Latest Awards General Knowledge(GK) Questions and answers

Awards - General Knowledge Questions

1 .

Which of the following is the highest gallantry award in India given for bravery NOT in the face of enemy?

A)

Kirti Chakra

B)

Ashoka Chakra

C)

Mahavir Chakra

D)

Shaurya Chakra

Correct Answer : Ashoka Chakra

2 .

Which of the following awards is known as Mathematicians' Nobel Prize?

A)

Wolf Prize

B)

Turing Award

C)

Rolf Nevanlinna Prize

D)

Abel Prize

Correct Answer : Abel Prize

3 .

Which of the following awards is given to journalists?

A)

Chameli Devi Jain Award

B)

Dadasaheb Phalke Award

C)

Jamnalal Bajaj Award

D)

Meghdoot Award

Correct Answer : Chameli Devi Jain Award

4 .

Where were the principles of Panchsheel regulated ?

A)

Bandong

B)

Cairo

C)

Paris

D)

New Delhi

Correct Answer : Bandong

5 .

Shanti Swaroop Bhatnager award are given to those who in the field of science and technology. The institution associated with prof. Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar is

A)

DST

B)

CSIR

C)

IISC

D)

ICMR

Correct Answer : CSIR

6 .

Who was the first to win the Nobel Prize for literature?

A)

Knut Hamson

B)

Albert Camus

C)

D. Rene Sully Prudhome

D)

Ernest Hemingway

Correct Answer : D. Rene Sully Prudhome

7 .

Dr. Linus Carl Pauling is the only person to have won two Nobel Prizes individually for :

A)

Peace prize in 1954, Chemistry in 1962

B)

Physics in 154, Medicine in 1962

C)

Medicine in 1954, Physics in 1962

D)

Chemistry in 1954, peace prize in 1962

Correct Answer : Chemistry in 1954, peace prize in 1962

8 .

Despite being the greatest super hit film of all the times, â€˜Sholayâ€™ has won only one Filmfare Award. In which category did it get it?

A)

Music

B)

Editing

C)

Best Film

D)

Sound Recording

Correct Answer : Editing

9 .

Dada Saheb Phalke award is for the contribution to :

A)

Cinema

B)

Sports

C)

Literature

D)

Environment

Correct Answer : Cinema

10 .

Nirmal Gram Puraskars are awards given to villages which

A)

are 100% open defecation free

B)

abolish untouchability

C)

are free from communal distinction

D)

provide clean drinking water to villagers

Correct Answer : are 100% open defecation free