World Awards and Honours – Exercise – 1

6. ‘Global 500’ awards are given for the outstanding achievement in which of the following fields?

(a) Campaign against AIDS
(b) Population control
(c) Protection of environment
(d) Elimination of illiteracy

Answer
Answer : (c)
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7. Who among the following own the Nobel prize for literature?

(a) Linus Pauling
(b) Samuel Beckett
(c) Philip Noel – Baker
(d) Ralph Bunche

Answer
Answer : (b)
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8. Which of the following films has won 9 Oscar Awards in 1987?

(a) The World Safari
(b) The Last Emperor
(c) Rain Man
(d) Amadeus

Answer
Answer : (b)
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9. On whom did the U. S. President George W. Bush bestow, in 2002, the U.S.’s highest award for life time achievement in the field of scientific research?

(a) Arun Netravalli
(b) Dr.Hargoving Kohrana
(c) Subramania Chandrasekar
(d) Professor C. Radhakrishna Rao

Answer
Answer : (a)
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10. The first Indian to receive Noble Prize in Literature was

(a) Mother Teresa
(b) C. V. Raman
(c) Rabindranath Tagore
(d) Sarojini Naidu

Answer
Answer : (c)
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