AWARDS AND HONOURS FOR BANK EXAM

1.Indian-born scientist, Subramaniam Chandrasekhar (who died in 1995) had won the Nobel Prize for his work in the area of

(A)Nuclear Medicine
(B)Biochemistry
(C) Astrophysics
(D)Moleculer Biology
(E) None of these

2.The World Food Prize is given by which of the following organizations/world bodies?
(A) UNICEF
(B) Kraft General Foods
(C) FAO
(D) UNDP
(E) None of these
3.1993 Nobel Prize for Literature has gone to the first black American lady, for her work ‘Beloved’. The name of the lady is

(A) Cara Hill

(B) Robin Raphel
(C)Winnie
(D) Toni Morrison
(E) None of these

4.The 2006 Dadasaheb Phalke Award was given to
(A) G.V.Iyer
(B) B.R. Chopra
(C) Lata Mangeshkar
(D) Bhupan Hazarika
(E) None of these.
5.Who among the following is the recipient of 2007 Nobel Prize for Literature ?
(A) Peter C. Doherty
(B) Wislawa Szymborska
(C) Rolf M.Zinkernagel
(D) Doris Lesing
(E) None of these .
6.Saraswati Samman for the year 2007 was conferred to Naiyyar Masud for his work
(A) NIharikaratnam
(B) Taoos Chaman Ki maina
(C) Sri Ramanuzam
(D) Kuruthipunal
(E) None of these.
7.In which of the following branches of knowledge, outstanding contribution for the benefit of mankind is not recognized with a Nobel Prize?

(A) Medicine
(B) Engineering
(C) Chemistry
(D) Economics
(E) None of these
8.Who amongst the following won a nobel Prize For Literature when he was the head of a Government ?

(A) Shimon Peres
(B) Henry Kissinger
(C) Sir Winston Churchill
(D) James Earl Carter
(E) None of these.
9.Who was the first ‘Bharat Ratna’ awardee to be elected president of india ?

(A) Dr.Rajendra Prasad
(B) Dr. S. Radha Krishnan
(C) Dr. Zakir Hussain
(D) Shri V.V.Giri
(E) None of these.

10.Who has been awarded the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano Foundation World Press Freedom Prize?
(A) Ms.Christina Amyanure (Nigeria)
(B) Najam Sethi (Pakistan)
(C)Jesus Blancornelas (Mexico)
(D)Jugnu Mohsin (Pakistan)
(E) None of these.
11. The scientist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with his son, was:
(A) Henri Antoine Beequerel
(B) Pierre Curie
(C) Louis De Broglie
(D) W.H. Bragg
(E) None of these
12. Who among the following was the first Indian to receive the Magsaysay Award ?
(A) Vinoba Bhave
(B) Mother Teresa
(C) R.K. Laxman
(D) T.N. Seshan
(E) None of these

13. Which prize is dubbed the Nobel prize for Musicians?
(A) Oscar

(B) Grammy

(C) polar

(D) Magsaysay

(E) None of these

14. The only couple to win the Nobel prize were the:
(A) Rutherfords
(B) Curies
(C) Davies
(D) Millikans
(E) None of these
15. The only film actor who won Bharat Ratna award was:
(A) Ashok kumar
(B) N.T. Rama Rao
(C) Raj Kapoor
(D) M.G. Ramachandran
(E) None of these
16. The only film maker to get Bharat Ratna was:
(a) Raj Kapoor
(b) G.P.Sippy
(c) satyajit Ray
(d) S.S. Vasan
(e) None of these
17. The lawyer who won the Nobel peace Prize in 2003 was:
(A) Dr. M.S.Swaminathan
(B) Shereen Ebadi (Iran)
(C) Dr. Kurt Waldheim
(D) Dr. James Watson
(E) None of these.
18. Who among the following persons is the last to get the country’s highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna ,2001?
(A) M.S. Sobbulakshmi

(B) Gulzarilal Nanda

(C) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul kalam

(D) Bismilla Khan

(E) None of these
19. Bharat Ratna was awarded in 2001 to:

(A) Dr. Homi bhabha (Posthumous)
(b) Former President R. Venkataraman
(C) Satyajit Ray( Posthumous)
(D) Lata Mangeshkar
(E) None of these
20. Writers in which Indian Language have secured the largest number of Gnanpith Awards?

(A) Germany
(B) Sweden
(C) Kannada
(D) Bengali
(E) None of these
21. Polar music award is given by the government of:
(A) Germany
(B) Sweden
(C) USA
(D) Philippines
(E) None of these
22. Dhanwantari Award is given in which of the following areas?
(A) Literature
(B) Sports
(C) Medicine
(D) Dance
(E) None of these
23. who amongst the following was conferred with Pakistan’s highest civilian award Nishan-e-Pakistan?
(A) Fakhruddin Ali Ahmand
(B) Khan Adbul Gaffar Khan
(C) Indira Gandhi
(D) Morarji Desai
(E) None of these
24. The 2007 Jamnalal Bajaj award for constructive social working has been given to:
(A) Yashpal Mittal
(B) Mahaveer
(C) Revdev Kin-Sun-Tai
(D) All of the above
(E) None of these
25. Name the person who has been awarded the 2007 Ramon Magsaysay Award for journalism & literature:

(A) P.Sainath
(B) Tasneem Ahmed Siddiqui
(C) Antonio melota
(D) Lin Hwai-Min
(E) None of these
ANSWER—1.(C) 2.(B) 3.(D) 4.(B) 5.(D) 6.(B) 7.(B) 8.(C) 9.(B) 10.(B) 11.(D) 12.(A) 13.(C) 14.(B) 15.(D)16.(C) 17.(B) 18.(D) 19.(D) 20.(C) 21.(B) 22.(C) 23.(D) 24.(A) 25.(A).