G.K. QUIZ ON AWARDS

1.    Who was recently honoured with the Indira Gandhi Peace Prize 2012?

(1) Jacom Juma                           (2) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

(3) Barack Obama                        (4) Dalai Lama

(5) None of these

2.    Which among the following Indian firm that was recently awarded prestigious Japanese award (Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) President Award)?

(1) BHEL                                       (2) DMRC (Delhi Metro)
(3) BEL                                          (4) SBI

(5) None of these

3.    Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award was given to which famous scientist for her contribution in India’s ambitious Agni – 5 Project?

(1) Arundhati Roy                         (2) Tessy Thomas

(3) Kalpana Chwala                      (4) Pratibha Patil

(5) None of these

4.    Uttrakhand State’s Shiksha ratan award was recently given to __?

(1) Vijay Bahuguna                       (2) Manmohan Singh

(3) AN Purohit                               (4) Narendra Modi

(5) None of these

5.    Secnd Sita Smriti Award was given to which female author for her book “Kitne Shahron Mein Kitini Baar”__?

(1) Anita Desai                              (2) Mamta Kalia

(3) Arundhati Roy                         (4) Tasleema Nasreen

(5) None of these

6.    Name the Indian who was recenlty awarded WISE award (World Innovation Summit for Education, called Nobel prize of Education) at Doha?

(1) Kalpana Chawala                    (2) Madhav Chavan

(3) APJ Abdul Kalam                    (4) Manmohan Singh

(5) None of these

7.    Indian theatre artist who was awarded with French Cultutral Honour (Knight of the orders of arts and letters)?

(1) Javed Akhtar                           (2) Ebrahim Alkaji

(3) Waheeda Rahman                  (4) Karim Khalili

(5) None of these

8.    Mahatma Gandhi International Award 2012 was given to __ (A former Zambian President)?

(1) Barack Obama                     (2) Kenneth Kaunda

(3) Manmohan Singh                    (4) Narendra Modi

(5) None of these

9.    Which actress was givne Lifetime Achievement Award at the 14^th Mumbai film Festival?

(1) Waheeda Rahman                  (2) Vidya Balan

(3) Rani Mukherji                          (4) Lata Mangeshkar

(5) None of these

10.  Former Afghan Minister who was recently given Swedish Rite Livelihood Award?

(1) Hamid Karzai                           (2) Mohammad Fahim

(3) Seema Samar                         (4) Abdul Bilal

(5) None of these

Answers:

1	2
2	2
3	2
4	3
5	2
6	2
7	2
8	2
9	1
10	3