G.K. Practice Test: Question Set - 01
1. Who has been awarded the first lifetime Achievement Award for his/her contribution in the field of Cinema?
- (A) Ashok Kumar
- (B) Hou
Hsio-hsein
- (C) Akiro
Burosova
- (D) Bernardo
Burtolucci
2. The first Indira Gandhi Award for International Justice and Harmony has been given to
- (A) Larry
Pressler
- (B) Amnesty
International
- (C) Hussain
Ibrahim Zaki
- (D) Yasser
Arafat
3. The journalist who refused to accept 'Padma Bhushan' was?
- (A) Shekaran
Nair
- (B) Khushwant
Singh
- (C) Ratan Thiyam
- (D) Arun Shourie
4. Which state Government of India has instituted the Samman Award?
- (A) Uttar
Pradesh
- (B) Himachal
Pradesh
- (C) Madhya
Pradesh
- (D) Andhra
Pradesh
5. Tansen Samman has been instituted by the Government of?
- (A) Gujarat
- (B) Maharashtra
- (C) Uttar
Pradesh
- (D) Madhya
Pradesh
6. To whom was 'Bharat Ratna' awarded in 1999?
- (A) Lata
Mangeshkar
- (B) Amartya Sen
- (C) M. S.
Subbulakshmi
- (D) Atal Behari
Vajpayee
7. B. C. Roy Award is given in the field of
- (A) Music
- (B) Journalism
- (C) Medicine
- (D) Environment
8. The prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award was conferred was conferred upon Ms. Kiran Bedi for her excellent contribution to which of the following fields?
- (A) Literature
- (B) Community
Welfare
- (C) Government
Service
- (D) Journalism
9. Who is the first Asian Winner of Nobel Prize?
- (A) C. V. Raman
- (B) Rajiv Gandhi
- (C) Rabindranath
Tagore
- (D) Mother
Teresa
10. Saraswathi Samman is given annually for outstanding contribution to
- (A) Classical
music
- (B) Education
- (C) Literature
- (D) Fine arts