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GK Test 4

Description: General Knowledge Test, GK Awareness and Current Affairs Oriented Question for Bank PO, Clerical Exams, Railways Exams and Other Competitive Exams Preparation
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Arjuna Award is given for

  1. Bravery on battle field

  2. Outstanding performance in sports

  3. Exceptional service in emergency

  4. Exceptional service of slum dwellers


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 Arjuna Award is given for Outstanding performance in sports.

Pulitzer prize is awarded for outstanding work in the field of

  1. Science and Technology

  2. Literature and Journalism

  3. International Understanding

  4. Environment Studies


Correct Option: B

The Jawaharlal Nehru Award is given for

  1. Government Service

  2. Literary Work

  3. International Understanding

  4. Social Work


Correct Option: C

The first Indian to receive Nobel Prize, in Literature was

  1. Mother Teresa

  2. Rabindranath Tagore

  3. Sarojini Naidu

  4. C.V. Raman


Correct Option: B

Oscar Awards are associated with

  1. literature

  2. science

  3. sports

  4. films


Correct Option: D

Which is the highest gallantry award in India?

  1. Kirti Chakra

  2. Param Vishishta Seva Medal

  3. Vir Chakra

  4. Param Vir Chakra


Correct Option: D

India highest award given for exceptional work in art, literature and recognition of public service of the highest order is

  1. Param Vir Chakra

  2. Bharat Ratna

  3. Jnanpith Award

  4. Kalinga Award


Correct Option: B

Which award is given for excellence in sports?

  1. Jnanpith

  2. Arjuna

  3. Jamnalal Bajaj

  4. None of These


Correct Option: B

Dronacharya Award is given for

  1. fire fighting operation

  2. archery

  3. significant contribution in the spread of literacy

  4. outstanding coaching in athletics


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 Dronacharya Award is an award presented by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, government of India for excellence in sports coaching.

Who was awarded the first Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award?

  1. Acharya Tulsi

  2. J. R. D. Tata

  3. Mother Teresa

  4. R. A. Mashelkar


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The first Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavna award was conferred on her in 1993. 

The Jawaharlal Nehru award is for

  1. Government Service

  2. Literary Work

  3. International Understanding

  4. Social Work


Correct Option: C

The in Arjun Awards were instituted the year

  1. 1965

  2. 1963

  3. 1961

  4. 1957


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The in Arjun Awards were instituted the year 1961.

The first recipient of Nehru Award was

  1. Mother Teresa

  2. Martin Luther king

  3. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

  4. U. Thant


Correct Option: D

The only Indian recipient of Nishan-e-Pakistan is

  1. Lal Bahadur Shastri

  2. Maulana Azad

  3. Morarji Desai

  4. Indira Gandhi


Correct Option: C

The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in which city?

  1. Burssels

  2. Geneva

  3. Osio

  4. The Hague


Correct Option: C

'Ashoka Chakra' is awarded for

  1. outstanding contribution to literature

  2. gallantry by children

  3. acts of gallantry in the presence of the enemy

  4. the most conspicuous bravery or self-sacrifice on land, air or sea but not in the presence of the enemy


Correct Option: D

Who among the following have received the Dada Saheb Phalke Award so far? I. B. Nagi Reddy
II. Satyajit Ray
III. Devika Rani Roerich
IV. Shivaji Ganehsan
V. Akkineni Nageswara Rao

  1. I, II and IV

  2. II, III, IV and V

  3. III, IV and V

  4. I, II, III and IV


Correct Option: D

Ramon Magsaysay Award is named after the former President of

  1. Indonesia

  2. Indian Journalist's Association

  3. Thailand

  4. Phillippines


Correct Option: D

The Magsaysay Award is given for proficiency in which of the following?

  1. Literature

  2. Mountaineering

  3. Science

  4. Social Science


Correct Option: D

Which of the following is incorrectly matched?

  1. Mother Teresa-Nehru Award

  2. Jagjit Singh - Kalinga Award

  3. Amrita Pritam - Jnanpith Award

  4. R.K. Laxman - Magsaysay Award


Correct Option: B

Who among the following is/are the recipient(s) of Bharat Ratna? I. Rajiv Gandhi
II. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
III. Nelson Mandela

  1. I only

  2. I and II

  3. II and III

  4. I, II and III


Correct Option: D

On whose name is the highest award for services to the development of cinema given?

  1. Meena Kumari

  2. Raj Kapoor

  3. Dada Saheb Phalke

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C

Who was conferred the title 'Bharat ki Suputri' in 1992?

  1. Mother Teresa

  2. Sarojini Naidu

  3. Indira Gandhi

  4. Lata Mangeshkar


Correct Option: A

Which of the following Indians has won the Noble Prize in Physics?

  1. Dr. J. C. Bose

  2. Dr. C. V. Raman

  3. Dr. H. J. Bhabha

  4. Dr. Vikram Sarabhai


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman was an Indian physicist, born in the former Madras Province, whose groundbreaking work in the field of light scattering earned him the 1930 Nobel Prize for Physics.

How many fields are Nobel Prizes awarded in?

  1. 5

  2. 6

  3. 7

  4. 8


Correct Option: B
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