GK Practice Test: Question Set - 01
1. Who among the following was awarded the International Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 1995?
- (A) Kailash
Satyarthi
- (B) Julious
Nyerere
- (C) Nowt
Gingrich
- (D) Yasser
Arafat
2. In which year, Mr. Morarji Desai was honoured by Nishan-e-Pakistan Award?
- (A) 1981
- (B) 1990
- (C) 1991
- (D) 1995
3. Kalinga Award was instituted by
- (A) UNESCO
for exceptional contribution of efforts to popularize science
- (B) Indian
Military
- (C) Jnanpith,
a cultural literacy society for encouraging creative writing in modern
languages
- (D) Indian
Adult Education Association for outstanding contribution of adult literacy in
India
4. Dr. Linus Carl Pauling is the only person to have won two Nobel prizes individually for
- (A) Chemistry in
1954, Peace Prize in 1962
- (B) Peace Prize
in 1954, Chemistry in 1962
- (C) Physics in
1954, Medicine in 1962
- (D) Medicine in
1954, Physics in 1962
5. Magsaysay awards are named after Ramon Magsaysay, _______ who was known for his land reform programme to defuse communist insurgency.
- (A) President
of the Philippines
- (B) President
of the Spain
- (C) President
of the Scotland
- (D) President
of the Malaysia
6. Oscar Awards are conferred annually by
- (A) Academy
of Motion Pictures, arts and sciences, USA
- (B) Government
of United States
- (C) Hollywood
Foreign Press Association
- (D) None
of the above
7. The Awards conferred by the Hollywood Foreign press Association which is given annually for creditable efforts in film direction, are
- (A) Golden
Bear Award
- (B) Oscar Award
- (C) Owen
Global Prize
- (D) Golden Globe
Award
8. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, awards the Nobel Prize in
- (A) Physics
- (B) Economics
- (C) Chemistry
- (D) Both (a) and
(c)
9. The Nobel peace prize is awarded in which city?
- (A) Oslo
- (B) Stockholm
- (C) Brussels
- (D) Geneva
10. On whom did the U. S. President George W. Bush bestow, in 2002, the U.S.'s highest award for life time achievement in the field of scientific research?
- (A) Arun
Netravalli
- (B) Dr.Hargoving
Kohrana
- (C) Subramania
Chandrasekar
- (D) Professor
C. Radhakrishna Rao