RRB NTPC - Awards and honours Online Test (MCQ Quiz)

1. Which Indian personality was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 for her struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for her fight for the right to education of every child?

A) Sunita Williams B) Kailash Satyarthi C) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar D) Amartya Sen

2. The Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, was first awarded in which year?

A) 1947 B) 1954 C) 1950 D) 1952

3. Which of the following is the highest sporting honour in India?

A) Arjuna Award B) Dronacharya Award C) Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award D) Padma Shri

4. The Booker Prize, an annual literary award, is primarily given for the best novel written in which language?

A) French B) German C) English D) Spanish

5. Who was the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize in Physics?

A) C. V. Raman B) Jagadish Chandra Bose C) Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar D) Homi J. Bhabha

6. The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is presented annually by the Government of India for contributions to which field?

A) Literature B) Cinema C) Music D) Dance

7. Which award is given for outstanding contribution to the development of science and technology in India?

A) Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) Award B) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology C) Vigyan Ratna Award D) National Science Award

8. Who among the following is a recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction?

A) Jhumpa Lahiri B) Salman Rushdie C) Arundhati Roy D) Vikram Seth

9. The Padma Awards are conferred on the recommendations of which body?

A) Parliament of India B) President of India C) Prime Minister's Office D) Padma Awards Committee

10. Which award is considered the most prestigious award in journalism?

A) Ramon Magsaysay Award B) Polk Awards C) Pulitzer Prize D) George Polk Award

11. Who was the first Indian woman to win the Miss World title?

A) Aishwarya Rai B) Sushmita Sen C) Priyanka Chopra D) Reita Faria

12. The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are primarily given for excellence in which field?

A) Television B) Music C) Film D) Theatre

13. Which Indian scientist received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the genetic code?

A) Hargobind Khorana B) Venkatraman Ramakrishnan C) C. V. Raman D) Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

14. The Ramon Magsaysay Award is often called the 'Asian Nobel Prize'. Which country presents this award?

A) Japan B) Singapore C) Philippines D) South Korea

15. Which of the following is NOT a Padma Award?

A) Padma Vibhushan B) Padma Bhushan C) Padma Shri D) Param Vir Chakra

16. The Commonwealth Writers' Prize is awarded for outstanding writing from which region?

A) Europe B) The Commonwealth of Nations C) North America D) Asia

17. Who was the first Indian to receive the Nobel Prize in Economics?

A) Amartya Sen B) Jagdish Bhagwati C) Raghuram Rajan D) C. Rangarajan

18. The Arjuna Award is given for excellence in which field?

A) Literature B) Sports C) Science D) Social Service

19. Which Indian author received the Booker Prize for her novel 'The God of Small Things'?

A) Jhumpa Lahiri B) Kiran Desai C) Arundhati Roy D) Kiran Rao

20. The Grammy Awards are primarily awarded for achievements in which industry?

A) Film B) Television C) Music D) Video Games

21. Who is the only Indian to have won the Nobel Prize in Literature?

A) Rabindranath Tagore B) R. K. Narayan C) V. S. Naipaul D) Salman Rushdie

22. The 'Man Booker International Prize' is awarded for a book translated into English and published in the United Kingdom. What is the primary distinction of this award?

A) It is awarded to the best debut novel. B) It recognizes translated fiction. C) It is exclusively for authors from the Commonwealth. D) It is awarded for a body of work.

23. Which award is given to coaches for outstanding contribution in sports training?

A) Arjuna Award B) Dronacharya Award C) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy D) Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar

24. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2020 was awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna for the development of a method for genome editing. What is this method commonly known as?

A) CRISPR-Cas9 B) PCR C) DNA sequencing D) Gene therapy

25. Which Indian Prime Minister received the Bharat Ratna award posthumously?

A) Jawaharlal Nehru B) Indira Gandhi C) Rajiv Gandhi D) Lal Bahadur Shastri

26. The Sahitya Akademi Award is given for literary works in which of the following languages recognized by the Constitution of India?

A) Only Hindi and English B) 22 Scheduled Languages C) All Indian languages D) Only Sanskrit and Tamil

27. Which is the highest gallantry award in India during peacetime?

A) Param Vir Chakra B) Maha Vir Chakra C) Ashoka Chakra D) Kirti Chakra

28. The Turner Prize is a prestigious award given annually for contemporary art in which country?

A) United States B) France C) United Kingdom D) Germany

29. Who was the first recipient of the Bharat Ratna award?

A) C. Rajagopalachari B) Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan C) C. V. Raman D) Rajendra Prasad

30. The International Booker Prize (formerly Independent Foreign Fiction Prize) is awarded annually for a book translated into English and published in the UK or Ireland. What is the key criterion for eligibility?

A) The book must be written by an author under 40. B) The book must be a work of non-fiction. C) The book must be translated from another language. D) The book must have won a national award in its original language.

31. Which award is given by the Indian government for excellence in film direction?

A) National Film Award for Best Director B) Filmfare Award for Best Director C) Star Screen Award for Best Director D) Zee Cine Award for Best Director

32. Who was the first Indian to win the Miss Universe title?

A) Aishwarya Rai B) Sushmita Sen C) Lara Dutta D) Harnaaz Sandhu

33. The Nobel Prize in Physics in 2020 was awarded for discoveries concerning black holes. Who were the recipients?

A) Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez B) James Peebles, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz C) Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland D) Rainer Weiss, Barry Barish and Kip Thorne

34. The Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding is given for contributions in which area?

A) Science and Technology B) International peace and cooperation C) Environmental conservation D) Humanitarian services

35. Which of the following is NOT a recipient of the Bharat Ratna award?

A) Mother Teresa B) Nelson Mandela C) Abdul Kalam Azad D) Mahatma Gandhi

36. The 'Golden Globe Awards' are primarily awarded for achievements in which two industries?

A) Film and Television B) Music and Theatre C) Literature and Journalism D) Sports and Gaming

37. Which Indian scientist was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the Raman Effect?

A) Satyendra Nath Bose B) C. V. Raman C) Homi J. Bhabha D) Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

38. The 'Magsaysay Award' for community leadership was awarded to 'The Environmental Service Program' of which country in 2001?

A) India B) Philippines C) Nepal D) Bhutan

39. Which award is presented by the UN for outstanding achievements in the field of human rights?

A) Nobel Peace Prize B) Raoul Wallenberg Prize C) United Nations Human Rights Prize D) Amnesty International Human Rights Award

40. Who was the first Indian to receive the Magsaysay Award?

A) Vinoba Bhave B) J. C. Kumarappa C) Jayaprakash Narayan D) Mother Teresa

41. The 'National Film Awards' in India are presented annually by which organization?

A) Film Federation of India B) Ministry of Information and Broadcasting C) Directorate of Film Festivals D) National Film Development Corporation

42. Which Indian athlete was the first recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award?

A) Sachin Tendulkar B) Viswanathan Anand C) Leander Paes D) Anjali Bhagwat

43. The 'Vyas Samman' is an annual literary award given in India for outstanding prose or poetry work in which language?

A) English B) Hindi C) Sanskrit D) Bengali

44. Which country awards the 'Order of the Rising Sun'?

A) China B) South Korea C) Japan D) Vietnam

45. The 'Sangeet Natak Akademi Award' is given for outstanding contribution in which fields?

A) Classical music and dance B) Folk music and theatre C) Indian classical music, dance, drama and folk arts D) Western classical music and opera

46. Who is the only Indian to have won the Nobel Prize in Physics for work on superconductivity?

A) C. V. Raman B) S. Chandrasekhar C) Venkatraman Ramakrishnan D) None of the above

47. The 'J C Daniel Award' is the highest honour in the field of cinema in which Indian state?

A) Tamil Nadu B) Kerala C) Karnataka D) Andhra Pradesh

48. Which of the following awards is NOT associated with literature?

A) Sahitya Akademi Award B) Booker Prize C) Pulitzer Prize D) Dronacharya Award

49. The 'Abel Prize' is considered the most prestigious award in which field?

A) Physics B) Chemistry C) Mathematics D) Computer Science

50. Who was the first Indian woman to win the Booker Prize?

A) Jhumpa Lahiri B) Arundhati Roy C) Kiran Desai D) Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

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