G.K. Practice Test: Question Set - 03
1. Who was awarded the first Rajiv Gandhi National Sadhavana Award?
- (A) Archarya
Tulsi
- (B) Dr. J.
Rengaswamy
- (C) J. R. D Tata
- (D) Mother
Teresa
2. The prize winning title of Arundhati Roy for Booker's Prize in 1997 was
- (A) Amsterdam
- (B) The God of Small Things
- (C) Disgrace
- (D) Last Orders
3. In which year was Pulitzer Prize established?
- (A) 1917
- (B) 1918
- (C) 1922
- (D) 1928
4. The first recipient of Rajiv Gandhi's 'Khel Ratna' award is
- (A) Vishwanathan
Anand
- (B) Leander Peas
- (C) Kapil Dev
- (D) Limba Ram
5. Who among the following is the recipient of the first Dayawati Modi Award for art, culture and education?
- (A) Dharmavir Bharti
- (B) Amitabh
Bachchaan
- (C) B. V.
Karanth
- (D) Ashok
Vajpeyi
6. The first recipient of Nehru Award was
- (A) Martin
Luther King
- (B) Khan Abdul
Ghaffar Khan
- (C) Mother
Teresa
- (D) U Thant
7. Who among the following got the 'Bharat Ratna' award, before becoming the President of India?
- (A) R.
Venkatramanan
- (B) Dr. Zakir
Hussain
- (C) V. V. Giri
- (D) Dr. Rajendra
Prasad
8. Dada Saheb Phalke Award is given for outstanding contribution in the field of
- (A) Village
development
- (B) Music
- (C) Cinema
- (D) Dance
9. Saraswati Samman is awarded by
- (A) K. K. Birla
Foundation
- (B) Government
of India
- (C) Bhartiya
Jnanpith
- (D) Sahitya
Academy
10. Satyajit Ray received Magsaysay Award for journalism, literature and creative communication arts in
- (A) 1963
- (B) 1965
- (C) 1966
- (D) 1967