Awards & Honours Quiz: Static GK Practice

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1. In which year were the Bharat Ratna and the Padma awards instituted?

   • 1947
   • 1950
   • 1954
   • 1961

   Answer: 1954. Both were instituted in 1954. The first Bharat Ratna recipients that year were C. Rajagopalachari, S. Radhakrishnan and C.V. Raman.

2. The Padma Awards Committee, which recommends names for the Padma awards each year, is headed by the

   • Cabinet Secretary
   • Union Home Minister
   • Vice-President
   • Chief Justice of India

   Answer: Cabinet Secretary. The committee is constituted by the Prime Minister every year and headed by the Cabinet Secretary; it includes the Home Secretary and the Secretary to the President.

3. The Dronacharya Award is given for excellence in

   • lifetime contribution as a player
   • coaching sportspersons
   • sports journalism
   • promotion of sport by companies

   Answer: coaching sportspersons. Instituted in 1985, the Dronacharya Award honours coaches whose trainees excel internationally, named after the teacher in the Mahabharata.

4. The first Jnanpith Award (1965) went to G. Sankara Kurup for his poetry in which language?

   • Kannada
   • Bengali
   • Tamil
   • Malayalam

   Answer: Malayalam. G. Sankara Kurup won it for the Malayalam poetry collection Odakkuzhal (The Bamboo Flute). The award is given by the Bharatiya Jnanpith trust.

5. Unlike the other Nobel Prizes, the Nobel Peace Prize is presented in

   • Stockholm
   • Oslo
   • Geneva
   • Copenhagen

   Answer: Oslo. Alfred Nobel's will gave the Peace Prize to a committee chosen by the Norwegian parliament, so it is presented in Oslo; the others are presented in Stockholm.

6. The Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel was first awarded in

   • 1901
   • 1946
   • 1969
   • 1975

   Answer: 1969. It was established by Sweden's central bank (Sveriges Riksbank) in 1968 and first awarded in 1969. The original five Nobel Prizes date from 1901.

7. Which award is given once every four years to mathematicians under the age of 40?

   • Fields Medal
   • Abel Prize
   • Wolf Prize
   • Turing Award

   Answer: Fields Medal. The International Mathematical Union presents the Fields Medal at its four-yearly congress. The Abel Prize (Norway) has no age limit; the Turing Award is for computing.

8. The Ramon Magsaysay Award, often called Asia's Nobel Prize, is named after a former President of

   • Indonesia
   • Thailand
   • Malaysia
   • the Philippines

   Answer: the Philippines. Ramon Magsaysay was President of the Philippines; the award was set up in 1957 and is presented in Manila.

9. Which is India's highest gallantry award for valour in peacetime (away from the battlefield)?

   • Kirti Chakra
   • Ashoka Chakra
   • Shaurya Chakra
   • Maha Vir Chakra

   Answer: Ashoka Chakra. Peacetime order: Ashoka Chakra, Kirti Chakra, Shaurya Chakra. The wartime order is Param Vir Chakra, Maha Vir Chakra, Vir Chakra.

10. Consider the following statements about the Bharat Ratna: 1. It can be awarded posthumously. 2. It carries a cash award. 3. Recipients may use it as a prefix or suffix to their names. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

    • 1 only
    • 1 and 2 only
    • 2 and 3 only
    • 1, 2 and 3

    Answer: 1 only. Posthumous awards are allowed. There is no monetary grant, and since it is not a title (Article 18), it cannot be used as a prefix or suffix.