Phalke Award
B)
Asian Flim Award
C)
National Flim Award
D)
Oscar Awrad

Correct Answer :   Dadasaheb Phalke Award

3 .
Which award is considered Asia's Nobel Prize?
A)
Jnanpith award
B)
Tansen Awards
C)
Vyas Samman
D)
Magsaysay Awards

Correct Answer :   Magsaysay Awards

4 .
In which year was the Nobel Prize for Economics instituted?
A)
1967
B)
1970
C)
1978
D)
1983

Correct Answer :   1967

5 .
Which is the Literary award?
A)
R. D. Birla Award
B)
Jnanpith award
C)
Dronacharya Awards
D)
Jawaharlal Nehru Award

Correct Answer :   Jnanpith award

6 .
When did Amnesty International win the Nobel Prize?
A)
1917
B)
1949
C)
1977
D)
1982

Correct Answer :   1977

7 .
Cannes Film Festival is held in
A)
France
B)
England
C)
Italy
D)
Switzerland

Correct Answer :   France

8 .
Who among the following got the Bharat Ratna award before becoming the president of India?
A)
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
B)
R Venkataraman
C)
DR Zakir Hussian
D)
W Giri

Correct Answer :   DR Zakir Hussian

9 .
Which among the following Indian artists is the winner of the Oscar Award?
A)
Bhanu Athaiya
B)
Shyam Benegal
C)
Dilip Kumar
D)
Rohini Hattangadi

Correct Answer :   Bhanu Athaiya

10 .
Ramon Magsaysay Award is named after the former President of
A)
India
B)
Indonesia
C)
Thailand
D)
Phillippines

Correct Answer :   Phillippines