Awards & Honours PYQs

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1. Prelims 2002Q48Awards & Honours

   Who was the first Indian actress to receive the Padma Shri Award?

   aSmita PatilbNargis DuttcMeena KumaridMadhubala
2. Prelims 2002Q92Awards & Honours

   Consider the following names:

   1.Archbishop Desmond Tutu

   2.Lech Walesa

   3.Shimon Peres

   4.Yasser Arafat

   Who among these won the Nobel Peace Prize?

   a1 and 2b1, 3 and 4c2, 3 and 4d1, 2, 3 and 4
3. Prelims 2002Q95Awards & Honours

   Match List I (Name of the Lady) with List II (Achievement) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

   List I (Name of the lady)

   A.Chinna Pillai

   B.Kaveri Thakur

   C.Mira Nair

   D.Yasoda Ekambaram

   List II (Achievement)

   1.Winner of Neerja Bhanot Award

   2.Recipient of Stree Shakti Puraskar

   3.Became the fastest swimmer in Asia at the age of 16 years

   4.Recipient of the Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival

   aA-3, B-2, C-1, D-4bA-2, B-3, C-4, D-1cA-3, B-2, C-4, D-1dA-2, B-3, C-1, D-4
4. Prelims 2001Q90Awards & Honours

   Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists:

   List I (Award / Prize)

   A.Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament

   B.Jamanlal Bajaj Award

   C.International Gandhi Peace Prize

   D.Wolf Prize

   List II (Recipient)

   1.Archbishop Desmond Tutu

   2.Dr. Gurudev Khush

   3.Dr. M. S. Swaminathan

   4.Nelson Mandela

   aA-1, B-3, C-4, D-2bA-3, B-1, C-4, D-2cA-1, B-3, C-2, D-4dA-3, B-1, C-2, D-4
5. Prelims 1998Q24Awards & Honours

   Bharat Ratna was awarded in 1997 to

   aDr. Homi Bhabha (posthumous)bFormer President R. VenkataramancSatyajit Ray (posthumous)dDr. Abdul Kalam
6. Prelims 1998Q83Awards & Honours

   Nobel Prize in Economics for the year 1997 was awarded for contribution in the area of

   aInternational EconomicsbFinancial EconomicscPublic EconomicsdDevelopment Economics
7. Prelims 1997Q65Awards & Honours

   Bishop Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo and Jose Ramos Horta who shared the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize are known for their work for the cause of

   aEast TimorbGuatemalacBosniadBarunda