Awards And Honours

31.	Who won the Nobel Prize for Peace for the year 2014?
a.	Barack Obama
b.	Ban Ki Moon
c.	Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi
d.	European Union Option”C” is correct Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi won the Nobel Prize for Peace for the year 2014.

32.	Which Malayalam actress won the National Film Award for the film ‘Minnaminungu’ in 2017?
a.	Surabhi Lakshmi
b.	Gopika
c.	Mamta Mohandas
d.	Amala Paul Option”A” is correct Malayalam actress Surabhi Lakshmi for her performance in low – budget film Minnaminungu won her first National Award for the best actress.

33.	Who among the following was crowned with the Miss World 2017 title?
a.	Andrea Meza
b.	Rolene Strauss
c.	Manushi Chillar
d.	Aurore Kichenin Option”C” is correct The winner of Miss World 2017 was Miss India Manushi Chhillar.

34.	Orange Prize is given in the field of :
a.	Literature
b.	Sports
c.	Medicine
d.	Acting Option”A” is correct The Women’s Prize for Fiction earlier known as the Orange Prize is the UK’s most prestigious annual book award for fiction written by a woman.

35.	India’s first Nobel Prize was given for –
a.	Physics
b.	Literature
c.	Medicine
d.	Chemistry Option”B” is correct Rabindranath Tagore was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913 for his poetry collection Gitanjali.

36.	President Pranab Mukherjee on 7 October 2014 presented the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for excellence in Public Administration. Academics and Management for the year 2014 to –
a.	V. Sampath
b.	Dr. A. S. Pillai
c.	Arvind Mayaram
d.	Ajit Dobhal Option”B” is correct

37.	Which of the following is the second highest gallantry award in India?
a.	Vir Chakra
b.	Mahavir Chakra
c.	Ashok Chakra
d.	Shaurya Chakra Option”B” is correct Maha Vir Chakra is the second highest military decoration in India and is awarded for acts of conspicuous gallantry in the presence of the enemy, whether on land, at sea or in the air.

38.	Name the field in which M. R. Poovamma has won an award in 2015?
a.	Carnatic Music
b.	Tamil Literature
c.	Athletics
d.	Wrestling Option”C” is correct M. R. Poovamma was winner of the 2015 Arjuna award for her contributions in the field of athletics.

39.	Maha Chakri Sirindhorn who has been conferred with first “World Sanskrit Award” belong to which country?
a.	Pakistan
b.	Thailand
c.	Australia
d.	China Option”B” is correct Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand has been conferred the first ‘World Sanskrit Award’ for her contribution towards promotion of the language.

40.	Who was the first recipient of Dronacharya Award in 1985?
a.	O. M. Nambiar
b.	Om Prakash Bhardwaj
c.	B. B. Bhagwat
d.	All of them Option”D” is correct O. M. Nambiar, Om Prakash Bhardwaj and B. B. Bhagwat were the first recipient of Dronacharya Award in 1985.

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